Gbernkee
Cherokee County
ri.OTHED IN NATURE'S SCENIC
WONDERS IS AN IDEAL
VACATION SPOT
\OLUME 58 ? NUMBER 10.
MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, SEPT. 25. 1947.
EIGHT PAGES THIS WEEK
COUNTY FAIR WILL OPEN ON TUESDAY
Association Will
Meet At Mt. Carmel
Tho 96th annual session ol the
\\i?t Liberty Baptist association
v;:i meet at Mt. Carmel Brptist
church on Friday and Satudray,
October 3-4.
The Friday session will open at
Q o'clock a. m. with the devotional
b\ the Rev. Calvin Thompson.
Following the report of the mod
erator, appointment of committees,
business session, report of churches
and election of officers, the an
nual sermon will be preached by
the Rev. W. T. Truett.
Lunch will be served at noon.
The Rev. W. T. Smith will conduct
the opening devotional in the af
ternoon. "Christian Education"
will be discussed by the Rev. W. A.
Hedden; "State of Churches" by
the Rev. Gomei Rice; 'Temper
jnee" bv the Rev. Grady Chastain;
and B. T. U.". bv the Rev. W. T.
Smith.
On Saturday morning the devo
tional will be conducted by the
Rev. Ham Coffey. Mrs. Rosie Mc
\abb will give the report on "W.
M U "; the Rev. P. H. Chastain.
* Associational Missions"; the Rev.
1'. H. Hooker, "Orphanage"; and
J W. Keenum, "Sunday Schools".
The missionary sermon will be
preached by the Rev. W. A. Hed
den.
Following lunch the Rev. Bei?
J?t ese will conduct the devotional.
The Rev. Fred Stiles will speak on
The Cooperative Program", and
the Rev. Ira Helton on "Hospital".
Adjournment is set for 2:55 p. m.
Nelsons Visit
Parents here
Mr. and Mrs. Elbert W. Nelson,
v.ho were married September 13. '
in Holly Springs, Mississippi, spent
a few days with Mr. Nelson's par
ents. Mr. and Mrs. John E. Nelson
of Topton, while on their honey
moon.
Mr. Nelson is a graduate of the
Andrews high school and has ]
served in the U. S. Navy for the
past several years. They returned
to Atanta. Ga., on Tuesday where
Seaman Nelson is stationed at the
Naval Air Station, and where they
expect to make their home.
Outstanding
Milk Producers
Are Announced
The following cows were top
producers among the herds tested
| in August by Frank C. Ghiring
helli:
Folk School, cow named Blae
Cfirl, produced 952 lbs. of milk
testing 5.3% or 49.4 lbs. of butter
tat.
Randolph Shields' cow Doradel,
1019 lbs. of milk testing 4.7% or
47.8 lbs. of butter fat.
Franklin Smittt ctr* 3eauty pro
] duced 1041 lbs. of milk testing 4%
or 41 lbs. of fat.
A. Q. Ketner Sally produced 951
lbs. of milk testing 4.3% or 40.8
| lbs. of fat.
I Andrews Rotarians
Thump Murphy
Lions Club 21 - 8
| Are you suffering from muscular
aches, strains, agonies of rheuma
tism and all that goes with soft
ball for men over forty?? Well, so
are the greater part of the Murphy
Lions members after being trounc
ed by the Andrews Rotary Club
21 to 8 last Wednesday night un
der the lights at the Murphy Ath
letic Field. The Andrews assault
was so terrific that the scorekeeper
was compelled to press an adding
machine into service for accurate
I tabulation.
Luke Ellis' uatsmen rattled
Lion pitching staff for four runs
in the first and kept pounding all
of the reserves that Coach Yow
rould muster. The Andrews clout
crs continued to twist the Lion's
tail until twenty-one breathless
runners had stumbled across the
plate, while only eight Lions man
aged to hobble home.
"Improper training." was the
[ only alibi issued from the Lions'
i den after the lop-sided defeat.
MOVIE DANCE
Two Lakes Recreation club at
Hiwassee Dam will give a movie
dance at the Hiwassee Gym on
Friday, October 3, at 8 p. m.
