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POPULATION CHEROKEE COLNTY COL NT* SEAT 18.813 2,500 ?tft . (Wferok** Cherokee County CLOTHED IN NATURE'S SCENIC WONDERS IS AN IDEAL VACATION SPOT Ml RPIIV, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. SEPT. IK. IMS Fox Hunters Have Show Sept. 22-24 The annual convention of the* Tri-State Fox Hunters' association j will be held in Murphy September 22. 23. and 24. according to an rouncement by A. M. McAfee of ( Blairsville. president of the associa- | t:on. The bench show will be held in the gymnasium at 7 o'clock on the 22nd The field trial will be a daylight hunt near the forks of Xotla and Hiwassee Rivers, about one and a half miles from the center of town. Ross Alexander of Statesville. well known in Fox Hunters' as sociations. will judge the bench show Field judges will be an nounced later. Ribbons and tro- 1 phies will be awarded in all class es. Food will be available at the fair grounds and at the scene of the field trial, by members of the Cherokee country club. Mrs. Walter C. Witt is secretary treasurer of the association. Dr. (1 N. Clark To Hold Fourth Quarterly Meeting Here On Sunday Dr. C. Y Clark, district superin tendent of Waynesville district, will speak at First Methodist church Sunday at 11 o'clock, after which he will hold the Fourth quarterly eonference. The Rev. W. B. Penny, pastor, will be in charge of the evening service at 7:30 o'clock. REVIVAL J Revival services will begin at Murphy Second Baptist church Sunday evening at 7 o'clock. The pastor the Rev. Weldon West, and others will preach, announces the Rev Hugh Hood. Sunday School j ?uperintendent. Morris Lists Sermon Topics The Rev. J. Alton Morris an nounces that his sermon topic at First Baptist church Sunday morn ing at 11 o'clock will be. "God's I.ovel for Life", and Sunday eve ning at 8 o'clock. "What We Most Veed". Sunday School is at 9:45 and Training Union at 7 o'clock. An election of three Deacons is scheduled to be held at the Sunday morning Worship service. Electrical Burns Suffered Saturday % Everett Mintz Everett Mintz of Marble is at W bitfields' clinic suffering with severe electrical burns which he received Saturday while working on the new road project. He was handling cement buckets when the crane came in contact with high tension wires and he was knocked i out and burned on both hands, both j feet and the right leg. Dr. Whit field reports that he is doing nice- I lj. Singing To Be At Ranger Sunday Tho third Sunday afternoon sing- 1 ng convention will be held a' Ranger Baptist church Sunday. September 19. J*he place lias been changed by the time and place committee from Martin's Creek to Ranger be cause of a home-coming on that Sunday, states chairman. The ( ringing will be held at Old Mar tin's Creek Baptist church on the third Sunday in October. Dr. Plonk Leaves For More Study Dr. George W. Plonk, one of'^ Murphy's most popular and valued physicians, will leave this week to move to Philadelphia, where he will study surgery for a year and intern for four years. He has been .ssociated with Dr. W. A. Hoover at Petrie hospital . Dr. Plonk, who has been active ia all the affairs for the better ment of the community, says that he hopes he can return to Murphy sometime, that he has enjoyed his vork with the people here and re frets to sever the contacts he has tad here. Accompanying him to Philadel phia will be his wife and three children. Carload Cattle Offered Farmers A carload of bred heifers ? Guernseys and Holsteins ? arrived here Monday for distribution to farmers of the Murphy milk shed. The cows purchased from Minne sota from stock with a history of 25 years of purebred sires, are made available to local milk pro ducers by Coble Dairy products. Included in the shipment were ten Guernseys and ten Holsteins. Two more car loads are expected here within the next week or two. VICE-PRESIDENT? Mrs. Edwin P. Brown of Murfreestoorq, second vice-president, in charge of dis tricts. of the North Carolina Federation of Women's clubs, who will be one of the speakers at the District meeting in Murphy Satur day morning. Bobby Morrow Killed While Riding Bicycle FRANKLIN A 10-year-old boy was killed instantly Tuesday morn ing when the bicycle he was rid ing crashed into the side of an automobile. The victim was Bobby Morrow. ?on of Mr. and Mrs. Lenox Doc Morrow of Bonny Crest. Deputy Sheriff Walter Dean said the boy's bicycle came out of Ulco drive into YVayah street where it hurtled into the side of an automobile driven by Harding Angel, son of Mrs. A. A. Angel of Franklin. The impact of striking the side of the car crushed the boy's skull and hurled his body 25 feet down the street, according to officers. Frank Cabe. a passenger in ?he car was quoted by the deputy sheriff as saying he saw the approaching youth when he was within 10 feet of the car but that it was too late to prevent the accident Mr. Angel was placed under Sl. 000 bond pending a preliminary1 hearing Monday morning at 11 o'clock before