Spare A Minute Save A Life Drive Carefully FIRE PREVENTION WEEK October 9-15 ,0u >ik hu - NUMBER 13 MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1949 EieilT PAGES THIS WEEK Officers Are Launching War Against Bootlegging Sheriff Frank Crawford and C'hii'f ?1 l'olic W. W. Rogers went tu Raleigh Wednesday to attend the meeting called by Governor Scott and State ABC Chairman Robt. W. Winston, for the purpose of discussing ways to ?age war on bootleggers. Governor Scott made an appeal (or all ">e 'aw enforcing officers of the slate to join in a beg move- 1 men; to stamp out bootlegging, j He said "It will take hard and j determined work, but the job can be done You can do it. My ap peal to you is to discuss this prob lem frankly at this meeting, deter mine your course of action and go bat to your respective communi- ! Kj with the wholehearted resolve jut you w ill do everything human ly possible to stamp out the illegal liquor traffic." The meeting was called by the Governor at the request of Wins ton. who stated through the press recently that if something is not done to stamp out bootlegging, people will become so disgusted with the situation they will vote the state dry in 1951. This is being evidenced, he explained, in the fact that so many counties now are voting out beer and vine. The sheriffs and police chiefs promised to do what the Governor asked of them, and also asked for greater public support, stronger punishment by the courts, addi tional personnel, and oloscr co operation with federal agents. The Governor was asked to ap point a committee to study the problem. In his plea to the group. Gover nor Scott said: "I Ihiak the illegal liquor traffic in ha* grown so big and arrogant that all of us concerned w B h the welfare of our state must pull to gether to stamp out this evil or lse curb it so drastically that the profit element as weighed against the dan u rs involved will not be sufficient to attract criminals into the liquor traffic." The Governor said. "It is com mon kno'.vlcdge that a literal flood of illegal liquor comtinually pours into this state and that the import ed stuff is augmented by a con siderable output of the home made produci." In recent months he said, the Department of Revenue has filed tax liens and penalties totaling $1.398 024 49 against "known re Icipients of illegal liquor shipped into this state." This indicates the 65 persons against whom claims were filed imported some 97? 000 gallons of liquor with a retail value of $16.447 340.90, he I said. "We don't know how many ad Iditional thousands or tens of thousands of gallons were consign ed to ether individuals of whom have no record," he added. In the first six months of the year. Scott declared, 30 individuals ' a ! ?*.al of 151,621 gallons to? outside the state. Most of tooseon record as importing liquor, * added, live in dry counties. In the year ending last June said, the Federal Bureau ?f Internal Revenue issued whole liquor dealer stamps to 94 tolividuals. Many of these indi viduals get federal stamps, he de ?O th.it if they are GtUght liquor illegally they will ** be imprisoned In a federal Penitentiary inasmuch as they implied with federal tax laws. Illegal manufacturing of whiskey also is extensive, Scott told the (Continued on pa*e 4) ? boxscore "" c. HI GHWArt 0ot?ber 8 through 1? B t?L0ctober 8 thro?^ Otlobtr 10 g4 tkU ^hTOU|!h October 10 KIIIm 626 lfctg *h ?ct?ber 10, Uw, ,k 529 J thr?"*h October 10 IjJJ* ""fonrt October II, I Council Studies Needs Of School Child; Andrews ANDREWS: The Community * Council on Elementary Education held its second meeting of the school year at tl\e elementary school Thursday afternoon at 4 o' clock. The welfare of the s'chooi child | was discussed from many angles. Forums were conducted on school fire drills, teacher load, crowded conditions of the classrooms, over crowded conditions of the school buses, care of sick children, health of the school child, and many other phases of school work that deal with the elementary education of the community's children. The members of the Community Council on Elementary Education are as follows: Mrs. Gerald Al mond. Mrs. Fred Babington. Mrs. Wayne Battle, Mrs. Ruthic Bristol. Mrd. Zeb Conley. Mrs. Glenn Mc Guire. Mrs. Jane Orr, Mrs. Joe Smith, and Boyd B. Robinson, ele mentary school principal. Dr. Dyer Opens Offices Here Dr. George L. Dyer announces the opening of his offices, rooms 1 P. 10. and 11. Mauney Building. MurpJiy, for tihc practice of Chiro- ' praulic. Dr. Dyer, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Dyer of Murphy} received his education in the Murphy schools. Brevard College and Lincoln Chiropractic College, In dianapolis. Indiana. After gradua tion in May of this year, he did | four months of post graduate work at Lincoln, taking advanced cours es in X-Rav and Laboratory Analysis. Before entering the U. S. Navy during World War II and in which he served 42 months. Dr. Dyer was employed by The Asiheville Citizens-Times Company of Ashe ville. He was married in 1941 to the former Dorothy Pittillo of Ashevillc. He is a member of the , DeLta Tau Alpha honorary frater nity and of the Lincoln College , Post No. 244 of the American Legion. Dr. and Mrs. Dyer arc making their home at 511 Hiawar. see Street. Murphy. Zone Meeting OfW.S.C.S.Held Here On Tuesday A zone sub-district meeting of th e Woman's Sodety i?f Christian Service of the Methodist Church t>f the WaynesviBe District, met at 10 a. m. Tuesday in the First Methodist Church here. The pas to;', the Rev. R. Delbert Byrum, -Save the devotional service. Mrs. Paul Jordon of Andrews chairman, had charge of the meet ing. Mrs. J. R. Loir,' of Bryson City, distriot president, present- ' ed the work of the district, the ? Advance Program of the Metho dist Church. Mrs. David Brown of Cullowhee, | district supply secretary, also | ; spoke. ] Mrs. Will ifyat-t of WaynesviUe. ? distriot Spiritual Life secretary. I gave the Spiritual Life Retreat i program. 