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POPULATION CHEROKEE COUNTY 18,813 COUNTY SEAT 2,500 VOI.lTlE 58 ? NUMBER 40. Cherokee County CLOTHED IN NATURE'S SCENIC WONDERS IS AN IDEAL VACATION SPOT MI'RPHY, NOKTII CAROLINA. THl'RSDAV, APRIL 2:>. 1918. TEN PAOES Tills WEEK Cancer Campaign To Be Next Week i herokee county has been as-* a quota of $800 in the incer drive which will be con ducted here next week. Miss . ? /.ibeth Gray and Miss Tommy , s!.>\ton are eo-chairmen for the ( ounty. The following have been ap pointed to assist with the cam- j un: Mrs. Jean White. Miss Lona . Davis, Murphy schools; Miss Ruth | Dockery. Marble; Mrs. Wayne Hoi- | nd. Hrasstown; Mrs. Henry Trot t- Andrews and Topton; and James Osborne, Hiwassee Dam. The Murphy committee is com ?sed of: Miss Fannie Deweese. Gertrude Worthen, Mrs. Neil - .. ed. Paul Padgett, Merle Davis, : .ward Adair. Hugh Penland. vl Gladys McCleskey, Louis H i|?er, Mrs. Ann Philips, Bob White. Hubert Williams, Bob i 1 11 It . Jack Barton Akin. Bob K.i-ley, Mrs. Louise Schuyler, and ,\i Frances Jones. (ieology Students And Professors Visit In Murphy and four professors from the Uni vi -:ty of Wisconsin and the Uni v? ;ty of Tennessee under the riii ecf ion of Dr Paris B. Stockdale. hra<l of the Geology and Gcogra department of the University Tennessee, were over-night is in Murphy Tuesday night were on a five-day geologic ?\ ursion through the Southern Appalachians. They visited the mine here, and went on from <? through the copper basin, en route to Dayton, Tenn. Teachers in the party included: I>. Stockdale. Dr. Harry J. Klep < and Dr. Fr nk fin der all of t hi* department ?>f Geology. Uni vitsiiv of Tennessee, and Dr. 'a vis ('line, department of Geo L'niversity of Wisconsin. Presbyterians Building Annex Work is progressing rapidly on i: new educational annex to the I' < shyterian church, which is ex pected to be completed early in May. The building is 34 by 38 feet with an assembly room 23 by 25 lect. lour class rooms. 12 by 12 let. a kitchen and two rest rooms. ?h< building was begun March 28. and will be completed early in M; There is an outside entrance to the building and one directly into the church. Girl Scouts Have Meeting I By ROSE AXI.F.Y ('?ii ! Scout troop No. 7 met at j f.he recreation hall April 19. with M Fred Swaim. Members of the troop arc: Rose j Axley. Josephine Garrett. Barbara | Swaim. Oma Ledford, Elizabeth ! franklin. Sue Beth Rolland, Nancy Mcroney and Edna Ann Palmer. The Lily of the Valley assistant , Patrol leader is Josephine Garrett, j and the patrol leader is Nancy j Mt roney. The assistant leader of the Hose patrol is Rose Axley; the patrol leader is Sue Beth Rolland. j The troops jumped ropes and i folk-danced for recreation. They made Girl Scout note I books. Tannery To Open ANDREWS? S. Salman. New ^?rk, N y. one of the partners "l Ihr Andrews Tanning Company, 'ffently arrived in Andrews for ?he purpose of starting operation ?t the plant again. It will be some ' : !>1t' before the plant will be 'c?<ly for operation but prepara ?ry work is progressing satis "ctorily. Poll Holders For May 29 Primary Listed The Cherokee county Board of Elections, composed of: Abe Hem brec . chairman: O. L. Anderson, and James Bryson. announces the following list of registrars and judge?, for the May 29 primary in this county: Murphy, south ward: L. VV. Shields, registrar: E. Winchest er. Charles S Mull, judges: Mur phy. north ward: VV. \V. Rogers, registrar. H. Leatherwood, J. W. Franklin, judges. Peachtree: Frank Abernathy. registrar: Morris Moore, Milt English, judges. Brasstown: Horac e Stalcup. registrar: A. G. Stalcup. Sam Car ringer. judges. Burnt Meeting House: S. A. Hughes, registrar: J. L. King. Alvin Kaper. judges. Walker School House: Charlie Kilpatrick. registrar: Homer Davidson. Beecher Luther, judges Culberson: Randolph Shields, iegistrar; .1 A. Cook. Ira Owenby. judges. Liberty: W. F Hill, registrar: Leonard Jones. Leonard Brown, judges. Shoal Creek: Mrs. Edgar Tay lor. registrar: Frank Sparks. Bur ton McNabb. judges. Vests: George Quinn. registrar; Mrs. Brock. Clifton Raper. judges I?ng Ridge W D. Graham registrar: Fred Graves, Lester Taylor, judges. Unakn: George Crawford, regis trar: Charlie Bates, Jr., Herman Jones, judges v Upper Beaverdam: Lawrence ekery. regist ar, Mr*. 