Justice of the Peace John M. Moore. I'ritchard Smith. Jr.. state high way patrolman who also investi gated. said results of his investiga tion were still incomplete, pend ing further questioning of eye-wit nesse.i. The boy was in the fifth grade at Franklin elementary school. The Morrow family moved here during the war from Andrews. Mr Morrow is employed as a mainte nance foreman by Nantahala Pow er and Light company. Funeral services were helc Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at Andrews cemetery, with the Rev. T. Earl Ogg and the Rev. C C. Washam officiating. Surviving, in addition to the par ents. are two brothers. Billy ane Gene: two sisters. Linda and Clari Ann. and the grandmothers. Mrs Clara Belle Morrow of Andrew: and Mrs. Emma Watson of Brysoi City. Murphy Club To Be Hostess To First District Clubs Murphy Woman's club of which Mrs. Lonzo Shields is president. *'ill bp hostess" to the annual meet ing of the first district of the North Carolina Federation of ^omen's clubs which will be held Saturday. September 18, at the First Methodist church in Murphy. Registration will begin at 9:30 o' clock followed by a coffee hour in the ladies' parlor of the church *Hh the Junior Woman's club in charge. The program will begin at 10 o'clock. Mrs James A. Gupton of Char ge, state president, will be the Principal speaker. Mrs. Edwin P. Brown, of Murfrecsboro. second ^-president and chairman of dis- , also will speak. Mrs. T A Case of Murphy, dis President, will preside at the ***? *8 which will be attended by Merits and members of the . *** clubs in the district. Fol n* the morning session, lunch will be served in the dining room in the basement of the church. Clubs in District one include. Murphy Woman's club. Murphy Junio- Woman's club, the Konna heeta club and the Junior Wo man's club of Andrews; the Gra ham county Woman's club. Rob binsville; the Bryson City Woman's club, the Sylva Woman's club, the Twentieth Century Woman's club of Sylva. the Halycon club of Sylva, the Sylva Junior Woman's club, the Cullowhee Woman's club, the Waynesville Woman's club and the Waynesville Civic League, the Clyde Woman's club, and the Sen ior and Junior Women's clubs of Canton. The program will be opened with the singing of the Club Woman's hymn and the repeating of the collect. Mrs. Lonzo W. Shields will, bring greetings from the Mur phy club, to which Mrs. Leroy Sossoman of Bryson City will re spond. Miss Mary Cornwell Cherokee county home agent, wil bring greetings from the homi demonstration clubs, and Mrs Louise East, state nursing consul i tant for the Western District, o J Asheville. will bring greetings fror f the nurses' associations. | Following the report of the dis trict President, Miss Jean Penn; will sing. "America the Beautiful' Mrs. Gupton's address on. ' Mobili zing for Peace" will follow. Rc ports of clubs will be heard, fol lowing which Mrs. Brown wil '.peak. Mrs. Duke Whitley wi' play an organ solo. "Romance"' b Zititerhiari. During the luncheon the follow ing program will be given: Birtl day Remembrance Program, Mr; Roger Dillard; vocal solo, "Th Hills of Home" by Oscar'Fox. Mi? Jean Penny; reports of committer heard, officers elected, and pledg of allegiance to the flag. PRITCHARD TO SPEAK OCTOBER 2 Hon. Geo. M. Pritchard of Ashe ville. Republican candidate for Governor of North Carolina, will speak at the courthouse in Murphy on Saturday. October 2, at 2 o' clock p. m.. announces D. M. Reese, chairman of the Cherokee County Republican Executive committee. Library Board Elected Bv ? Town Council Town Council met September 13 and all members were present. Frank Forsyth and Harry Bishop met with the board and the Libra ry Board for the following year was selected. Mrs. T. A. Case, and J. B. Gray were elected for two years' service, and Mrs. H. Bueck and Mrs. Jim Gibbs for one year. A resolution to purchase a new uniform for each of the city police was passed. A discussion was held on the parking situation in Murphy, and it was decided that the question of having parking meters and "no parking'' vicinities, be studied by a committee. R. Frank Jarrett Taken By Death At Age Of 84 DILLSBORO ? Private funeral | services for R. Frank Jarrett. 84. who died Friday morning at 7 o'clock at C. J. Harris Community hospital at Sylva. were held Sun day afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at Jarrett Springs hotel. ?vhieh he ftad owned and operated for 55 years. The body lay in state from 10 1 until 1 o'clock Sunday at Jarrett 1 Memorial Baptist church here, a church Mr. Jarrett built. The R?V. Thad F Deltz, the Rev. Char- 1 les Parker and the Rev. B. F Hens- 1 ley officiated at the private rites. Burial was in Parris cemetery. Active pallbearers were Clyde | H. Jarrett. Jr.. Charles A. Jarrett. Thurman Jarrett. Henry H. Jarrett. Frank D. Jarrett. Herschel H Harkins and Robert and Eddie I Queen. Honorary pallbearers were | deacons of the Jarrett church. Mr. Jarrett was owner and pro prietor of the colorful Jarrett Springs hotel