POPULATION CHEROKEE COUNTY 18,813 COUNTY SEAT 2,500 Cherokee County CLOTHED IN NATURE S SCENIC WONDERS IS AN IDEAL VACATION SPOT VOLUME 59 ? NUMBER 5. MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST IS. 11)48 TEN PAGES THIS WEEK A GOOD job of constructive forestry was done when the trees in this area were cut. Mature trees were cleared out, making room for natural reproduction of new growth from seeds dropped by the seed trees left standing. The tag on the tree in the foreground warns producers not to cut the tree. Some states require that at least four healthy seed trees per acre be left standing until the natural reproduction is at least IS feet high. WNC Association Re-Elects Ivie Peyton G. Ivie, merchant and ? funeral director of Murphy, was re-elected to fill his third term as moderator of the Western North Carolina Baptist association at the , second day's program of the annu al meeting Wednesday, at Mt. Pis- j gah Baptist church. The Rev. A. B. ' Lovcll was elected vice-moderator; Frank Walsh, clerk-treasurer: Miss Ruth Bagwell, associate clerk treasurer: the Rev. *Algia West, historian: Mrs. Clay Rogers. B. T. L". director: Mrs. Clifford Had ford. W. M. U. superintendent; Mi>s Kate Robinson. Sunday School superintendent; Miss Ruth Bagwell, associational missionary: the Rev. T Karl Ogg. Cyrus C. White, and Miss \?die Mac Cooke, is$ocia tional missions committee. The association will hold its next annual meeting at Hanging do4 hurch the Tuesday and Wed nesday before the fourth Sunday in August. 1949. with the Rev. T. ' Earl Ogg as preacher. The program committee com posed of: Mr. Ogg. Mrs. Lloyd Hendrix and A. L. Buchanan, was re-elected. Grape Creek Baptist church be came affiliated with the associa tion at this meeting. Among the visiting speakers at ?he association were: The Rev. G. W Bollard, superintendent of as sociational missions. Raleigh; M. A Higgins. general secretary. Bap tist State Convention. Raleigh; Dr. Zeno Wall, superintendent of the Orphanage. Thomasville: President Klliott of Gardner- Webb: College Editor L. L. Carpenter of th? biblical Recorder: Professor Ea>!ey of Wake Forest College; Dr. Hovt Black well, president of Mars Hill College: Dr. J. C. Canipe. Secretary of Evangelism: Dr. W. K McGee. director Department of Religion. Baptist hospital. Winston Salem. Tuesday Mrs. J Winston Pearce ?f Durham, the former Miss Win nie Rickett of Andrews, greeted ' her friends of this association. Several ministers and leaders in the association also were on pro gram. Davis Reunion To Be Sept. 5 Members of the family of the late A. J. Davis met recently to Wake plans for the Davis reunion to be held Sunday, September 5, on the Masonic Home Grounds, in Springfield, Ohio. The meeting was held at the home of James A. Palmer. South Vienna. Ohio. James A. Fair was elected president; Mrs. Louella Sehecrsohmidt. vice president; . Margaret Da\'s. treasurer; Mrs. Freda Whiitacre. secretary. A pot-luck dinner will be serv ed- ?ames will be played and con torts held. Entertainment will be Provided. Those who attend will have the privilege of making a tour of the beautiful Masonic Home. Plans are being made to make the Davis Reunion an annual af fair. First Methodist Services Listed Sunday. August 22. Church School at the First Methodist church will open at 9:45 a. m.. with V\ . I). King, general superinten dent, in charge. This being the | fourth Sunday, the Church School offering will go to the cause of "World Service." At 11 o'clock the Rev. William B. Penny will preach on the sub ject. "How Much Is My Soul Worth?" The Youth Fellowship groups will meet at V p. m. The 8 p. m. service will be con ducted by the Youth Choir of the church, with C. R. Freed, direc tor in charge. 