1 The Rev. and Mrs. J R. Crews of Robbircsville sang a dueit, "Our f Best". < Others taking part on the pro- 1 gram were Mrs. J. R. Christy and 1 Mrs. C. C. Washam of Andrews, i Representatives from Robbins .11 le, Andrews, HayesviHe, Shoot ing Creek. Murphy Circuit and Murphy attended. J TJie meeting dosed with lunch- ?' ?on served in the church dining 1 room. ' Mrs. Joe Smith of Andrews is ' ?eoretury, ' Ralph A. Warner Is Promoted To Grade Of Corporal 623 RD A C. & W. SQUADRON K A DEN A AFB ? Corporal Ralph I Warner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Warner of Murphy. North Carolina, was recently promoted to the grade j of Corporal in the 623rd Aircraft Control and Harning Squadron of the Twentieth Air Force. Okinawa. He attended the Electrjnics School at Johnson A'r Fbrce Base. Japan, in order to qualify for his present assignment. Corporal Warner enlisted Janu ary 5. 1948. at Greenville Air Force Base. North Carolina, and arrived for duty in the Far East Command in December 1948 on the USAT General Hodges. Cor poral Warner will return to the United States in January. 1950 After the completion of his cur rent enlistment, he plans to return to school and major in geology. Corporal Warned- graduated from Murphy High School, Murphy. North Carolina in 1947. He then attended Lees-McRae College at Banner Eik. North Carolina and Western Carolina Teachers College at Cullowhee. North Carolina. Dur ing his High Scholl and College life, he played on the football and basketball teams. This year, he is playing with the 623rd Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron ream who were last year league champions on Okinawa. Corporal Warner has one com plaint against Okinawa. These coral islands give him very little oppor tunity to continue the study of geology. Soil Testing Unit To Be Bought For Area Western North Carolina Asso ciated Communities met Monday at Fomtana Village. The (>0 per sons representing Chambers of Commerce of 14 communities in WXC, were guests of Government Services. Inc.. at luncheon. The Cherokee Historic Drama. Tourist Association, and Recrea tion survey were discussed. The organization voted to sponsor the purchase of a mobile soil and plant testing unit and the setting up of a poultry laboratory at the State Farm, Waynesville. for use in this area. These projects were suggested by C. R. Freed of Murphy He and the following were named on a committee to work out plans for the project: C. M. Douglas. Brevard; W. B. Wiggins. Robbins rille: Howard Clapp. Waynesville; and J. L. Langdon, Aisheville. Attending from the Murphy Chamber of Commerce were Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Davis. Mr. and Mrs*. 11 Bueck. and C. R. Freed. Percy B. Ferebee of Andrews, president, presided. Johnny Olson Has Broken Ankle ANDREWS ? Johnny Olson is suffering a broken ankle of his right foot as a result of jumping from a four-foot wall in an effort :o stop his parked automobile From rolling down the hill when :he breaks failed to hold. The accident occurred Saturday ifternoon, and Mr. Olson was carried to the local hospital where le is resting well and will probab y be able to return to his home n a few days. ILL IN CHICAGO ANDREWS ? Carmen Johnson of VsheviLle, formerly of Andrews, is ieriously ill in a Chicago hospital, tfr. Johnson was attending a lum >er convention and became ill vhile there. His wife flew to Chicago to be at his bedside. Dr. James Carr Preaches Sunday At Local Church Dr. James Carr of the Home Mission office of the Presbyterian Church U. S. in Atlanta, will preach at the Presbyterian Clhurch . here Sunday at 11 A M. announces j the Rev. James R. Crook, pastor. Dr. Carr is Director of Town | and Country Church work in the j Presbyterian Church in the Unit- ' ed States. Until recently he serv ed as director of Religious Educa tion in the Synod of Appalachia. lie has been successful as director of Young People's Conferences. He is an outstanding preacher of the church. Youth Fellowship will meet at 6:30 p. m.. with Miss Mary Lou Gordon in charge. The pastor will preach in Hayes ville Presbyterian Church at 11 a. m Sunday. Church Night will be held at 7:30 p. m. Wednesday when a panel discussion of Our Responsi bility for Social Conditions and Evangelism, and What We Can Do | About it will be held. $9,506 Invested In Bonds Here U. S. Savings Bonds sales. Scries ' E. F and G, in Cherokee county | from September 1 through 30. totaled $9 506.25 it was announced today by County Savings Bonds Chairman W. D. W'hi taker. This information was contained in the monthly state sales report to county chairmen from State Direc- 1 tor. Allison