here and at various times had been described as a poet, philosopher, politician, philan- 1 thropist, orator, composer, innkeep- 1 er, entertainer, commodity specula tor and grain trader. He had been returned Thursday night from the Baptist hospital in Winston-Salem, where he had been 3 patient since last Saturday. Mr. Jarrett was listed by the U. S. department of agriculture one of the nation's "big traders" in grains and commodities and his grain holdings were said to be in excess of one-half million bushels in January. In addition to the hotel, which he purchased and had operated since 1893. Mr. Jarrett bought the Sylva laundry and dry cleaning firm recently, was owner of the Sylva ice plant at Maple Springs, the cold storage plant and the post office building in Dillsboro in addition to other holdings in the area. He was a native of Ashc ville. As a young man. he served in the general assembly ol' the state legislature < 1909> as representative from Jackson county. An ardent, life-long Republican, he ran for congress from the 11th district in 1 940 and was active in party af lairs the greater part of his life. Mr. Jarrett's accomplishments in the field of arts and entertainment were varied. A prolific writer and composer, his best known and long est poem was Oeconeechee. the Maid of the Mystic Lake.'' He also published a volume entitled Back Home and Other Poems.'' His more popular songs, publish ed as sheet music, included "Caro lina Mountain" and In The Hills I Love." He was a vigorous op ponent of many New Deal policies and expressed some of his views musically with a song titled. "The Continued on page 8 PRESIDE XT? Mrs. James A. Gupton of Charlotte, president of the North Carolina Federation of Women's clubs, who will address the annual meeting of clubs in District One in Murphy Saturday morning. Band Prospects Are Found Above The Average, Savs Director Murphy school band commit tee met Monday night with Miss Virginia Wolfe, band director, and heard a report from her that many students have regis tered for band lesson. She has j given preliminary tests and found the pupils above the aver age and considers the prospects for a band here to be excellent. During the past week the fol lowing contributions of $170 have been reported, bringing the fund to a total of S1928: H. T. Hackney Co. $50.00 Mr. and Mrs. Vaughn Hemphill 50.00 Mr. and Mrs. Roy Stiles 25.00 A Friend 20.00 A Friend 10.00 Mrs. John Rrittain 10.00 Mr. and Mrs. J. N\ Roling 5.00 McKeever Joins Grav In Law ? Practice Here Hobart L. McKeevcr of Greens boro arrived in Murphy Tuesday to beeome associated with J. B. Gray in the practice of law here, lie is a graduate of the University of North Carolina Law School and was admitted to the bai in the state in August. Mr. Keever was with the Naval Air Corps durir J the war. Mr. and Mrs. McKeever came here from Chapel Hill and wi.l make their home in the Massey louse being vacated this week by Dr. and Mrs. Geo W. Plonk. Mrs McKeever is the former Miss Olive Price Charters of Gaines ville Ga. WNCAC To Buy Maps For Tourists Western North Carolina Associ ated Communities will purchase at least 30.000 vacation maps of the mountain area for promotion pur poses. the WNCAC executive com mittee decided at a meeting Tues day in the Asheville Chamber of Commerce offices. The maps are issued by the ad vertising division of the State De partment of Conservation and De velopment. space being left blank for cities and counties to insert their own advertising messages. The maps will be used in place of booklets which the organization had considered issuing. Percy B. Ferebee of Andrews. WNCAC president, presided at the meeting. Executive committee members attending were Kelly Bennett of Bryson City. Charles M. Douglas of Brevard, and Francis J. Heazel of Asheville. Meeting with the committee were Charles E. Ray of Waynesville and George Myers Stephens of Asheville. mem bers of an advertising committee Bill Sharpe. director of the state news bureau, and Arthur M. Jones, executive secretary of the Ashe ville Chamber of Commerce. Members Of Four Lions Clubs Hear District Governor Dr. Robt. A. Dyer Speaks At Murphy And Oak Grove Dr. Robert A. Dyer, missionary to Japan for several years who was imprisoned in Japan during the war. wiH speak at two meetings in this county next week. On Tues- j day evening at 7:30 o'clock he will be guest speaker at First Baptist \ church when the public has been | invited to attend. On Wednesday evening at about the same hour, he will speak at Oak Grove Bap tist church, and that is also open to the public. Preceding the public speakings, conferences with pastors and Sun day School superintendents will be held at supper meetings, with the Rev. J. C. Pipes of Asheville in charge, for the Western North Carolina Baptist association on Tuesday at First Baptist, and West Liberty Wednesday at Oak Grove, j Seek To Show How Income Can Grow By 1950 To $2,500,000 One of the outstanding exhibits at the Cherokee county Fair to be held Sept. 27-Oct. 2. will be that ?f dairy and beef cattle, milk, and poultry, to be displayed in a build ing 66 feet by 15 feet that is now being constructed through contri butions of lumber, materials and iabo.