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POPULATION CHEROKEE COUNTY 18.813 COUNTY SEAT 2.500 ?4$ t mk** Cherokee County CI.OTIIED IN NATURE'S SCENIC WONDEK8 IS AN IDEAL VACATION SPOT MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER !>, 1948 Bulldogs To Play Franklin In Opening Game Friday After only two short weeks ol ? practice. Coach Bill Dulin has an- 1 nounccd that Murphy highs Bull doc-' first football game will be against Franklin high on the Mur- j phy field on Friday evening, September 10. at 8 o'clock. The following boys have shown , up well in practice, states Coach : Dulin T. Lovingood, Clore. Dock- | try. and K. Taylor, tackles; Fricks. Queen and Harding, guards; Mul jvt-v and Pendley, center; T. Sim ond> B Lovingood. R. Deweese. ! . .id s Taylor, at ends; Swain and K Arrowood. at quarter back; i Alexander. Thompson, Barton, ' Brandon at half backs; Lloyd Ar rowood and Bobbie Boling at full back. Starting line-up will probably not be known until game time, with new boys still reporting this week. The first game Coach Dulin said would be full of mistakes. "We just hope to make fewer than Franklin." he said. "Murphy Bull dogs u : 11 look sharp in new uni- ' forms That's the only encourage- ' ment he gave as to the possible I , outcome of the game. Mrs. Thelma Phipps ; Leases The Regal Mrs. Thelma Dickey Phipps. who a year ago sold her lease on the Rr-:al hotel to the Rev. F. McConnell Davis, will again as- j sume management of the hotel ^ \ 1 Monday. She this week bought i ( the It.iM- from W. J. Blaek. who! has brr-i operating the hotel for ' the p;t-; month after buying the?* lease from Mr. Davis. Mrs Pliipps has been in the j hotel biiMiiess in Murphy for jevenii \ears and is well known throughout this section. i Mr. and ?in>? * >a will go to I South (loorgia where they will c operate . mall hotel. Mr. Black I ?tates that he likes Murphy and t the people fine and would like c to stay on here, but he has a physi- 1 cal ailment that he believes will z improve by living in the warmer s climate of South Georgia. f The K. . and Mrs. F. M. Davis J and children have spent the past t month in Florida and are now baek ^ Murphy, staying at Mooreland 4 Heights tourist court, until they 1 move soon to a field where Mr. I Davis will be pastor. ! 5 Club Schedule Is Announced The Home Demonstration Schedule for the week of Septem ber 13 is as follows: Monday, September 13 Violet, with Mrs. Lottie Murphy, 10 o'cloek: Tues day. September 14. Bellview, with Mrs. Edna Erwin. 1:30 o'clock; Wednesday, September 15, Postell, *'ith Mrs. W. A. Brown, 1:30 o' clock Thursday, September 16, Peach tree, with Mrs. W. A. Boyd, 130 o'clock; Friday, September Tomotla. at the School Build ing. 2 o'clock. ALL-DAY SINGING RANGER ? An all-day singing till be held at Ranger Baptist church on Sunday. September 19. Lunch will be served on the ground noon. TV A Phosphate Program For Year Is Explained \N . B. Collins, farm management supervisor, Asheville, met recent ly with the county and area com mitteemen in the courthouse to ex plain the T. V. A. phosphate pro gram for the year ending June 30, 1949. Allocations of phosphate for Cherokee county were as follows: lor Unit Farms for the year end- ' ing June 30. 1949. 22 tons of Triple Superphosphate were al- 1 located. 9ame as last year; 3 Tons of Fused Tricalcium Phosphate ' were allocated for this year; same as last year; for the Area Farms 24 tons Calcium Metaphosphatc were allocated for the coming year in comparison to 160 tons last year; 30 tons of Fused Tricalcium phos phate were allocated this year against 60 tons last year. Unit farmers will be charged 30 rl of the price of the material plus transportation as set u by r. V. A. The cost to area farmers ivill be as follows: To those farm ?rs who have had only one applica :ion on an acre the price will be ? is in the past, freight and hand ing charges. On acres that have lad two applications. 