1 wretJl Dockery, Goley Dockery. judges. Hot House Jack Westmoreland, registrar: Karl Payne. Lester Cole, judges Boiling Springs: W. J. Mintz registrar: James Mintz. Baxter Davis, judges. Hanging Dog: R A Hensley. registrar: Able Palmer. John Lovingood. judges. Ebenezer: Noah McDonald, registrar: Butler Carter. Bob Grav es. judges. Ogreeta: Fred Martin, registrar; Allem Chambers. John Taylor, judges. Grape Creek: George Rogers, registrar: Everett Martin. Sam i Capps. judges. Tomotla: Collie Wells, registrar; Bert Shields. Edgar Price, judges. Marble: J. 11 Bryson. Sr.. regis trar: Carl Bryson. J. M Moss, judges Andrews, north ward: Mrs. Cleve Almond, registrar; Fred Parker. B. Hamilton, judges; An drews. south ward: Bertha Mc Guirc. registrar: Charlie Jones. Rufus Reese, judges. Topton: Nell B. Riddle, regis trar: Frank Conley, 1). B. Wright, judges Drink Of Water Gives Fire Scare W. \I Pain of Murphy was in Atlanta on the 15th and was in the midst of the confusion related be lowed : "A misdirected drink of water brought every piece of firefight ing equipment in downtown Atlan ta last night, and threw almost everyone in a dither at mammoth Grady hospital. Investigation re vealed that an ambulance driver, bending over a drinking fountain, got his drink in the eye instead of his mouth, reached for a towel, but pulled a fire alarm box in stead." PREACHES SUNDAY The Rev. W. B Penny will fill his pulpit at First Methodist church at both the morning and evening services Sunday. BAND MEETING People in the Murphy school district who are interested in hav ing a band at the school next year ' have been invited to attend a meeting at 7:30 o'clock tonight I (Thurs.) in the school auditorium. CAUGHT IN HIWASSEE ? John Kebak. Jr.. Naval Ordance rep- ' resentative, lliwassee Dam, is shown holding the 11-pound large mouth bass he caught in lliwassee lake. Murphy on April 15. This' i i-^ thought to be the largest bass j t # be taken from the lake thus far. but Cherokee eounty fishermen ? re hoping to take others of equal I size this spring. This prize fish was caught by easting with a plug Redden To Speak At Andrews VFW Memorial Day 29th Shop In Murphy Week To Be Held Here May 1-8 Preparations are being mad* by .Murphy Merchants to put on a "Shop in Murphy" week May 1-8, when .they will offer to the people of this trade area such outstanding values they feel that thousands will come here to participate in the savings. The stores will list in next week's SC'OI'T many of the bargains and attractive buys they are offering for this week, and readers are invited to watch for these advertisements. Ministers To Speak At Finals Local ministers will il?? the , speaking at the Murphy school commencement exercises, which are to be held the third week in May. according to announcement by Supt. H. Bueck. On Sunday. May 1(>. at 1 1 a m the Rev. J. Alton Morris will de liver the baccalaureate sermon, i 11 the school auditorium. On Friday. May 21. at 8 p. m . the Re\ W B Penny will deliver the commence ment address at gradual in exer cises. Other features of the school fin als include: Jui.ior-senior b.mquet on May 4 at 6:30 p m senior play. "Star Crazy ", May li at 8 p. m . in school auditorium: and May festival by Grades 1 to 12. Wednesday. May 19. at 2 p in .. on I he school campus. Several Attend NCEA Meeting Those attending the N. C\ E. A. meeting in Asheville last week were: From Murphy: Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Hendrix. Mr and Mrs. H. Bueck, Portor Raper, Walter Puett: from Hiwassee Dam: Walter B. Thomas. James T Osborne. Walter Carpenter. Miss Marie I Gregory; Miss Thelma Mac Keen um, Mrs. Hosa Anderson Barton. Miss Maggie Bell Kisselburg. Miss | Estella Icard. Miss Anna Lou Keenum, James C. Evans, R L. Keenum. Miss Louise Jones, and I Mrs. Maude Radford, from Martins Creek. Mrs. James C. Evans. " \N DREWS -Boone Bryson Post J Xo. 7999 Veterans of Foreign Wars in Andrews is preparing for a gali : ('ay on April 29. The day bus been | (ieclareil a "Memoria. in I iionor of the men of Andrews and l \ ieinity who made the supreme sacrifice for their country in the I war. Flags in town will be display ed at half-mast throughout the 'the business district on that day. ! In the evening at 7 o'clock a free dinner will be held at the Youth I'uilding to which all overseas veterans will be invited. Represen | tative Monroe Redden will come here from Washington. D C.. to address the gathering. Also high \ F. W officers will attend the meeting, including Department Commander C E Sneed of Wil mington. and district Commander Allen Brown of Hendersonvillc. , Veterans are being asked when practical to do so to attend the dinner in uniform Facilities for serving the dinner arc somewhat limited, and prefer nee will be given to the first 150 men notify - ) ing either Fred Mashburn at the | Rhodda-Van Gorder hospital or I Paul Rickett at the Citizens Bank j by Monday. April 