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MURPHY. NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. JANUARY 22, 1948.
Seeds For Europe
Drive Under Way
Twenty-six 4-H Club Council
members representing 10 clubs in 1
Cherokee county and three leaders
heard Oscar II Phillips, newly ap- I
pointed 4-H Club agent for the j
Western district speak on "Our j
State 4-H Program" at their quart
erly meeting. Saturday morning. |
January 17, in the home agent's
office in Murphy.
Jerry Hall, council president,
presided over the ^neeting which
opened with the club pledge and
motto followed by 4-H songs led j
by Mildred Hendrix. Minutes were <
read by Carolyn Smith, council
secretary, who also showed council J
members her original idea for a
secretary's notebook. The finance
committee report was given by
Mildred Hendrix and was accept
ed.
The Council voted to sponsor
an Easter Market in Murphy and
Andrews as a means of raising
building funds for the District 4
H Camp in Waynesville. The Coun
cil voted also to accept the recom
mendations of County Leaders for
participation in the State's pro
gram of international activities
and to sponsor a drive for a
"Vegetable Seeds to Europe" pro
gram in all county schools.
Leadership pins as awards for
outstanding activities at the Swan
nonoa Camp last summer were
presented Carolyn Smith. Mary
Frances Robinson and Carol Phil
lips of Andrews. Jerry Hall, Mur
phy, Edwin and David Hendrix of
Peachtree, by Mr. Phillips.
Mildred Hendrix. State Leader
ship Champion, was presented a
17-jewel Elgin De-luxe wrist ?vatch
which bore the engraving "To j
Mildred Hendrix. State 4-H Lead
ership winner. 1947, by Edward
Foss Wilson", by Mary Cori well,
home agent.
Jerry Hall, was presented a $25 j
Saving Bond as a Stale award forj
his Dairy Production demonstra- 1
tion. by Mack Patton, assistant J
farm agent in charge of 4-H Work, i
Council members present and :
representing their respective clubs '
were: Jerry Hall, Dorothy Shields.
Mary Farmer, Mildred Hendrix. j
Sherman Hampton and James
Meyers, Murphy high club: Sam- .
my White. Evelyn Radford, Mur
phy elementary club: Carolyn
Smith and Mary Frances Robinson. |
Andrews high; Carol Phillips and ;
Morris West, Andrews elementary |
clubs; Anna Ruth Stiles. Dorothea I
Flemmings. Doris Kilpatrick. Ed
win and David Hendrix. Peachtrcc
club; Jerry Ruth Smith and Blaine
Stalcup. Martin's Creek club; Lor
etta Taylor and Jeann Hawkins, j
Ranger: Randall Shields, Mt.
Pleasant; Dcvereaux Martin, club
member and leader for the Grape
Creek club; Mary Sue Martin.
Wanda West. Betty Radford. Hi
wassee Dam club; Miss Marion
Jones and Mrs. Clifton Radford,
leaders for the Hiwassee Dam
club.
The group will meet for a j
lecreational meeting the third
Saturday in March
Mr. and Mrs. Rat Stiles have
returned from Tallahassee Fla ,
after spending a week there.
Canips Speaker
At Associational
Sunday School
Convention Sunday
The Rev. J. C. Canipe, secre
tary of Evangelism and head of
the North Carolina Bible Institute
?t Fruitland. will be the guest
speaker at the Baptist Associa
tional Sunday School convention
to be held at Andrews Baptist
church Sunday afternoon at 2:30
o'clock. !
The Rev. Jack Palmer of To
motla will conduct the devotional. !
and special music will be render
ed.
Representatives from a large
number of the churches in the
Western North Carolina associa- 1
tion are expected to attend.
T\ IT 11
ur. H. Y . Powell
Able To Return
To His Home j
News has boon received here '
oi the improvement of Dr. li. P. |
Powell, former pastor of first
Methodist church here, who is i
now pastor of the Edenton Street
Methodist church.
The following letter was receiv- :
ed by Paul Hyatt of Murphy; j
from E. F. Barber:
Dear Mr. Hyatt:
.Just a hurried scrawl, lo let
you know the latest about Dr.
Powell.
When I returned to Raleigh
last week. 1 learned thai his
condition had taken an unexpect
ed turn for the better. Doctors
are very much pleased with his
progress, and he went home first j
of this week -December 22 > thus j
being able to spend Christmas at |
home, instead of in hospital.
1 have just talked to Mrs. Pow
ell. and told her I was going to
write you. so she asks to be re
membered to all their friends in
Murphy.