50% of the ?ost of the material plus trans Kirtation will be charged. On icres that have had three or more ipplications full price of the phos phate plus transportation and landling will be charged. Since the amount of phosphate allocated to the county was great y reduced ii~..'S3 decided by the 'ommittee members to allocate the >hosphate to the watersheds with he greatest participation of farm ers taking part in the program ast year. Figures by watersheds ire as listed, with Name of water ihed. Farms signed up. Number arms Cooperating year ending lune 30. 7948; and percent of par icipation. respectively: Brasstown. 16. 15. 41.6; Martins Creek. 95, 43. 15.4; Peachtree. 78. 31. 39: Marble. (7. 23. 30; Tomotla. 53. 22, 41.5; liberty, 42. 8. 19; Postell, 18. 9. 50; Suit. 42. 12. 28; Hangingdog. 44. 16. 36; Hothouse. 20. 7. 35; Unaka, >4. 19, 35; Ranger. 49. 18. 37; >hady Grove, 38. 5. 13; Andrews. .07, 28. 26; Wolf Creek. 19. 0. ); Beaverdam, 12. 2. 16. According to records Postell vatershed comes first with 50% participation followed by Martins ?reek with 45 percent. These com nunities will be given the oppor unity of using the phosphate al ocated for area farms. A representative from the Coun y Agere's office will be in the 3osteli community at Quinn's Mill, Tuesday, September 14. rom 9 to 12 for the purpose of aking orders for this phosphate. )n Thursday. September 16. the ?epresentative will be at the Mar ins Creek School from 9 to 12 loon, and at Bob Kings store rom 1 to 4 in the afternoon. Further information can be ob ained from the County Agent's jffice. V Morris Lists Baptist Services The Rev. J. Alton Morris an nounces that his sermon topic at First Baptist church Sunday morn ing at 11 o'clock will be. "Have You Grown Up?", and Sunday eve ning at 8 o'clock. "The Greater Life". Sunday School is at 9:45 1 and Training Union at 7 o'clock. The general meeting of the W. Xi. S. will be held at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Norway Leader Is Baptist Hour Speaker Sunday "Religious Tensions in Europe" will be the subject of The Baptist Hour for September 26. with Dr. Arnold T. Ohrn. Executive Secre tary of the Baptist World Alliance as speaker, it is announced by the Radio Commiss ion of the South ern Baptist Con vention. Atlanta. S. F. Lowe, Di rector. Heard over Sta tion WSB at '8:30 A. M. ESTi flu Baptist Hour series "cnnst is Lord" will also feature I)r. Ohm as speaker on October 3. His subject then will be "The Christian Message for tlu World Crisis." Formerly president of the Bap tist Theological Seminary, Oslo. Norway, and past president of the Baptist Union of Norway. Dr. Ohrn has recently come to Wash ington. I). C . to assume his new duties as Eexecutive Secretary of tho Baptist World Alliance . Speakers for the remaining weeks of The Baptist Hour will be W. Maxey Jarman. and Dr. James L. Sullivan, both of Nash ville, Tennessee. Teachers Hold Meeting Friday I "Good morning, students." were the words of Supt. H. Bueck as he addressed the assembly of teaehers at the pre-sehool meeting Friday. Among the aims and standards outlined for the present term is the building of good citizenship. The friendly advice to the teach- ! ers was that example set is one of the best methods of attaining that goal. As the meeting progressed the latest regulations concerning the school routine were examined. In structions for the proper use ol' the school lunch program, rental textbooks, student attendence rec- 1 ords were given. During the day i phases of school life that cause > rough edges to appear were dis- | eussed so that those difficulties J will be known and a school pro- 1 gram that better suits the needs j of the community may be outlin- \ ed. Mrs. C. C. Buchanan Is Club Speaker Monday Mrs. c. C Ruchana. librarian at | Western Carolina Tcachers college. 