POPULATION CHEROKEE COUNTY 1R.813 COUNTY SEAT 2,500 I 01,1 ME 59 ? NUMBER ?. Cherokee County CLOTHED IN NATURE'S SCENIC WONDERS IS AN IDEAL VACATION SPOT MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, M GUST ?;?. |?4K. TWELVE PAGES THIS WEEK Beer And Wine Election To Be Held August 31 Asheville Lions Speakers Here l\ D. Purnell and Guy Green. , a surer and director, respective of Asheville Lions club were quests of Murphy Lions club Tues evening. Mr. Purnell spoke on ?he work of the Lions club eye ( .nic in Asheville. stating that it operated for the purpose of m rving all 16 counties of ex cine Western North Carolina. Mr Green presented to C. R. Freed, member of Murphy club, a past president's pin and a certifi for service rendered as presi dent of the Asheville club in 1934. Hie guests were introduced by Dr. W. A. Hoover. Harry Charaske of Chicago was uuest of Dr. B. W. Whitfield and Frank Mauney a guest of Dr. Hoov er. President R. W. Easley, Jr., pre >ided. Mountains Are Featured In Holiday Magazine The story of North Carolina's mi"i:itain people, their skills and handicrafts, is featured in the Si p! ember issue of Holiday maga zine. It i > the people, rather than the ni -' I natural beauty of their umdings. thai make the moun tains attractive to the visitor, the maga. ne claims. he> are a wry special breed ( of f? \ indeed." it says "For they . our one surviving link with -trong. resourceful and immen- 1 ' uigh-fibered men and women I w i ? _ot this country started. " In an 8. 000-word article the i ma. /ine tells how people in the | Appalachian Highlands of Western \ .'h Carolina still live by skills j and handicrafts that have all but \ disappeared from the face of the earth and enjoy ancient amuse inr!,' such as ballad singing, folk dancing, and playing the "dulci mor? Illustrating the account are 14 photographs, including some of craftsmen at Bull Creek, contes tants at the Mountain Dance and ! Folk Festival at Asheville. square | dancing at Bent Creek ranch, the | Campbell Folk School, and the Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, j The article comments on almost j even- factor in mountain life and culture. I Of the house which a mountain . m. builds for his family, it says: | "It 's wind and weatherproof. And th? -? is not only visual beauty but also tactile beauty in the ! square walls." On the weaving practiced by the ; women, it says: "Of all the arts 1 and crafts in the United States, the weaving of Southern Highland ers ,s the closest to the native and original culture, the purest, the most satisfying to the eye and spirit." On the versatility of the crafts men it comments: "The list of things that the mountain people Produce is almost a catalogue of the useful skills of man. They make four-poster beds, and candles out of bayberries. exquisite sterling silver jewelry and goose-feather fans. They fashion dolls and lamps, mats and pewterware, scarfs and ,ra>s. and countless delightful things out of carved wood." Bible School Is Being Held A Bible School is being held at Moccasin Baptist church each lifiht this week from 7:00 to 9:30. Mrs. Calvin Thompson is in charge. The Rev. Calvin Thompson is superintendent of the Intermediate department. Miss Dorcas Givens 'ho Junior department, and Mrs. ?'bert Reed the Beginner depart "tent. 390 Founds Of Relief Supplies Go From Murphy A total of 390 pounds of relief supplies from Murphy arrived dur ing July at the Church World Ser vice Center. New Windsor, Md.. according to the Center's July re port The clothing, shoes and other materials of this contribution were taken to New Windsor by the Dickey Freight Lines. The Center, vvorking at top speed this summer, .las already packed and shipped abroad this and other contributions ! I from North Carolina which were I received during this period. The latest weekly report from ! I New Windsor states that North ! | Carolina gifts of clothing have i totalled 521.493 pounds since j January . 1948. The state ranks I j second in the nation in giving of I l his kind. Most of the North Caro lina contributions were collected i ' in the "Fill a Ship with Friend ship" drive in the early months of the year. Receipts for the six-state area served by the New Windsor | Center have been 1.896.247 pounds Thi? nnori f ? ? ?