Newspaper Week
Featured By Lions
W. Curtis Russ, publisher and
editor of the Waynesville Moun
taineer of Waynesville, was guest
speaker at the meeting of Murphy
Lions elub held Tuesday evening
in the dining room of the Metho
dist church. Thi program was
given over to a celebration of Na
tional Newspaper Week.
Mr. Russ, who was introduced
by Miss Addie Mae Cooke, editor ?
of the Cherokee Scout, stated that I
newspapers are writing today's his- 1
lory and that they are more than ,
a business or profession, they are |
a trusteeship made possible by the
liill of Rights in assuring Freedom
of the Press.
A newspaper should be a finan
cial success, receiving the support
of the people it serves, he pointed
out. A paper publishes in its
news columns the facts as they
are found, and only In the editorial
columns does the paper give its
opinions.
"A newspaper is a mirror of a
community, and through its pages
a Picture of the community is pre
sented regularly to its readers,"
Uie speaker stated.
Speaking of the value of a free
Press, he told of the controlled ^
and partly controlled press in var- i
tous countries of the world. He
^ated that people in this country
should be proud of their heritage
of a free press provided in the
First Amendment to the Constitu
tor written March 4, 1789, which
'cads: "Congress shall make no
law respecting an establishment of
religion or prohibiting the free
exercise thereof; or abridging the
freedom of speech, or of the press,
or the right of the people to peace
ably assemble, and to petition the
government for a redress of
grievances."
President Joe Ray announced
that the directors had passed upon
an amendment to change the plan
of taking members into the club.
Hereafter, the name of a person
submitted for membership will be
voted upon by the entire club and
must receive a two-thirds vote of
the membership before being ad
mitted.
The White Cane drive for funds
to carry on blind work was dis
cussed by President Ray, J. Ward
Long, zone chairman of Franklin,
and others, and the club voted
that each member is to be respons
ible for $4 for this fund..
Following were gflcsts at this
meeting: Mrs. W. Curtis Russ and
Miss Marguerite Russ, Waynes
ville; Farrell L. Penland. Hayes
ville: Rev D O. Mclnnis. Canton:
John R. Ashe. C. A. Casada. Bry
son City; E L. Hyde, J.' Ward
Long, and Robt. R. Gaines, Frank
lin: Glenn Patton. Harry Charaske.
the Rev. J. Alton Morris, and the
following representing the Chero
kee Scout: A. B. Hampton, I. B.
Hudson. Mrs. I. B. Hudson, Miss
Polly Hicks, Miss Fannie McGuire,
Mrs. C. W. Savage, and Miss
Jeanne Stiles
Andrews Captures j
Smoky Loop Title
Manager Luke Ellis, Andrews
Baseball Club edged out the Hia- ;
wassee cl outers 8 to 7 last Sunday j
afternoon to win a two out of three j
play-off. and with it, the undis- j
puted Smoky Mountain Leagues' j
1947 championship. A week ago j
last Sunday the Andrews club j
c'owned Ilia wassee 6 to 0, and last |
Saturday, Hiawassee reversed the j
tables and sunk shifty Andrews I
team 10 to 9.
Andrews took the first half of
the season's play-offs, while Hia- j
wassee topped the bottom half of ;
the play over the six team league j
which included Andrews, Sylva, j
Franklin.. Hiawassee, Hayesville
and Marble.
Averages and team standings
will be published next week, it was i
announced by Mr. Ellis.
Revival Will j
Continue Through
Sunday Evening
The Rev. T. G. Tate has an
nounced revival services for the
remainder of the week at the Pres
btyerian church as follows: Rev. D.
O Mclnnis of Canton who is doing
the preaching, will use Friday eve
ning as his subject "By the Rivers
of Babylon". Saturday evening,
"Religion and Life", Sunday morn- j
ing at 1 1 o'clock. "Faith to Stand
On", and Sunday evening at 7:30
o'clock, "Justified."
The meeting is being well at
tended. Good music is being furn- j
ished by the senior and junior
choirs with C. R. Freed as> !
leader and Mrs. R. H. Foard, pian
ist.