She says he is getting along
wonderful ly-has been able to go
to the table for several meals
this week ? doctor allows him up
a couple of hours a day-the arm
is improving greatly Doctors are
surprised and pleased at the way
i it is healing. He is now able to use
1 his fingers some, which indicates
1 he will have the use of the arm.
even though it may be a little
stiff on account of silver plates
put in it.
RECRUITING OFFICE
( LOSES TWO WEEKS
Sgt Ken R. Coon, recruiting of
ficer for this district, has an
nounced that the recruiting office
located in the Register of Deeds
office will be closed from Thurs
day. January 22, until 8:00 a. m..
February 2. at which time the
office will resume its usual hours.
Religious Census
To Be Taken Here
Sunday Afternoon
There will be a city-wide religi
| ous census taken Sunday, January
, 25. between the hours of 2 and 6
' ( 'clock P. M. This Census is be
| ing sponsored by the following
| churches of Murphy: First Metho
j dist. First Baptist and the Presby
terian The purpose of this cen
I sus is two-fold, viz: to first pro
cure an official record of the
| non-church citizens of the town j
I and also the church members;
further, to try to bring the un
churched into the church.
The First Methodist Church is
taking the lead in this undertak
ing. as the year 1948 is the last
year of the Crusade for Christ
in the Methodist Church, and it
is the year in which primary em
phasis is being placed on the
Church School.
There will be an official meet
ing at the First Methodist church.
Saturday. January 24. at 7 o'
clock . P M.. composed of the fol
lowing representatives from the
churches sponsoring this census:
The Board of Education of First
Methodist Church; the committees
on territory, personnel, and plann
ing, together with the visitors
from the various churches. At
this meeting there will be a social
period, during which light re
freshments will be served. Fol
lowing this, the assembly will
break up into smaller groups,
each of which will be instructed
as to their respective duties.
| On Jan. 25, at eleven o'clock,
a Consecration Service will be
held in the First Methodist
church, for those participating in
this campaign. The visitors are to
meet at First Methodist Church
at 1:45 P. M. to receive their final
instructions before going out at
j 2 o'clock. The people of Murphy
are asked to remain at home Sun
I day afternoon, between the hours
! of 2 and 5:30 o'clock, so that this
j census can be taken in a thorough
i way
I Sunday. February 1. is to be in
the nature of a great Church Ral
ly at the First Methodist Church.
| at which time the census will be
officially closed.
Governor Is To
Speak January. 23
At Young Harris
M. E. Thompson, acting Gover
; nor of Georgia, will be the guest
J speaker of the Phi Chi and Phi
j Delta Literary and Debating Socit
| ties at their 57th anniversary
, banquet which will be held Janu
| ary 23.
It is expected that the Governor
j will arrive on the Young Harris
j Campus sometime Friday after
noon
His visit will not be the first
I time that he has been on the cam
I pus. for it was during one of his
! visits several years ago. that he
i was made an honorary member of
! the Phi Chi's
( Mr. and Mrs Jack McGuire
| have moved to Mrs. J. W. Thomp
son's apartment.
Cherokee And Clay Share
Nantahala Forest Earnings
Supervisor E. W. Renshaw of (
the Nantahala National Forest
was notified this week that the 1
eounties' share of the National |
Forest receipts has been paid to !
the State Treasurer. The money !
will now be distributed to the !
seven eounties in which the Nan- 1
tahala National Forest is located
in proportion to the National For
est area in each county.
The payment for Fiscal Year
1947 slightly exceeds that of last
year, indicating that the receipts
from the Forest were propor
tionately greater. The sum paid
to the state this year amounts to
$24,331.60 Cherokee and Clay
counties' share amounts to ap
proximately $8,619.00. or about 35
percent of the total. Supervisor
Rensiurw points out that the
payments this year closely ap
proach 61*2 cents an acre which
he believes compares very favor
ably with taxes received from ]
comparable mountain land in j
private ownership. These pay- 1
ments to the counties are in lieu
of taxes and are based on 25 per- 1
cent payment, 10 percent of the
gross receipts returned to the
Xantahala Forest each year to be
spent on Forest roads and trails.
This year the return for roads
and trails will be about $9,733.00.
'1 he counties in which National
Forests are located consequently
receive about 35 percent of the
gross receipts as a direct return
in lieu of taxes. There is no ex
pense to the county for tax collec
tion. and no delinquency.
Sale of timber from the Nanta
hala Forest is by far the largest
source of revenue. Small amounts
are received from resort and other
land use permits. Cutting of green
timber is based on a lonu range
plan which insures steady increas
ing growth with no more being re
moved than is grown. Salvage oi
blight killed chestnut is proceed
ing as rapidly as possible so that
all possible revenues will be real
ized from this source.