* plot hino 1 I according to observers abroad, j continues grave Production ot clothing in many countries tike rare of only a fraction ot the needs. v. ;iii ? appmieh at wir.1 r, | the shortage of fuel ajid food, the lack of clothing - critical. Cloth- 1 1114 and shoes sent to New Wind- 1 sor within the next six weeks will I still be distributed overseas before ! the onslaught of cold weather. Recognizing this crisis, the Lions International Convention, meeting in late July, adopted a resolution calling for a continental clothing j drive to fill a World Friendship ' Fleet for the stricken people of die world before the rigors of the, oncoming winter add to their mis- : erv. suffering and despair.' The work of private relief agencies like Church World Ser vice. through which most North Carolina gifts have gone, was ! reccntlv stressed in a report of 1 a special Congressional committee 1 'vestigating the value of volun tary foreign aid. Calling this activity of private groups "an es sential counterpart" to govern I ment relief programs, the report I states: "Private relief ventures ^ J abroad have adapted their resourc- 1 | es to the meeting of particular I needs in local areas They have shown a capacity for immediate ! response to emergency situations .... Private relief programs, fur thermore. are a means of bring ing Americans into personal con tact with the needs of other coun tries . . . the recipient abroad knows that the assistance he re ceives is based upon the personal response of some individual Ameri can to his needs. The result is a harvest of good will to the Ameri can people." Contest Winners Are Selected The Two Lakes Recreation club held its regular meeting Monday. August, 23. at 8 p. m in the com munity building at Hiwassee Dam. it was voted to extend the comple tion of the tennis tournament for two more weeks. The biggest fish" contest, sponsored by the club, was won this week by Bill Gibson. Miss Becky Morgan and Bill McCoy were selected as the best sports of the year. Mr and Mrs. I Bill Francis received second place. The lady taking third place was Mrs. W .T. Morgan. Con Pettingill, Walter Dockery, Jr.. and VV. T. ; Morgan tied for third place (men), j After the meeting a movie was J shown for members and friends. Exam To Be Held For Clerk The l s. Civil Service commis sion lias announced an open com petitive examination for probation al appointments to the positions of substitute clerk and substitute city carriers at. the post office in Mur I phy I I he basic rale of pay for sub I stitutcs is $1.29 an hour. The basie ; rate of pay is increased five cents I an hour each succeeding year until I a maximum of Si. 79 an hour is I reached. | Applicants must actually reside I within the delivery of the Murphy post office or be bona fide patrons of such office. Application blanks may be ob tained at the post office. Band Director To Interview Pupils Tuesday Supt. 11 Bueek announces that Miss Virginia Ruth Wolfe, who will serve as band director and public school music teacher for Murphy school this session, will arrive in Murphy a week early to , consult with prospective band -indents She will interview those interested in taking band lessons on next Tuesday afternoon August A\. in the home economics build ing. Those who are donating instru ments are asked to give them to ?he band committee before Tues Kilpatricks Are Honored Mrs .1 \ Richardson and Carol , Su?' Yaughl entertained Mrs. E. C. ' Kilpatrick and daughter. Janetta. at Mrs. Richardson's home at a farewell party. Tuesday afternoon at 2:30. Refreshments were served j on the law^i. and games were play- 1 ed Mr. and Mrs. Kilpatrick left Wednesday for Phoenix \: / for an indefinite time 'ro STAY OPEX Several of the stores in Murphy that have been closing on Wednes day afternoons will remain open all day on Wednesdays, beginning 1 the first week in September. OFFICIATE Mormon Elders L S Fife. Paul Ma tin and James Olsen of Utah oft. dated at the burial of Ray- j | m-md Hardin in Andrews recent-! 