1 Cullowhce. will Ih' guest speaker >t the first meeting of the year of Murphy Woman's club which will ^ held Monday evening at 7:30 "clock in the auditorium of the ^irst Mctho;li*t church. Mrs. Lonzo fields, president, will preside. I Mrs Buchanan, having made \ several trips to the United Nations | Council, will speak on the United | l Nations. I Mr>, H Buoek who is chairman I I lhp Program committee, and I t?a rnWn ^ ^ department of in I fniationa! Relation* of the club. 1 to Pres"n! "*e program. She l?j? "lat program booklets will I ""Wbuted at the meeting. Special music will be given and refreshments will be served follow ing the program, with the execir tive board serving as hostesses. Husbands and friends of club members are invited to attend since Mrs. Buchanan's subject will be of special interest to both men and women. On Tuesday morning. Mrs. Buchanan will speak to the high school on "Preparation for World Citizenship", at ch;u>< . exercises, and the public is welcome. Mrs. Buchanan, a graduate of Columbia University, has made a number of trips to Murphy, speak ing to the Woman's club and to the Teachers' organizations, and is no stranger. Svlva To Re Host At N. C. Chamber Of Commerce Meet Next Week SYLVA ? The annual convention of the North Carolina Association of Chamber of Commerce Exec utives will be held in Sylva Sept. I 12, 13. and 14. Felix Picklesimer. chairman of I the arrangement committee here. ? has announced that plans have Oeen completed for the event and that a number of entertainment features have been worked out for he pleasure of the visitors. Reser vations have already been made by executives from almost every chamber of commerce in the state. Invitations have been sent to com merce executives in Gatlinburg. Sevierville and Knoxville. Tenn. Registration will begin at the Carolina hotel at 2 p. m. Sunday. Sept. 12. followed by a buffet sup per at Tatham Sky club. Registra tion for late arrivals will be at 9 a. m. Monday. All hotel, tourist home and tourist court space in the immediate vicinity will be utili zed to care for visitors to the three day event. The general convention sessions will be held at Ritz theater Mon day morning from 9 to 12 o'clock with Frank A. Pierson. vice-presi dent of the association, presiding. The Rev. W. Q. Grigg will give the opening invocation, which will be followed by a welcome by Mayor Jack Allison. President Harry J. Krusz. of Winston-Salem, will re spond. A number of outstanding speak ers have been secured for the con vention. Following are the names of some who already made reser vations and who will speak: George C. Franklin of Raleigh. Frank Shaw of Atlanta. Ga.. Ed. H. Cher ry of Atlanta, Col. George W. Gil lette of Wilmington, Dr. Sylvester j Green, editoi ? Th?? Durham Mer it Id. Arthur M. Jones of Asheville. John H. Farrell of Wilmington. Robert S. Echols of Black Moun tain. Robert Lowe of Morehead City. John S. Patterson of Greens boro. Floyd F. Kay of Charlotte. William G. Bobbitt of Rocky Mount and Flora Ann Lee of Winston Salem. Following a banquet at the Alli son annex of Sylva Methodist church Monday night, a square dance will be held at the commu nity building, at which time the Bryson City Chamber of Commerce will present the Smoky Mountain square dance team in an exhibi tion which will also see the Sylva American Legion dance team per form. Music will be furnished through the courtesy of the Waynesville Chamber of Com merce. which has secured the Soco Gap string band. After a business session at the community building Tuesday morn ing. a motorcade will form for a trip to the Cherokee Indian res ervation where a special entertain ment program is planned. A wel come address will be given by Chief Bradley and entertainment will be provided by Cherokee In diana. Following luncheon at the In dian reservation, a second motor I cade will form for a trip to the I Great Smoky Mountain- National I park, where chamber t commerce i executives from N'orth Carolina I and Tennessee will hold a business j STILI.. CAPTURED ? Shown above is the 150 gallon liquor still captured recently by Deputies H. H. Davidson, left, and Pete Staleup, right. Lloyd Birehfield and Claude Smith were arrested when the capture was made and arc bound over to court for illegal possession and manufacturing of liquor. More Than 4,000 Enrolled In Schools Of The County District Governor To Speak Tuesday D?