Perhaps of even greater im
portance to the communities on
or near the National Forests is
the amount of steady employment
provided by private firms that
cut and process the timber One
of the main objectives of the
management of the Nantahala
National Forest is to provide a
businesslike example of perpetual
operation and stable communities.
Timber, water, wildlife and recre
ation are all developed for the
maximum benefit to the people on
a long-time basis.
Group To Attend
NCEA Meeting
i
Mrs. Dair Shields, President of
the Murphy Unit of the North
! Carolina Education, and her hus- 1
band, Lonzo Shields, president of
the Cherokee County Unit, will go
I to Raleigh Saturday for a state
wide meeting of local unit presi
dents for a discussion of the
question of asking the governor ^
to call a special session of the
General Assembly for the purpose
of cost of living salary adjust
ments for state employees. The
Andrews Unit will be represent- j
ed by Boyd Robinson, principal of
Andrews Elementary School and
Frank Walsh, principal of the
Marble school.
Mrs. Richard Mauney and
daughter. Cathey of Raleigh, will
arrive Saturday for a visit with
relatives.
Tom Evans returned Sunday 1
from a week spent in Florida.
Teachers On Job
After Absences
Due To Illness
The Murphy school faculty was
complete again this week after
several absences since Christmas.
Miss Clara McCombs resumed hei
work after a week's illness. Miss
Jane Knowles and Richard Yow
who were ill when school began
Jan. 5 came back last week as
did Walter Puett who was detain- j
ed in Florida due to an automo
bile accident.
The position left vacant by Miss I
Grace Tucker, who was married
Christmas, is being filled tem
porarily by Mrs. Clell Bueck
Mrs. Bueck who holds a B. S
degree in Home Economics and
has done graduate work at the
University of Virginia was for 10
>ears instructor of Home Eco
nomics at Selma. Supt H. Bueck
states that he expects to fill this
vacancy with a permanent teach
er by the first of February.
Mrs. Sudderth Heads
District Council
Spanish - American
War Veteran Is
Taken Bv Death
Word was received here this
week of the death of John Walton
("Bud") King, brother of Mrs.
John II Dillard, which occurred
Tuesday morning at 8 o'clock at
the U. S. Veterans' hospital in
Bay Pines. Fla . following a long
illness.
Mr. King was the son of the
late Wiley an<> E'mina Cooper
King. promir *n' cit'zens of this j
section He was <7 years ilf '
and Vis born in Graham county |
He was a veteran of the Spanish
American War. and was a retired !
railroad engineer.
Besides Mrs. Dillard. his sur
vivors include two brothers. F B
Kin^ of Andrews, and Will B
King of Mt Bullion. Calif., and
several nieces and nephews.
The body will be shipped here,
and will remain at Townson
funeral home until time for the
funeral which will probably be
held at the Andrews Methodist
church Sunday afternoon, with
burial in Andrews cemetery.
i Artificial
i Breeding Is
Available To
Dairy Farmers
Tho Artificial Breeding associa
tion of the Murphy milkshed area i
started its operations here on
\Iondaj The association is a unit '
of the Southeastern Artificial j
Breeding association, owned an ;
operated by .1 R Prentice ot j
l.ake Geneva. Wis. Mr Prentice
lias been in the artificial breeding j
business for the past seven years
A stud is now being operated >
at Asheville. from which semen is j
, being distributed to the various I
counties in which associations !
have been organized Harold Hall
Di Murphy has been trained in a
special course at State College. 1
Raleigh, and is employed by the 1
association to have charge of the |
work here.
A large number of farmers have
joined the association and signed
up for artificial breeding of their
dairy cattle. This is an economical
way for cows to be bred to the
best purebred proven bulls avail
able.
Dairy specialists point out to j
farmers that the use of proven j
bulls is the fasted way for dairy
men to increase milk production j
and improve the quality of a
dairy herd.
The stud at Asheville has 10
registered Guernseys, 10 register
' ed Jerseys and eight registered
! Ifolsteins, all of which are proven
! with a high index. Pedigrees are
available at the county agent's of
fice.
Home Demonstration i. aunty |
Council officers for Cherokee.
Clay and Graham counties met |
with the home agents and Mrs
Pauline Hotchkiss, Western Dis- |
trict agent, in Murphy. January |
16. to make plans for activities oi |
District one for 1948.
District officers selected for a j
two-year term were as follows
District chairman. Mrs. Paul Sud
derth. Cherokee county; first vice
chairman. Mrs. It L. Phillips.