'Rejoice In The Lord" Is Topic The Rev T G. Tate will preach at the Presbyterian church Sun day morning on the subject "Re joice in the Lord". Sunday school will meet at 10 o'clock and Young Peoples' meeting will be held at 6:30 p. m REVIVAL STARTS 22nd The Rev. G. W. Stuart, pastor of the Mt. Moriah Baptist church, has announced a revival which will be gin Sunday night. August 22 The Rev. Stuart will be assisted in these services by the Rev. Wal [ lace Millsaps, from Epworth. REVIVAL The revival meeting started at Hiwassee Baptist church Saturday night. DANGEROUS wan? Bicvctrs ove? st* err without rtoawo to ?uto$ SAFE RIDING CLO#f A NO PAHALLtV to cuae ? kiip o&r or TAArfic Registration Starts August 30 Governor Cherry has outlined in ^ a proclamat:on the procedure for registration in North Carolina 1 | under the Selective Service Act of ! 194b \n estimated 295.000 North i Carolinians are required to regis- J ter under the act. The proclama- j tion made in response to a call by the oresident, stated that all youths between the ages of 18 and 26 should report for registration beginning August 30. The proclamation stated also that all persons subject to the Selec tive Service Act are required to familiarize themselves with the regulations covering registration, and called upon all Federal, State, and local agencies to give those under their charge sufficient time in which to comply with the regulations. Dates for registration were fix ed as follows: 1. Persons born in the year 1922 after August 30, 1922. shall be registered on Monday, August 30. 2. Persons born in the year 1923 shall be registered on Tuesday. August 31, or Wednesday. Septem ber 1. 3 Persons born in the year 1924 shall be registered on Thursday. September 2, or Friday, Septem ber 3. 4. Persons born in the year 1925 shall be registered on Saturday. September 4, or Tuesday. Septem ber 7. 5. Persons born in the year 1926 shall be registered on Wednesday September 8. or Thursday. Sep tember S. 6 Persons born in the year 1927 shall be registered on Friday. September 10. or Saturday. Sep tember 11. 7. Persons born in the year 1928 shall be registered on Mon day. September 13. or Tuesday September 14 o. Persons born in the year 1929 shall be registered on Wed nesday. September 15. or Thurs day. September 16. 9. Persons born in the year 1930 before September 19. 1930. shall be registered on Friday. September 17. or Saturday. Sep tember 18. 10. Persons who were born on or after September 19. 1930. shall be registered on the day they be come 18 or within five days there after. Only those youths in the 18 through-25 age group who are at present in* the armed forces, or who are members of a reserve component on extended active duty, are exempt from registra tion. The Governor said information and instructions relative to the registration will be issued during the two weeks remaining before the start of registration, from the office of General J. Van B Metts. State Director of Selective Ser vice. Mrs. A. V. Radford Taken At Age 83 Funeral services were held Sun day afternoon at 2 o'clock at Unaka Baptist church for Mrs. A. V. Rad ford. 83, who died Wednesday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. M. N. Hembrce in Murphy. The Rev. Weldon West officiated, and burial was in the church cemetery with Townson funeral home in , charge. She is survived by one daughter. Mrs. Hembree. four sons, Harve. Ray and Curtis Radford of Unaka. and G. L. Radford of Whitefield. N. H . and a number of grandchild ren. REVIVALS CLOSE Revival services were held re cently at the Bellview and Ranger churches, with t ho Rev. William B. Penny. pastor of the First Methodist church. Murphy, assist ing the pastor of those churches. j the Re\. W. A. Cook. | DRV RALLY There will be a dry rally at Unaka Baptist Church on August 22 at 2 p. m. The speaker will be Attorney, J. B. Gray. Any singers are invited. Services Being Held At Peachtree Evangelistic services are being conducted this week at Peachtree Methodist church The Rev. William B Penny, pas tor of First Methodist church Murphy, is assisting the pastor of the Peachtree church, the Rev. A1 Smith. The meeting began last Sunday night