2(> A warm invitation i> being ex I tended to all veterans of foreign | wars of either War 1 or War II. Dr. Charles () Van Gorder is | post commander here and W. 1) | Whitaker is senior \i< < comman t ? . New Sanitarian Joins District Health Department D. H. Moody, who has lived in Weldon for the past several years, has assumed the position as senior, sanitarian for the Cherokee-Clay- 1 I Graham health department. He j had 15 years experience as sani- J j tarian in Halifax county In recent ; I \ cars he has been with the FCX. Joe Higdon. junior sanitarian for the department, and Mr. Moody will work together in the three county district j Mr Moody is living at Regal I hotel. COUNCIL All leaders and Council Memb ers of the Girl Scouts are asked to go to Kannapolis. for training May 6-8 The Council and troop <-ommittee members will meet Thursday. May 6. and the leaders will meet Friday and Saturday. May 7 and 8. Holland Baptist Secretary To Preach Here Sunday Thad A. Eure Visits Murphy That! A. Eure, Secretary of State of North Carolina, was a visitor in Murphy and Cherokee county on Monday of this week. He is seek ing renomination for the office he has held for the past several year* Although from the East, he Is well acquainted with people in this section and greeted many old friends while here. Arden Davis Is Candidate For Mayor Of Murphy Murphy's town election will be held on Tuesday. May 4. and the deadline for candidates to file for office is Saturday of this week. Arden Davis, Republican, this week announced his candidacy for mayor, opposing the incumbent. Neil Sneed, who announced a few weeks ago. Candidates for council men on a ticket with Davis are: Dr. J. N. Hill. E. L. Townson, Joe Ray. J W. Franklin, Ricchard Howell, and Tom Palmer Savage Writes Journal About Local Highways The following letter from C\ W. Sa/age recvnt!\ . . Reared in the Atlanta Journal, in interest of directing traffic from Atlanta over the through highways via Murphy to points in Western North Carolina. Dear Editor The highway from Atlanta j through Marietta. Canton. Tate. Jasper. Nelson. Ballground. Elli jay and Blue Ridge to Murphy. N C., sections of which were under construction all through 1946 and a part of 1947. is now completed iind open for travel, it has been announced This is the shortest route from Murphy to Atlanta end is the route traveled by the buses from Asheville to Atlanta. It is a good hard-surfaced road all | the way. This highway having been block ed all last winter and spring Flor ida tourists going north were rout ed over other roads rather than through Murphy, through the fam ous Nantahala Gorge, to Fontana j Dam. through the Great Smoky | Mountains National Park and the Cherokee Indian Reservation to | Asheville Murphy and Cherokee county I residents as well as those of other | western North Carolina counties do a great deal of their shopping | in Atlanta, and travel over the above named road, going and com- 1 ing. Murphy people and others this section, feel that you should 1 give us publicity that would reach the Florida tourists and bring j them through our Western North i Carolina Mountains on their re turn north Route people over the four lane highway out of Atlanta ! to Marietta, then take No. 5 from Marietta to Blue Ridge, then No 60 from Blue Ridge to the junc tion of Nos. HO and 64. following 64 into Murphy SERMON SVBJGCT "On This Roek 1 Will Build My Church" is the subject announced by the Rev T (I Tate for his sermon Sunday morning at 11 o' clock at the Presbyterian church There will be no evening service. Sunday school will meet at 10 a. m. with J. B Gray, superinten dent. DAVIS TO SPEAK W. Merle Davis will be the speaker at the meeting of Murphy Parent-Teachers association Mon day evening at 7:30 o'clock, in the school auditorium. FINALS SPEAKER Dr W E ' Phifer, Jr. of Nashville. Tenn . , who will preach in a series of | services at the Andrews Presby- 1 terian church the week of May 17 I and deliver the Commei ement address for the Andrews school j finals on May 21 Methodist Bells Impress Tourist Not only do local people en- J joy the dailv brroadcasts on the chimes at first Methodist church, hut the following letter i Irom a man of Oroville, Califor nia. indicates that visitors also enjoy them: "To the Church with the Bells". Murph\. \. C.: As a tourist I happened to he passing > I through your little city at noon I April 13. May I express my ap- ' preciation of the fine music you broadcast. It seemed to spread a benediction and peace over * the entire town and was the most impressive thing I have eneountered in my 2.500 mile trip. William