Black Walnut
Plant Re-Opens
M. C. Walters & Company, who
are dealers and shellers of black
walnuts, has its plant and ware
house at the Old Cannery Building
on Valley River Road at Murphy,
North Carolina. This company is
anticipating handling a half-mill
ion pounds of hulled, dry black
walnuts this year and will pay the
highest market price for them at
ell times. Nuts will be received at
the warehouse daily and will be
processed in the plant's modern
shelling machinery. After this
preparation, the nut meats will be
sent to the M. C. Walters & Comp
any affiliated plant, Princess Pe
cans, Inc in Camilla, Ga? for fur
ther processing and for packing in
celophane packages and in cans
and jars.
The ulack walnuts will be bought
at local buying points which will
be announced in this paper at ?
later date. The buying will be
done at designated retail stores,
rolling stores, and by certain co
ops and milk buyers. The method
of preparation of the black wal
nuts for sale by the farmers can
be had from the County Agent or
by writing direct to M. C. Walters
? Co., Old Cannery Building, Val
ley River Ave., Murphy.
Mrs. John Ingram
Taken By Death
Mrs. Catherine Brittain Ingram,
7G, widow of John Ingram, died
Sunday. September 21. at 2 a. m.
at the home of her son. Frank In
gram near Murphy, following a
brief illness.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at 10 a. m. Monday at Old Mar
tin's Creek church, with the Rev
Wayne Crisp and _,the Rev. Carl
Cunningham officiating. Burial
was in the family plot in the ceme
tery.
She is survived by one daughter,
Mrs. Ollie Adams of Etowah,
Tcnn.. one son. Frank Ingram, 11
grandchildren and 10 great-grand
children. i 4 '?
Born and reared "in Cherokee
county, Mrs. Ingram had been a
member of the Methodist church
since early childhood.
Townson funeral home was In
charge of arrangements.
DELEGATES DISCUSS U.N. SESSION
GESTURING AS Hi TALKS, Secretary of State George C. Marshall Is I
caught by the camera In an informal pose as he outlined plans for the I
United Nations General Assembly sessions to two important members
of the U. S. Delegation. They are Mrs. Eieapor Roosevelt (left) and War
ren Austin. The Assembly meets at Lake Success, N. Y. (Internationa!) j
Family Day
To Be Observed
By Methodists j
1 The Rev. Russell L. Young, pas- j
tor of the First Methodist church. |
will preach Sunday morning at 11 j
o c.ock on "Murphy's Greatest 1
Need". Sunday school begins at
9:45 a. m.
Family day will be observed at
t>- .11 a. *;4. servi /?. / ' members 1
of families will be asked to sit to
gether. The oldest and youngesi
father and mother, the largest
family, and the youngest child will ,
be given special recognition. A 1
father will read the scripture, a
mother will lead the prayer, and
special numbers will be sung by
children.
| There will be no evening wor
ship, but the Methodist Youth
Fellowship will meet at 6:30. Pray
er meeting will be held Wednes
day evening at 7:30 with the choir
rehearsal immediately following.
Worldwide Communion will be
observed October 5, the last Sun
day in this conference year.
The pastor will preach in a un
ion service for the Methodist and
Presbyterians at Waynesville Sun
day evening, September 28.
i
Puppet Show To
Feature Monday
P.T.A. Meeting
Miss Fannie McLelland of the
John C. Campbell Folk School will
stage a puppet show at the meet
ing of the Murphy Parent-Teach
ers' association Monday evening at
|7:30 o'clock, announces the pres
I dent. Mrs. \V. A. Hoover. Mrs.
Margaret Akin will furnish two
musical numbers.
A nominating committee has a j
report for officers, besides the
president, to present at the Mon
day meeting.
Mrs. Hoov?r will name heads of
the departments. She announces
that ihe business and program for
all meetings will be held to only
one hour.
BIRTHDAY DINNER
Mrs. Mae Hensley and Mrs. I
Wendell Swanson gave a birthday
dinner September 18 honoring
Mrs. W. T. Smith. Mrs. Walker
and Mrs. Arthur Swaims were
speeial guests.
RF.INION
The Lovingood family reunion |
will be held at the Hangingdog
church Sunday, October 5, from
10 a. m. until 4 p. m. Everyone at
tending this reunion is asked to j
hring a lunch basket.