\ D. J. Whitener of Boone, district Governor of District 31-A .?! Lions International, will be uuest speaker at meeting of Mur phy Lions club next Tuesday eve ning at 6:30 at First Methodist church. Guests from Robbinsville and Hayesville clubs will be pres ent. also. Instruments Are Given To Murphy School Rand One hundred and five dollars has been added to the previously an nounced $1653 for the Murphy school band. The total now stands :?t $1758. the following contribu tions having come in during the past week: Coward's $25.00 A Friend 25.00 Safety Cabs 25.00 Mr. and Mrs. R. V. Weaver 25.00 Mrs. Marshall Ramsey 5.00 Also, the following instruments have been donated: Flute, Mrs. O. K. Erhart: trumpet, W. S. Dickey: saxaphone. W. A. Sherrill; tuber. Mr. and Mrs. .1 W. Davidson: and loaned: trombone. VVinslow Mclver. Nitrogen Available To Farmers For Winter Pastures Forty tons of Calnitro, a 20 1 2 percent nitrogen top-dressing ma terial. will be available for sale at a fair price to any farmer who wants to use it for winter grazing crops this year. It has been arrang ed for the nitrogen to be sold by K. E. Stiles produce Company^ here. The distributors and manufac turers are interested in demon strating for educational purposes the value of using nitrogen fertili I zer on winter grazing. This pro ject has met the approval of the North Carolina Extension Service. In order to assure that this nitro gen will be used only for winter grazing crops, arrangements have been made for the County Agents' office to approve all sales. Any farmer who wants to buy <ome of this nitrogen should first sign an application form at the county agents' office. The county agents recommend winter grazing as the cheapest source of feed. Established stands of Ladino Clover with orchard grass or fescue will provide graz ing throughout most of the winter if properly fertilized. A good temporary winter grazing crop will be obtained if the following mix ture is seeded before September 20. 1 bushel Barley. 1 bushel oats. 1 bushel rye. 15 lbs. rye grass, and 15 lbs. crimson clover. Winter grazing crops should be fertilized with 400-500 lbs. of 6-8 <> o. 4-10-6 fertilizer and 300-40(1 pounds of calnitro. or equivalent. HomemakersGive Picnic In Honor School Faculty IIIWASSEE DAM? Members of| the Hiwassee Dam Future Home- 1 maker's Chapter entertained the I school faculty at a picnic supper i Friday, at the parking lot below I the dam. The menu was as fol I lows: chicken salad, potato salad, i to; iatoes. slaw, pickles, candied , s.voet potatoes, rolls, cupcakes, cof fee and iced tea. At the previous meeting a sur prise slower was given for the chapter adviser. Mrs. Marion Jones Wilson, at the home of the chapter mother, Mrs. W. T. Gibson. County Ten To One Against Beer And Wine In the final analysis of the votes on August 31 in the beer and wine election, the Cherokee County Board of Elections found the following to be the correct totals: For beer, 440; against bcei, 4781; for wine. 411; against j wine. 4348, giving more than a ten-to-one victory for the dry forces. The election results have not I yet been certified by the Board | of Elections because of a re j straining order which is to be i heard by Judge Iloyle Sink in | Ciraham county court Friday | afternoon at 2 o'clock. PTA Committees For Year Named At Board Meeting V-/ A meeting of the executive com mittee of the Parent-Teachers' As sociation was held on last Wednes day evening at the home of the president, Mrs. W. A. Hoover, for the purpose of appointing commit tee chairmen and workers for the coming year. The first meeting of the P.-T. A. will be held on the fourth Monday of September at 7:30 P. M. in the auditorium of the school. The following committee chair men and workers were appointed: Membership ? Mrs. H. G. Elkins, chairman; Mrs. -jP G. Ivie. Mrs. R. W. Easlev. Jr. Program ? Mrs. Martha Davis and Mrs. Buel Adams, co-chairman. Room representative ? Mrs. Ed. Brumby. Ways and Means ? Mrs. John L. Savage and Miss Emily Sword, co chairmen; Mrs. Ray Paul Jones. Mrs. Don Gentry. Welfare ? M r s. Harry Miller, chairman; Mrs. Ben Vaught, Mrs. Frank Crawford. Music ? Mrs. Wm. Penny and Miss Virginia Wolfe, co-chairmen. Hospitality ? Mrs. Mabel Mas sey. chairman: Mrs. Ben Palmer. P. T. A. Magazine ? Mrs. Glenn Bates, chairman. Publicity ? Miss A d