Graham county; second vice-chair
man, Mrs Waldroup. Clay county
historian. Mrs Ben Warner
Cherokee county secretary and I
treasurer. Mrs Sue Reese. Clay |
county.
Committees selected were- Nom
irikMi#. Canaan to i I
from Graham county: resolutions
Mrs. Clyde McNabb. Cherokee |
county; courtesy, 'to be named).
Graham county; steering Mrs Neil |
Jarrett. Clay county
Mrs. Hotchkiss presided at the
meeting and led the discussion on |
the functions of the county, dis
trict and state federation Mrs
Clyde McNabb Mrs Ben Warner |
of Cherokee and Mrs Sue Reese
ol Clay gave explanations af the |
various phases of the program.
Plans were made for the obser
vance of National Home Demon
st ration Club week in Ma>
The Council accepted the invita
tion of the Clay county delegation j
to hold the 1948 spring merlin.' ol
the District one Federation in
IVayesvil! ? in May The Council
voted to extend an invitation to
Mrs. Walter Pike. Hendersonville.
to attend this meeting and tell ot
her trip to Holland la^i fall when
she represented the Western Dis
trict of Home Demonstration clubs
.'t the National meeting of the As
sociated Country Women of the
World. Other features of the day's
program will be county's reports
of Home Demonstration and 4-H
activities with each county featur
ing some outstanding activity
The group adjourned for re
freshments which were served by
the hostess count v
State Wildlife
Meeting Is In
Winston This Week
The North Carolina Wildlife
Federation's third Annual Meeting
will bo held in Winston-Salem on
January 25 and 2(> Headquarters
will be the Rob Vt E I.ee Hotel.
Several national, known speaker
including Carl D. Shoemaker of
the National \V ''if ? Federation
\m I be on th ? p.ogram. Fedcrat'on
' : . -idem I* K Gravely of Rocky
Mv. lit. will p-es'de and give a re
i i. Wende". Tesh. president of
; Forsyth ^ojn*v Wildlif? Club.
;.nd Dr. Fred Garvcy, both of
Winston-Salem, are in charge of
local arrangements and have
promised several entertainment
features Election of officers for
i 1948 will be held at the business
j session. Officers to be elected are
president, three vice presidents.
| and secretary and treasurer.
Non-Suit Taken In
$25,000 Libel Case
Frank Fosrth
To Speak At
P. T. A. Meeting
Frank Forsyth, manager of the
local branch of Citizens Bank and
Trust Company, will speak on
"Softool Banking ' at the meeting
of Murphy Parent-Teachers as
sociation Monday evening at 7:30
o'clock, announces the program
committee, composed of Mrs. Ben
Palmer. Mrs. J. Alton Morris, and
Mrs. Lloyd Hendrix.
The Rev W. B Penny will con
duct the devotional, and a musical
number by Mrs. Margaret Akin's
pupils will be given. Miss Emily
Sword will make a report on the
trancy work which she began a
week ago. She has reported to the
SCOUT that scores of children are j
now going back to school or enter- J
ing for the first time, as a result
of announcement in the paper two
weeks ago that a truant officer
had been appointed and her con
tacts since the work began.
Area Girl Scout
Council Organized
Plans for the organization of a
Western North Carolina area girl
scout council were worked out
by nineteen persons meeting Mon
day. in the recreation room of the
Murphy City Library Mrs Harry
Miller, president of the Cherokee
Girl Scout association, will act as I
temporary chairman for the troupj
until the formal organization j
which is expected to be complet
ed in March.
Any groups sponsoring or in
terested in promoting scouting in i
their communities are requested j
, To send suggestions for board
personnel to the following com- (
mittee: Hev. A Rufus Morgan j
Franklin Mrs Neil Sneed. Mur- |
phy; and Mrs. Georg Bidstrup. j
Brasstown. Written eommunica- ;
turns from persons unable to at- j
tend the meeting Monday but in
terested 4n promoting the work
were received from Cullowhee.
Hayesville, and Brvson City.
Cherokee. Macon and Clay coun
ties had representatives at the
meeting.