and will continue through Sunday night of this week, Aug ust 22. The hour for the worship ser vice each night is 7:30 p. m. Mrs. Sara Lloyd Resigns Position In This Region Mrs. Sara Lloyd, who has serv ed as librarian of the Nantahala Regional library since June. 1945. has resigned, effective August 31. to become librarian for the Floyd County Bookmobile at Rome. Ga. She states that she likes the work in this region and regrets to leave, but that in Rome she will be able to place her son. Edward, in Nursery school while she works, a service not available to her here. Floyd County Bookmobile was started about two years ago. It is a tyuge unit that serves the entire county. Headquarters for the ser vice is connected with the County Board of Education. Dr. W. M. Alston Speaks Sunday The next speaker on the Presby terian Hour will be the Dr. Wal lace M. Alston, pastor of the j Druid Hills Presbyterian Church in Atlanta. Dr. Alston i> a native of Decatur. Ga. He took his under graduate work at Emory University *nd his theology at Columbia Seminary. He did post graduate work at Chicago University and at Union Seminary of New York After serving pastorates in Georgia and Kentucky, he became the Director of Young People's Work of the Presbyterian Church U. S. He was then called to the First Presbyterian Chun i of Charles ton, W. Va . from which field he came to his present pastorate. He received the DD from Hampden Sidney College in 1938. He is now a trustee of Agnes Scott College, a member of the Executive Com mittee of Religious Education and a member of the Joint Committee on Student Work His topic will be "Christ, the Only Answer and Youth's Acceptance' The music on this program will be supplied by the chorus at the Young People s Training School in Montreat, N. C. This program may be heard over stations WSB. and WNOX. Sunday at. 8:30 A. M. 1NFAM DIES Funeral services for Mildred Thomas. 4-yoar-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J M. Thomas of Lewner, Ga . who died Aug. 10 in a Murphy hospital after a few days' illness were held at 11 a. m. Friday at Oak Grove Baptist chureh with the Rev. Clarence Mitchell officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery with Town son funeral home in charge. She is survived by the parents, one brother. Furman. five sisters. Mrs. C. .1 Odom. Sarean. Doris. Barbara, and Wanda all of Lewner. FOOTBALL Coach John Dulin asks that all football boys report for practice on August 30. at 9 a. m. Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Moore had as guests last week Mrs. Moore's j sister. Mrs. A. B. Horton and Mr ! Horton of Rossvillc. Ga.. Ralph | Morton of Rossville, and Mr. and Mrs. Jake Horton of Atlanta. Funeral Is Held Sunday For Mrs. C. H. Townson Mrs. C. H. Townson, 21, of Mur phy. died at 1 o'clock Friday, Aug 13. at Petrie hospital after a brief illnesj. Funeral services were held Sun day afternoon at 3 o'clock at Firsit Baptist church with the pastor. Rev. W. H. Hampton, pastor of the the Rev. .1 Alton Morris, and the Free Methodist church, officiating. Burial was in Sunset cemetery. Pallbearers were: Arnold Stiles. Billy Wells, Cloe Moore, J. L Shields, Emil Greene and Kimsey Campbell. She is survived by the husband: two daughters, Vickie Lynn and Elizabeth Nell; the parents. Mr. and Mrs. W R. Martin of Suit, five brothers. Kermit Martin of Charlotte. Lee of Denver, Colo. Walter Martin, Jr., of Birming ham, Ala., Max and Frank of Suit; four sisters, Mrs. Jesse Fisher of Ridgeerest, Calif., Mrs. Charles Woods of Roanoke, Va., Mrs. T. B. Warwick of Pittsburgh. Pa., and Miss Ganell Martin of the home. Mrs. Townson, the former Miss Frances Jo Martin, had been a member of the Baptist church since she was nine years of age. Townson funeral home was as sisted by Willis H. Gross of the Dunn and Gross funeral home of Asheville, in conducting the fu neral. Rites Held For Drowning Victim A graveside service for Mrs. Fred O. Garrison. 