1 J. 1 Presbyterian Hour Ends Series i Sunday Services The concluding program of the | summer series of the Presbyterian ; Hour will be something different. | The program will originate in j Montreat, N. C. from the great j auditorium. Over a thousand wo- . men will take part in the singing. They came from all over the South to the annual meeting of the Pres byterian Auxiliary Training School. Instead of a single speaker, there will be a panel discussion on the topic. "Christ, the Only Answer for the Home." The panel will be directed by Mrs. Wm, C. Pressly of Raleigh and participated in by Mrs. .1. VV. Witherspoon of Beck ley. W Va.. Mrs. Marrett Wheeler ol Charlotte, and Mrs. O. C. Reis er of Cape Girardeau. Mo. Others taking part in the pro gram will be Mrs. C. S. Harring ton of Houston, Texas, and Dr. Margaret T. Applegarth of New Y?rk Music on the program is furnish ed by Che Montreat Quartet and Woman's Chorus directed by Aus tin C. Lovelace of Greensboro. Broadcast may be heard over Station WSB. and WNOX. Sunday at 8 30 A. M. Vond Case Of Polio Reported A second ease of Polio in Mur phy has been reported Mart-el la Kirkland. small daughter of Glenn i\irk!and was stricken about two weeks ago. She was not taken to t doctor until Friday nighi. when l>r H W. Whitfield and Dr. Harry Miller diagnosed the case and pronounced it polio. On Sunday night. August 22. she v\ ?s taken to Orthopedic Home in Asheville. which confirmed the local doctor's diagnosis 35 Enrolled In | Bible School The Pleasant Valley Bible; School which was recently held had a total enrollment of 35. The ! average attendance was 26. Mrs. Calvin Thompson was prin- 1 cipal of the school and also super intendent ot the beginner depart ment. Mrs. Ed Deweese was the ?superintendent of the Intermediate department, and Mrs. Edwin Mul kev was the Junior superinten dent. Pianists wen Mrs. Jewell Whitmore. and Mrs Edwin Mul kcy. Agriculture Fair To Be Held Here Sept. 27 -October 2 The annual Cherokee County Agricultural fair will be held at the fairgrounds in Murphy September 27 through October 2. sponsored by the Cherokee County Fair association. Contract has been made with an amusement company for midway attractions. The fair last year was adjudged one of the most outstanding in the state, and it is expected that this year's event will surpass that. The farm people have been planning throughout the year for exhibits to put on display at the fair Below is a summary of information on the fair that appears in the (Continued on page 4) Nantahala Forest Does Record Timber Business Schools and roads in seven North Carolina counties, including Chero kee. will share in the income resulting from the cutting of tim ber on the Nantahala National Forest during the Fiscal year end ed June 30. E. W. Renshaw, For est Supervisor. reDorts. The out standing record of accomplishment during the war and post war years has been maintained in a very satisfactory manner. Supervisor Renshaw declared. He said that private operators cut 42 million board feet of tim ber for which they paid the feder al government $101,000. This com pares with almost identical volume cuts during Fiscal Years 1940 and 1947 It is the third time in the history of the Forest that timber sal . receipts have exceeded a hundred thousand dollars. On i regional-state basis, the National Forests of North Caro lina. the Nantahala and Pisgah. ranked third in the Southern Reg on with a combined cut of '>5.453.- 1 '>00 board feet valued at $257,300 v'orth Carolina was out ranked only by the Mississippi National Forests with a cut of 91.140.000 board feet and Arkansas with a and 1947 under the Selective Training and Ser vice Act of 1940 are required to register again. It was pointed out ihat-no registration and- ?: the 1940 j Act would have any bearing upon the coming registration under the , Selective Service Act of l!)48. and Chat all males between the ages of 18 ami 26 are required to regis ! te?. The second question is whether { nembers of the National Guard nd active or inactive reserve of he Army, Navy or Marine Corps ;*e required to register. Men of lis category are required to reg ! i ter, although in most instances i jy will not be liable for induc i >n under the Act. A staff officer, in discussing the coming registration, placed em phasis upon the ways in which the public csjl Id help expedite the iv nstrattoa process. He urged that ewryone present himself for regis I tration on the date provided for | registration of his ? group. He ; pointed out that tin ? would distri i bute the registration >:id and re | lieve congestion. j A registrant can peed up hi I own registration b> King the foi j I 'owing information .1 Ins posses- j sion at the time In presents him | self for registration: 1. The local board with which he was registered under the Selecti\?. ! Training and Service Act of 194c 2. If the registrant was ever re jected for service in the armed forces, he should