Murphy Tops
Morganton Team
With Score 35-14
The Murphy Bulldogs got back |
into 1 hi1 win column here Tuesday j
night by trouncing the Morganton. j
(I. . high school five by a score j
of 35 to 14 Murphy took a 5 to 0|
first quarter lead and coasted on j
t o an eas\ win. The Bulldogs were
I
led by Alexander with 9 points
while Hay more bucked in 5 points
to lead the losing Morganton five
In the lirst game the Murphy
girls lost a hard fought game to
;h" Moi . niton lassies. The Mur
i phy girls led the Georgia state
I champions at half 10 to*. 9. but
! Morganton came back in the final
Quarter to clinch the victory by a
tore of 20 to 14.
i Lineups
J Pos Murphy 35 ? Morganton 14'
(?' Hughes 0 ? Cheatham <2*
I r Wells (2? Haymorc '5>
j C Hampton 1 5> Davis
CI Alexander 1 9> Standridge
Ci- Meroney Stevens (3)
Subs
Murphy K Hall 3?. Thompson
<7>. Hogsed '4>. .1 Hall. Burch.
| Griggs. Davidson
Morganton Love 4 ?. Rogers
Cook Announces
Ranger Services
Rev W. A. Cook pastor of the
Ranger Methodist church, 'will
preach every second Sunday in
the month On preaching days,
Sunday school will begin at 10:00
.? m and preachin? services at
11:00 a. m. On oiher Sundays
Sunday school will begin at 10 30
a. m.
Judge Donald Phillips of Rock
ingham presided over the term
of Superior court for the trial of
civil cases which was in session
Monday through Wednesday noon.
The case of Willard Moore vs
Addie Mae Cooke, publisher of
the Cherokee Scout, for $25,000
libel, was voluntarily non-suited
by Moore through his attorney.
John Loftin Mason, and the court
ordered Moore to pay ail costs in
the action. When Mason request
ed a continuance of the ease be
cause joint counsel, John Queen
of Waynesville was not present.
Miss Cooke, through her attor
neys, E. C Hyde of Murphy and
George Ward of Asheville, insist
ed on trial on the basis that she
had present and available witnes
ses that had come from a distance
and might not be available at a
later date. These included the
Rev Sam Maddox of Florence,
Ala . Patrick Reese of Henderson
ville. Sergeant T. A. Sandlin and
Ed Guy of Bryson City, and seve
ral men from Hayesvilie and
Murphy. The judge refused to
grant a continuance unless Mr.
Queen told him he was sick, and
Mason stated that he would take
a non-suit.
ine claim ol Moore for $25,000
was based on the reporting in
THE CHEROKEE SCOUT in July.
1946. of an incident in which Wil
li rd Moore as a deputy sheriff
struck and arrested the Rev. Sam
Maddox. a prominent Baptist
minister and a chaplain on ter
minal leave in the United States
army, following which people of
Murphy were aroused and asked
the city and county officials for
better law enforcement, and on
an error in the listing of court
cases in July. 1947, when the
SCOUT's reporter, Patrick Reese,
listed in a news story the wrong
c harges against Moore. The lat f*r
was retracted on two occasions.
The case of John A. Mallonee
\< Southern Railway, in which he
asked SI 0.294 damages from a
wreck in which his car was dam
aged last year, was sent to Feder
a' Court because the Judge as
certained that Mallonee was a
resident of Florida Representing
Mallonee were I^)ftin Mason and
Thad Bryson of Franklin, and the
Southern. Gray and Penland and
George Ward. On cross examina
tion Mallonee stated to the court
that an insurance company had
paid him $1,050 for his car and
that he did not go to see a doctor
until four months after the ac
cident It required more than an
hour to get a sufficient number
ol men to act as jurors in the
ease on Tuesday afternoon, and
the trial had proceeded until late
Wednesday morning before it
was brought out that Mallonee
v. as a resident of Florida.
The case of Fannie Deweese v?
J V Barnett. asking $25,000 dam
ages as a result of an accident
last July, in which her arm was
broken, was tried before a jury
which awarded the plaintiff $4.
P0C Through his attorneys, Grey
and Penland. Mr Barnett noted
an appeal to the Supreme court
Thad Bryson was counsel for Miss.
Deweese.
The following were granted
divorces Sal lie Wilson Pearson
from Edward Jackson Pearson,
mother granted custody of child:
C .1 Brown from Ganil Brown;
Hazel C. Conle.v from Glen Con
ic, \ Marvie R Stillwcll from Wm.
II Stillwcll. mother granted cus
t:>dy of child: and mistrial was
ordered in the following: Zetta J.
Hartness vs Willard Hartness ind
Dorothy Haiglcr Roberson vs
1 Clinton II Roberson.
PEEL HALL
I Sam Coker, Atlanta, Ga., has
boon selected to serve as tempor
ary house chairman of Peel Hall
| boys dormitory at Young Harris
College. Coker will assist in direct
I ing the work of the student coun
oil members who will be on office
' duty in Peel Hall each night.
In addition to those responsi
bilities, Coker and other members
will work out a program whereby
students in Peel will come to rec
ognize that the dormitory is their
home during their stay here on
the campus according to Starr
Miller, faculty member in charge.