\ Included in the exhibit will be three breeds of dairy cattle and I Ihree of beef cattle, and poultry including hens and biddies, and ladino clover, alta fescue, and orchard grass. Through figures compiled by the bank and the county agent, accord ing to C. R. Freed, the income of farmers in the Murphy area in 1948 from dairy and beef cattle, milk, and poultry, will be $1,250. 000. Through this exhibit is is looped to arouse an interest in in creasing that figure to $2,500,000 by 1 MO. BROWNING SICK E. A. Browning is seriously ill ? .it his home on Tennessee Street. | having developed double pneu- t monia the first of the week. ASSOCIATIONAL WORKER Mrs. Calvin Thompson has been authorized by the Baptist State convention to teach Training Union and Sunday School courses n the West Liberty association. She is conducting a course at Mt. Carmel this week, each evening Irom 7 to 9 o'clock. A pot luck supper will be held Sunday eve ning at 6 o'clock. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Yow of Martin, Ga., spent Saturday night with Mrs. Robert Reid. Dr. D J. Whitener of Boone, who :s district governor of District 31 A of Lions International, was guest speaker at Murphy Lions club Tuesday evening at First Metho dist church, when members of Robbinsville. Hayesville, and Franklin clubs also attended Governor Whitener. who was presented by Deputy District Governor J. Ward Long of Frank lin, said there are four things that .-very Lion must do if he is to keep his record true: 1. Attend meetings everytime; 2. Pay bills promptly: 3. Participate in good fellowship Sincerely; and 4. Live principles of Lionism abundantly. He told the Lions that to live abundantly they do not have to go on a long trip go to ball games, or ...tend big celebrations: they can 'earn to live abundantly by find ing places to serve the less fortun ate right in this community. He said to go out and bring in chil dren who need aid for visual handi caps and assist them in corrections is to live abundantly. other guests attending this meet ing were. Lemuel Goode of Haleigh guest of Mack Patton; aul Owenby. guest of Edwin yde: the following from Hayes Fe? Mdr L CUrtiS' ?Uy Wheel?". ennell L Penland: the following from Robbinsville: P. J Gibson ?V. V Cooper. W F. Colvard, W. Elzey. Joe Wiggins, Warren Barnes: and E. L Hyde of Frank iin. The program was arranged by ne Chairman H. G. Elkins. who presented Mr. Long to the club President R w. Easley. Jr., pre th ' wu"' S Bau,t ann?unced that the White Cane drive will be con < ucted at the next meeting. In appreciation of his leadership in sponsoring the Soft Ball league 'his summer, the club voted to present Dr. George Plonk with a Softball trophy. Dr Plonk leaves his week for Philadelphia. A few farewell words will be said by Dr l lonk. A committee composed of Frank Forsyth, P. G. Ivie. and John Davidson was appointed to get (he trophy. Mack Patton. new father, lost is tie. having been escorted to the front by Glenn Patton and his tie cut by Howard \dair. Church Loyalty To Be Emphasized "Remember the Sabbath Day" is the subject announced by the Rev. G. Tate for his sermon Sunday morning at 11 o'clock at the Pres byterian church. Sunday school convenes at 10 o'clock, and Young Peoples meeting at 6:30 p. m. The period from September 19 through November 7, has been designated "Church Loyalty Sea son. and all members of the church and Sunday schooil will be urged to attend regularly during that period ADAMS ILL_ W A. Adams, prominent local surveyor, has been ill at his home foj he past week. He is now showing some improvement Murphy Loses 1st Game To Franklin On Friday. September 10. the Murphy football eleven lost to franklin by a seore of 18 to 0. Franklin won the toss, so they received. Murphy got off a fair Kick and stopped Franklin around the forty. Neither side could get deep in the other s territory until late in the first quarter where with a series of end sweeps Frank lin brought the ball in a scoring position. They scored but missed the extra point to lead by a score of six to nothing. Then easily in the second quar 4cr Franklin again went around 1 .^pd to scoring territory where they ' scored again. I Then came the half and Murphy | came back refreshed. Something must have happened during the half because those boys stopped Franklin dead in their tracks. This quarter went by fast with Murphy coming close to a scoring. The fourth quarter was different though Murphy held them for the oiggest part of this quarter. In the last minutes a Franklin back intercepted a pass and ran across the mid stripe before being down ed. Then one of the Franklin lack broke loose and brought the ball to the two yard line. The ; Fulldogs held them three straight times but on a line plunge Frank lin got six points, the ball being just oh the lihfe.