d i e Mae Cooke, chairman. Constitution and By-laws ? Dr. Dean Folger, chairman. Founders' Day ? Mrs. Lonzo Shields, chairman. Devotional ? Mrs. Joe Hamilton, chairman. Attendance ? Mrs. Emily David son. chairman; Mrs. Sam Kaye, Mrs. Hayes Leatherwood. Jr., Mrs. James Haggard. Additional workers will be nam ed and notified by the committee chairman. Ice cream and cake were serv ed to the following at the close of the meeting: Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Elkins. Mr. and Mrs. Robert V. Weaver. Mr and Mrs. Merle Davis, H. Bueck. Dr. W. A. Hoover, and the hostess. GOES TO TEXAS Miss Beth Whitaker of Andrews left Tuesday for Abilene, Texas, ? for an extended visit. ?v More than 4.000 boys and girls trekked back to the classrooms of the schools in Cherokee county during the past few days. A total ol approximately 4,353 have been reported enrolled. In the Andrews school unit, the enrollment thus far has been 1,227; in the Murphy unit, 1,326: and the Cherokee county unit, more than 1,800. At Andrews, there are 197 en rolled in the high school; 850 in the elementary: 25 in the Negro school: and 155 at Marble. At Murphy, there are 353 enroll ed in the high school; 898 in the elementary schools; and 75 in the Texana school. Figures for the individual schools in the county unit have not yet been received at the of fice of the superintendent, but it is thought that the enrollment will go far beyond the 1,800 mark. Mrs. Margaret LeMay Mauney, visiiting teacher and attendance of ficer. has been visiting the schools during the past week and ascertain ing the names of boys and girls who should be in school under the compulsory attendance law and will be contacting them at an early date. She urges parents to go ahead and send their children to school now so that they will ? have the benefit of the entire I school year, and not to wait for | legal action to be taken to get I them enrolled and attending regu , larly. County Hatching Egg Producers | Form Organization I Poultrym#n interested in hatch I ing egg production met at the Cherokee County Courthouse re cently and organized the Cherokee County Hatching Egg Producers association. Officers elected were: j Dcvero Martin, president; Bert Smith, vice-president; and M. S. I Patton. secretary. | C. F. Parrish. Extension Poul try Specialist, and representatives of the N. C. Department of Agri culture were present. These poul try authorities gave some informa , tion on the business of producing j hatching eggs. | These eggs produced for the hatcheries command a premium j price considerably higher than I commercial eggs Among the farm j ers attending the meeting were twelve who will have this year a I total of over 6.000 hens producing | hatching eggs. Presbyterian Services Listed "Christ the Only Answer" is the subject announced by the Rev. T. G. Tate for his sermon Sunday morning at 11 o'clock at the Pres byterian church. Sunday school meets at 10 a. m. and Youth Fel lowship at 6:30 p. m. BIBLE SCHOOL A Bible school is being held at Ebcnezer Baptist church this week by Miss Ruth Bagwell, association al missionary. She is being assist ed dby Mrs. Ralph Kephart. Missionary Dyer To Speak Here Dr. Robert A. Dyer, who was a missionary to Japan for several years and was imprisoned in Japan i for about three years, and is now i a member of the faculty of Gard ner-Webb college. Boiling Springs, will be the guest speaker at a [ meeting to be held at First Baptist j church, Murphy, on Tuesday eve ; ning. September 21. The meeting has been planned ! by the Rev. J. C. Pipes of Ashe-, | ville, who is asking all pastobs and ? Sunday School superintendents of the W. X. C. Association to come together for a dinner meeting and discussion at 6:30 that evening, in the basement of the church. Dr. Dyer will speak at a public meeting at 7:30 o'clock in the auditorium of the church. In regard to Dr. Dyer's mes sage. Mr. Pipes says: "He has one of fthe greatest messages I have ! ever heard from any missionary. You will be glad all your life j that you heard him and it will : help you to get a vision of our mission work all over the world."