F. H. A, Chapter
Elects Officers
HIWASSEE DAM ? The F. H.
A. Chapter of Hiwassee Dam met
Thursday, September 18. to elect
t i"?eir officers and to decide who
was to go to the district rally at
Asheville September 27.
The officers elected were as fol
lows: Evelyn Mashburn. president;
Eleanor West, vice-president: Mary
Lou Raper. secretary: Eloise Dock
cry. treasurer: Blanchc Hambv, re
porter: Monteen Allen, parliamen
tarian: Gene H^id. song leader; |
Dar Lee West. Historian: Mrs. W.
T. Gibson, chapter mother. Other
members of the club include: Jean
Payne. Wilda Mae Raper. Virginia
Rcid. Montez Ilolbroks and Thel
ma Brendle.
John Jordon Is
Added To Faculty
John Jordon, it is announced by
Supt. H. Bueck. has assumed his
duties here in the Murphy school
system. Mr. Jordon fills the new
allotment that was granted by the
State Board of Education.
Mr. Jordon, a native of Murphy,
was graduated from Murphy high
school in 1937. He received his
B. S. degree from Western Caro
lina Teachers College in 1942.
Next, like most men of his age
group, he enlisted in the Navy and
spent over three and one half
years in the southwest Pacific.
After being released to civilian
life, Mr. Jordon resumed his
studies at Columbia University,
New York City, where he recently
completed his work and received
his masters degree.
Mrs. Jordon, formerly Mary
Catherine Piven of N. Y. C., and a
graduate nurse of St. Johns Hos
pital, and their son. 14 months old
James Richard, will join Mr. Jor
don in the near future.
John mentioned that his mar
riage was proof of agreement be
tween the ranks and the ratings in J
the navy overseas. He met his l
wife, then a lieutenant, navy nurse, i
iii Australia, while he. himself was i
an enlisted man in the hospital
corp. Later, they were married.
Episcopal Church
Services Listed
There will be a business meet
ing of the members of the Chureh
of the Messiah. Episcopal' church.
Saturday, September 27. at 7 p. m.
at the church.
Sunday, September 28. the
rector. Rev. A. Rufus Morgan, will
celebrate Holy Communion at 8:45
a. m. and will conduct morning
prayer and sermon at 11 a. m.
Dr. Whitfield Is :
Moving Offices
i i
Dr. B. W. \\ hitfioici has an- !
nounced that his offices will be '
moved to the Mauney Building. j
(cond floor, over Mauney Dru^ ?
Co., effective October 1. The same (
i>il'ice stall will be there to serve | ^
liis patients. j ^
Horton's Topics
Are Announced
Services at the Free Methodist 1
church the following week are: '
Preaching by the pastor. Rev. Fred
R Horton, both morning and eve- 1
ning Sunday: subject for the morn
ing service "Faith", and for the
evening service "No Form Nor
Comeliness". This is the begin
ning of a series of messages on tne
53rd chapter of Isaiah. Other
services arc: Sunday School, 10:00
a. m.; Young People's Service, 7:00 ,
p m.; Prayer meeting, Thursday. ,
7:30 p. m. The evening services
have been changed from 8 to 7:30.
Hiwassee And
Murphy Scouts
Have Encampment
HIWASSEE DAM ? Four Girl
Scouts and their leader made a trip
to Murphy Monday afternoon after
school to invite Sister Virginia
lletherington and the Murphy Girl
Scouts to spend the following
week-end at their cabin near Suit.
Both the Senior troop and Inter
mediate group were invited.
At the regular Wednesday meet
ing of the Hiwassee Dam Troop
plans for the week-end camping
trip were discussed. Mrs. W. T.
Gibson. Mrs. Marcus Flurry and
Miss Marion Jones took the girls
to the cabin for the meeting.
Twenty girls were present.
The Scouts spending the week
end from Murphy were as follows:
Sister lletherington. Blondell Isen
hour. Nancy Coy. Ann Dockery.
Eulane Dockery. Anne Shields and
Jane Sneed. Those from Hie Hi
v.assee Dam troop were: Becky
Morgan. Betty Dockery, Mary
Flurry, Marilyn McClary, Faye
Chapman, Geraldine Henry, Doro
thy Graham, Marcella Thompson.