31. of Newport News, Va.. whose body was found Monday of last week in Chatuge lake near Hayesville, was held Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock in Sunset cemetery here with the Rev. Horace Dorsey officiating. The body was buried Monday night by Ivie funeral home but no service was held at the time Mrs. Garrison is survived by the parents. Mr. and Mrs Ben E Shuler of Bryson City: the hus band of Newport News: one sis ter. Mrs. Minnie West of Marble: and six brothers. Lawson. Clint and Frank, all of Bryson City. Pcrcival of Florida. Jack of Hood River. Ore., and Berlin of Newport New.;. 308 Lose Lives In Six Months HALEIGH ? Death was the trav el companion for 308 persons on North Carolina streets and high ways during the first six months of 1948. according to a traffic fata lity report released today by the Department of Motor Vehicles. The Department reported that even this large toll represented an 18 oer cent decrease in fatalities over the same period last year, when 377 persons died violently in traffic. During the first six months. 7.154 accidents were reported, with 279 of them fatal, causing 308 deaths; 2,118 were non-fatal accidents resulting in severe injuries for 1.265 persons and slight injuries for 2.047 others. While fatalities dropped 18 per cent, total accidents took a 37 per cent climb, and personal injuries increased 14 per cent over the same period last year, when 5.229 accidents were reported, killing 377 and injuring 2.909 others. The Department reported that 99 persons lost their lives and 1.898 were injured in motor ve hicle collisions: 87 died and 857 were injured when their cars overturned or ran off roadways: 79 pedestrians met their deaths and 344 were injured when struck by cars; 16 persons met death and 59 were injured while riding their bicycles. Motor vehicle-train col lisions claimed seven lives and in jured 27. and other non-collision accidents resulted* in death for 20 people and injuries for 127. A disturbing factor in the re port. the Department said, was the 23 per cent increase in bicycle deaths, while one of the bright spots was the 71 per cent drop in ' motor vehicle-train deaths. (Continued on page 4) Murphy Faculty Is Announced Band Fund Now Totals $1324 The fund for a srho?' b""d here next year now amounts to 51324 including this week s con tribution; of $32 The new contributions include. M. M7, KW $25.00 Lovineood 5 ## Gay Davidson ? Christine Parker Wm. J. Black Purchases Lease On Regal Hotel William .1 Black who has been , with Andrew Johnson hotel ! Knoxville for the past two years , ha5 purchased the lease on the j Kegal hotel here for a period of, years, from the Rev. F. M. DW* and took over the management of j the hotel Monday Mrs Black will assist her husband in the opera Hon of the hotel. Ml- Black is an experienced hotel man. having been ma..ag(?r of the O Henry hotel in Greensboro j from 1934 to 1944: and manager, of the Charlotte hotel in Charlotte for two years The past two years he was at the Andrew Jackson in Knoxville. wJ Mr and Mrs. Davis who have operated the Regal hotel for the past ten and a half months^left Tuesday with their children. Char lcnc. Richard and Carol Ann. for a few weeks vacation in Tampa. Kla Mr Davis plans to enter a pastorate again. They will return to Murphy for a short time before locating. Burgess Funeral Held On Friday Columbus Burgess. GO. died Wednesday at 1:45 p. m. at His home at Unaka after a long .lines Funeral services were held L'naka Baptist church Friday morn ing .it 10:30 o'clock with the Rev. Johnny Moss and the Rev. Mr Graham officiating. Burial wis in the church cemetery with Townson funeral home in charge Surviving are the mother. . Martha Burgess of Beaverdam: one sister Mrs Mae Garrett of Hiwas vee Dam. and a brother. Robert Burgess of Tellieo Plains. Tenn. DISCHARGED Lionel McNan of Marble re ceived his honorable discharge from the U. S. Navy August 10 and is home with his wife. Mrs. Bertha McHan. at Marble. He has served six years with the navy both in the Pacific and Atlantic area.'