I). Young." Foxhunters Association To Have Meeting A M McAfee of Blairsville G, 1 president of the Tri-state Fox- j hunters' association has announced that the semi-annual meeting ol I the association will he Ivk! on j \p.il 28 at Blairsville j The association is composed of I fox hunters of North Carolina. ! Geo rr i a and Tennessee The as- \ sociation recently has b.?en ae cepted as a member of the Natioi al Foxhunters' association with ' headquarters in Lexington. Ky. A number of prominent speak ers will be heard at the meeting beginning at 3 o'clock in the after noon. Among them will be Herman Talmadgc. This will be followed by the Bench Show at 7:30 p. m. Ci R Patterson of Maryville. I Tenn . will be judge of the Bench show. The place of the races will bo announced at the Bench show, and judges of the show will be an- j nou need later. Dr. Teije Jansma of Haarlem. Holland, secretary of Holland Baptists, will speak in this area several times during the coming week He will be guest minister al First Baptist church. Murphy, Sunday morning at 11 o'clock, and Sunday afternoon at 2 30 he will speak at the Western North Caro lina Baptist assoeiational Sunday School convention at Peachtree school. On Thursday evening of this week he i> speaking at Copper hill. Tenn . Baptist church, and Friday evening at 7:30 at an as soeiational meeting at Liberty Baptist church. On Sunday eve ning at 7:30 he will preach at flayesville Baptist church, and on Tuesday in Sylva. From there he will go to Bristol. Va.. and thence to Memphis. Tenn., to speak at the Southern Baptist convention which meets May 19-23 While in this vicinity. Dr Jans ma will be a guest in the home of the Rev. and Mrs. J Alton Morris. He and Mr. Morris became friends in Holland last summer, when the latter was en route to the Baptist World Alliance. Dr Jansma was born on April SO. 1 909. in Oostellingwerf. Hol land. He was educated in the pub lic schools of Holland, and at the Baptist Theological Seminary in Hamburg. Germany. He entered the ministry in 1933 For ten years he was pastor of a rural church in northeastern Holland In 1943 he became pastor of the Baptist Church in Haarlem. Holland 1'nder his leadership the church -jrew in numbers and in influence. Baptists are growing so rapidly .i' Holland that in 1946 they chose i general secretary Dr. Jansma was chosen for this position, in which he is now serving. The :*iv.?t need of the Baptists el Holland u a theological semi nary A small beginning has been made in l/trecht. where a building has been acquired for Baptist ministerial students attending the university. Dr Jansma is touring the United States at the invitation of Ameri can Baptist friends. It is a good will tour, the purpose of which is to cement ties of friendship be tween the Baptists of this country ..nd Holland Among the churches included in his tour are those of I)i Edwin Dahlberg. president of Hie Northern Baptist Convention. Dr I.ouie I) Newton, president of the Southern Baptist Convention. ; nd Dr C. Oscar Johnson, presi dent of the Baptist World Alli ance Micheal Sneed Hurt Sunday Michael Sneed. son of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Sneed. of Murphy was thrown from a car near Ellijay. Ga . Sunday when he opened the car door and was forced out by the wind He fell behind the car. His parents rushed him to Petrie Hospital here There were no seri ous injuries Only a few scratches and bruises Voyles Candidate F or Representative Walter R. Voyles of Murphy has . til pel as candidate for represents- 1 tive of Cherokee county on the j Republican ticket. A native of Cherokee county. Mi Voyles is a graduate of Wake Forest College and was admitted to the bar in North Carolina and practiced law a short time in Mur phy He served as private secretary I to the late Congressman James J 1 Britt. He did war work in Wash ington during World War 11. Mr. Voyles has a son. Walter R | Voyles. Jr.. who is a student at the i University of Tennessee Medical school in Memphis, Tenn. Filing date for county and dis trlct officers was last Saturday. Following are candidates who will appear on the tickets in the May 29 primary: L. B. Nichols, state senator for 33rd district; J. H. Duncan <D) and W R. Voyles <R). representatives: Noah Hembree, Lawson Lunsford. B B. Palmer. W A. Puett, all Democrats, for county board of education; I) M. Reese (R). justice of peace. Murphy township; W. J. Helton (R), justice of peace. Hot House township; Fred Taylor <R), constable. Murphy township; F. A. ('Toby" Fain <D), constable. Mur phy township; and Curtis Radford I <R>. constable Beaverdam town ship. %