Evelyn Radford, and Miss Marion
Jones. Charlene Mashburn and
Jean Hawkins joined the group
next day. The group went to the
Persimmon Lake camp for swim
ming twice on Saturday. Several
girls stayed to spend Saturday
night at the camp, returning home
in time for church Sunday morn
ing.
TO BE BAFTIZF.I)
Miss Virginia Brannon. daughter
of Mr. and Mrs Clyde Brannon.
will be baptized Sunday afternoon
at 2 o'clock in Hiwassee Lake near i
the bridge, into the Second Baptist j
church by the pastor, the Rev. ,
Voldon West of Andrews.
Special Features
Planned For This
Vear's Event
The annuat Cherokee County
air, sponsored this year by the
Cherokee County Fair association,
vill be held next week, September
10 through October 4.
Preparations for the largest and
>est fair ever to be held here are
>eing made. It is expected that
arm people will cooperate whole
heartedly in bringing in their ex
hibits. to participate in the great
y increased prize money that is
)eing offered.
One of the special features of
he Fair this year will be demon
Continued on page 8
Willard Moore
Retraxit
In the July 31, 1947, edition of
the Scout in an article setting out
cases to be tried at the August
Term of Court, it was erroreously
stated that Willard Moore had a
case on the docket of "Attempt
rape, breaking and entering, threat
and assault with deadly weapon".
This statement was an error in
that the charge against Mr. Moore
should have been driving an auto
mobile while intoxicated and driv
ing after licensed had been revok
ed and not as there reported.
Upon discovering the error the
Scout in its next issue corrected
the same. We have been called
upon again to correct the error
and gladly again publish our cor
rection, apology and retraction.
We are genuinely sorry when er
rors creep into our publication,
particularly so when they may
have a tendency toward bringing
a person in disrepute. Our most
sincere apology is herewith tender
ed.
Assignments
Open In Army
There are 880 specifife assign
ments open at Army installations
within the Third Army Area, which
includes the states of North Caro
lina. South Carolina, Georgia.
Florida. Mississippi. Alabama, and
Tennessee, and these assignments
are available to former servicemen
of the Army. Navy, Marine Corps,
and Coast Guard, according to
an announcement by M/Sgt. Ken
R. Coon of the U. S. Army and Air
Force Recruiting Service, located
in the Court House Monday, Wed
nesday and Friday.
Many of these jobs do not call
for any particular military occu
pational specialty or any particular
grade, which means that any form
er serviceman, regardless of his
training, may obtain one of the
assignments if he can qualify for
enlistment in the Army.
COM Ml NIT Y SINGING
A community singing will be
held Sunday. September 29. at 2
o'clock at Liberty Baptist church.
Il is open to the public.
Baptists Launch
Loyalty Campaign
First Baptist church on Wednes
day of next week will launch an !
eight-weeks' Church Loyalty cam
paign, with the slogan. "Christ
Centered Crusade", announces the [
Rev. J. Alton Morris, pastor. The
subjects of the pastor's morning [
and evening sermons for the eight 1
Sundays and his talks for mid- j
week Hour of Power services are
being placed in the hands of all
resident members They are list
ed in another place in this week's
issue of The Scout.
The church membership will be j
divided into units and groups, >
Those absent from any of the above j
services will be contacted by
group captains, to encourage at
tendance. who in turn will report
to unit leaders. The latter will
report to the pastor.
Simultaneously with the Church
Loyalty campaign is the begin
ning of a Southwide Tithing pro
gram sponsored by the Southern
Baptist Convention. Sunday will
be Enlistment day for this promo
tion.
The pastor will preach Sunday
morning at 11 o'clock on the sub
ject. "These You Ought To Have
Done". Church officers and of
ficers of various departments also
will be installed and two new dea
cons ordained: L. W. Hendrix, R.
D. Chandler, and C. W. Arnold, al
ready ordained, and J. C. Penland
and M. L. Williams, to be ordained.
There will be no evening worship
service because of the revival at
the Presbytesian church. Sunday
School is at 9:45 a. m. and Train
ing Union at 6:30.