be able to giv. the date of such rejection 3. A registrant who served in the armed forces of the Unite i States or a co-belligerent natio 1 j since September lfi. 1940. shoul 1 I be able to give the branch of arn - j ed forces, his service or serial num- ! j bei . the date lie entered the 1 j armed force, the name of the last I organization ho served with, and 1 the date of his separation from, the service 4. If the registrant is at present a member of the National Guard or the active or inactive reserve of the Army, Navy or Marine Corps, he should be able to give the branch of the armed forces, his service or serial number, the date he entered the service, and his present grade and organization. Volunteer registrars have been selected to register men in their respective communities during the period August 30-Sept ember 19. an nounces Ben Palmer, chairman of the board: Murphy. Miss Ruth Dockery. in former Selective Service offices ir. Mauney Building. Andrews. Mrs. Haner Rogers, city hall. Marble. Mrs. Lena Ladd. Esso Station. Hiwassec Dam. Mrs. R. C. Rad ford. school. Hangingdog. Mrs. Yev McDonald White church. The hours will be from eight to five o'clock. Persons born in the year 1922 ifter August 30. are to register Monday. Aug. 30: those born in 1923. Aug. 31 or Sept. 1. and so on according to the dates announc ed in last week's SCOUT. Band Fund Now Totals S1418 The hand fund now totals $1418, and the following con tributions have been made since last week's paper: Ben Vaught S25.00 Ragland Bros. 25.00 Hampton Hardware 15.00 Pearlic Kephart 5.00 J. E. Graves and Sons 5.00 S. N. Bo bo 5.00 Cherokee Pontiac Co. 5.00 Cherokee Ice Plant 5.00 Leonard Ramsey 2.00 Glenn Ellin 1.00 Ed Studstlll 1.00 Hatchett Hurt In Fall Tuesday Bill Hatchett suffered critical in juries Tuesday when he fell from a scaffold al Don Taylor's home at Suit lie fell about 12 feet and broke his right leg at the knee and injured his spine, lie is undergo ing treatment at Whitfield hospi tal. Vacation Reading Club Ends 28th Miss Josephine Heighway. lib .i.rian of the Murphy Carnegie Library, announces that the Vaca tion Reading club will have clos ing exercises at the library Satur day morning. August 28. at 10 o' clock A total of 113 enrolled in the club this summer Homecoming To Be Held 29th There will be a homecoming >ervice held at Upper Peaehtree Baptist church Sunday. August 29 Dinner will be served. The Rev. W. T. Truett will preach the 11 o' clock sermon. He began preaching at this place 36 years ago. There will be singers and other speakers for entertainment I COMMITTEE TO MEET The executive committee of the Murphv P.-T A will meet on Wednesday evening. September 1. at 8:30 o'clock, at the home of Mrs. W. A. Hoover, president, to make plans for the first meeting of the fall and appoint committee ' chairmen. REVIVAL CLOSES Revival services at Valley Rivi r Baptist church closed Wednesdav. August 18. The guest minister* were the Rev. T. I"). Denny of Nantahala. and Rev. F. J. Sitton of Bryson City. As a result of this meeting twenty-two were baptized into the church and six came by letter. The Rev Robert Barker is pastor of the church. NIGHT POLICEMAN 1> \T. Birchfield was elected as | night policeman for Murphy at a I call meeting of the Town Council j ! Monday night, to succeed Everett 1 1 White. Those Registering This Month Are Eligible To Vote Cherokee county voters who registered during the new registra tion conducted by the Board of Elections August 7, 14. and 21, will go to the polls on Tuesday. August 31 to vote for or against the legal sale of beer and wine in the coun try. Saturday. August 28. is chal lenge day and challenges will be received at the polling places from 9 a. m. to 3 p. m. If a majority of the votes in this election are against the sale of Abe Ilembree, chairman of the Cherokee County Board of Elections, states that the elec tion will be held as scheduled. A restraining order brought by "Bailey Maroney" and "Bud Al lison" has been filed, but it will not prohibit the holding of the election nor the counting of the votes. It nill prevent the certify ing of the results and will im pound the ballot boxes until an order is signed by a judge on September 10. beer and wine, it will be unlawful, ifter 60 days from the date of the election, to sell beer and wine in the county. It the majority are for the legal sale, it will be lawful to sell both beer and wine.