. i * The Murphy Schools will open on Monday, September 6, at 9 a. in., announces Supt. H. Bueck. The lunchroom will open on Wednes day, September 8. The prices will be the same as last year, $3 per month in advance. Below is a list of the faculty for the coming year: Primary and Grammar School: Miss Clara McCombs, Miss Franc es Dickson, Mrs. Evelyn Patton, Mrs. Dair Shields, Mrs. Marie Hen drix. Miss Emily Sword, Mrs. Christine Ingle, Mrs. Martha Adams, Mrs. Lona Fox Davis, Miss Kate Hayes. Mrs. J. W. Davidson, John Jordon, Miss Ella McCombs, Mrs. Annie Brandon, Mrs. Virginia Gentry, Mrs. Ruth Walker, Thomas C. Little. Miss Bertha Mayfield, Miss Leila Hayes. Mrs. Willie Lou Shields, Miss Helena Ryland, Miss Addie Leatherwood, Miss Marie Louise Travis, Mrs. Ella Beatty Ragsdale, and Miss Elma Rai Den nis. High school: Miss Juliet Pegue?, Miss Mary Sue Rule. C. N. Sand ers, Walter Puett. C. D. Puett, John Dulin, Mrs. John Dulin, Mrs. Joe Ray, Lonzo Shields, Miss Virginia Thomas, and Mrs. C. B. Bueck. Librarian: Miss Roberta Spiers. Music: Miss Virginia Ruth Wolfe. Agriculture: Glenn A. Patton. Superintendent: H. Bueck. Miss Bagwell Is I New Missionary I Miss Ruth Bagwell of Laurens, S. C. has accepted the work as associational missionary of the W. N. C. Baptist association. She succeeds Miss Mildred Whitfield who resigned to teach at Norman Park Junior college. Norman Park. Of. Miss Bagwell is a graduate of Mars Hill college and Furman University and has had one year's teaching experience, at China Grove. She did associational mis sionary work the past summer. Headquarters for the association al missionary is Murphy, and she will work with all the churches of the association. Having arrived only this week and being elected by the association in session Tues day and Wednesday at Mt. Pisgah, i she is now open for engagements I in the churches. AT LIONS MEETING Those from Murphy Lions club who attended the Ladies' night program of McCaysville. Ga.. Lions club Tuesday evening were: Mr. and Mrs. H G. Elkins, Mr. and Mrs. Buel Adams, Mr. and Mrs. John Davidson. Mr. and Mrs. H. Bueck. Mr. and Mrs. Duke Whit ley. R W Easley. and Miss Addie Mac Cooke. H. G. Elkins was Tailtwister for the evening. County Schools Open Sept. 1-6 The superintendent of county j schools. Lloyd W. Hendrix, has j announced the following schools :o start on September 1; Maced onia, Wolf Creek, Hiwassee I)am Friendship, Buck Knob. Unaka. Upper Beaverdam. Wolf Creek A. and the following to start on September 6: Ranger, Shields. ' Culberson, Johnson. White Church, Peachtrec. Martin's Creek. The following teachers have been selected: Ranger: James P. Crisp, Mrj. W C. Walker. Mrs. Osie Smith Foster. Mrs. Ruth Dickey Carroll. Macedonia: Mrs. Lena Lit tle. Shields: Joe S. Myers, Mrs. Edith Shields Anderson. Miss Talitha Moore Culberson; Miss Cora Nichols. Wolf Creek: J Alden Cooke. John Hogan. Mrs. Myrtle Moore. Johnson: Luella Jenkins, vacancy. Wolf Creek A: Miss Maude Collins. Hiwassee Dam: James T. Osborne, Principal, va cancy, Lester Stowe, vacancy, An nie Lou Kccnum, Mrs. James C. Evans, Mrs. Jamie A. Hankins, Maggie Belle Kisselburg, James j C Evans. H. L. Keenum, Walter ! Anderson, Mrs. Maude D. Radford, Marion Louise Jones. Mrs. Bulah Sales, Mrs. Lester Stowe. Mrs. Kate Shields. Mrs. Vesta Stiles. Friendship; Mrs Anna Pearl Wood ard, Mrs. Lois H. MeNabb. Buck Knob; Mrs. Vesta Timpson Ver ner. Unaka: Mrs. Odessa Roberts. Mrs. Bertha S. Chambers, vacancy. Upper Beaverdam: vacancy. White Church; Horest King. E. L. Arrant, I Mr.'.. Vey McDonald, vacancy, ve | cancy. Peachtrec; Clarence, Herd j rix. Miss Dale Sudderth, Mrs. Thelma Axley. Mrs. Vesta King, Miss Bertha McGuire, Miss Katj Robinson, Mrs. Rose Anderson Barton. Martin's Creek; Douglas Smith. Vovd Hogan, Mrs Ruby Ni. Hemphill. Mrs. Edith Evars, Howard Martin, Mrs. Bertha Hoga.i Carringe.*.