James in Greensboro. The total of $9,506.25 was in Series E Bonds. Sales of the three series Bonds for the state of North Carolina ' for September were: Series F. I S2.974 972 25: Series ? JNMVMO; Series G $691 500.00; total for state $3.956.145 25. Mr. VVhitaker further stated that according to the report Series E Bond sales in North Carolina for September exceeded August E sales by $486,307.00, due to in creased seasonal purchases in farm areas. "A farm Savings Bonds drive is now in progress." the county chair man said, "and an effort is being made in every county to urge farm- 1 ers to build financial reserves in 1 U. S. Savings Bonds the crop that ' never fails." In conclusion, he pointed out . there is no safer investment on eariih than U. S. Savings Bonds | which increase in value by 33- *3 % by malerity, can be readily re placed if lost, stolen or destroyed, and can quickly be turned into cash in case of emergency. ATTEND CONFERENCE Women of the Murphy Presby- 1 terian Church who attended the j Group Conference of Women of . the Church in Hayesville Satur day were . Mrs. R. H. Foard. Mrs. i J. B. Gra.t. Mrs. Lewis Ilodgcs. j Mr J. Bruce Gordon, and Mrs. C 1 W. Savage. The Rev. J. R. Crook j attended also. NEW PREACHER? The Rev. R. Delbert Byrum. new pastor oi' First. Methodist Church who was assigned here by the Western North Carolina Methodist Confer ence in session in Winston-Salem recentlyy. He preached his first sermon at the local church last Sunday morning, and 011 Sunday evening other churches of the com munity gave him a welcome by holding a Union service at his church. Mr. byrum will preach Sunday morning at 11 o'clock on. "Staying Alive Spiritually", and Sunday eve ning -at 7:30 on. "Turn On the Light". On Wednesday evening at 7:30 he will speak on. "Religion With Teeth In It." $1,117 In Prizes Awarded At Grade Dairy Cattle Show At the Nuntahala Grade Dairy Cattle Show held in conneotion with the fair this year, there were 89 people who eniterd 107 animals. Cherokee County entered 24 ani m X Clay County 15. Macon County 14. Graham County 11. Towns County. Ga.. 35 and Union County. Ga.. 8 There were 45 first prize winners. 55 second prize winners, and seven third prize winners. A total of $1,117 dollars in cash prizes was given away. R. G. Vick of Hayesville was secretary and C. R. Freed of Mur phy. treasurer and they made the above report to donors for the caitle show. Miss Weaver Is In Auto Accident | ANDREWS? Miss Alice Dills | Weaver, school supervisor for the Murphy and Andrews units, was in an automobile collision on Thursday night. Oct. 6. Miss Weav er was enroute to her home at | Dillsboro when she met a driver who commanded more than half of the road. The driver of the other 'car was held by highway patrol men for reckless driving. Miss Weaver was driving alone at the time of the accident - about 10 p. m. Her car was considerably ' damaged. District Governor Is Lions Speaker Paul L. Gashion of North Wilkcsboro. District Governor ot 31 -A of Lions Internation, was guest speaker at Murphy Lions Club Tuesday evening at the din ner meeting held in the First i Methodist Church dining room. He ' commended the local club for its j work for the blind, the underprivi- 1 ledged, children at Christmas. | saying that both in the district and Lions International, the Mur phy Lions Club is recognized for these projects. Mr. Cashion also told of Lions International City which is plan ned in Chicago. It will be built to provide a permanent home for Lions International, buildings and other equipment necessary to take care of the headquarters staff, and to make available homes for employees and other Lions who may want homes within the city, together with all other facilities that come within the natural scope of a city. Lion President Mack Patton presented Mr. Cashion. Frank Forsyth announced that the Blind Seal Campaign will get under way on October 15. He had members assist in folding and pre paring for mailing a number of the letters that will go out to solicit funds for the Blind work. The campaign is under the direc tion of the Sdght and Conservation commiiittee. composed of Mr. j\>rsyt(h, Dr. W. A. Hoover and P. G. Ivie. It was announced thiat the club now is contributing $10 per month to the Western North Carolina Eye Clinic at Asheville. Assist ance has been given a man at the State School for the Blind in RaJeiglh. Brill BoMon was a guest of Dr. B. W. WhdttfieM. 138.8 Miles Road To Be Improved Here This Winter Young People To Have Charge Baptist Program The Rev. J. Alton Morris, pas tor of First Baptist Churcih. has | announced that his sermon topic for Sunday will be, "The Victory of the Cross". Sunday School will begin at 9:45. The young people will have charge of the Sunday evening service at 7:30, which will be opened with the singing of the hymn, "Give of Your Best to the Master". V w. A. Girls will have charge of the devotional. The Youth Choir will render special music. "Take My Life and Let It Be". Sunbeams will have, "What is One Tenth?" Following this will be a hymn "Our Best". The Intermediate and Junior G. A.'s will give. "Why Should I Give", How Should I Give", When Should 1 Give", and "How Much Should I Give". A playlet. "Timothy's Tithe", will be present ed by the Intermediate and Junior R A.'s. The closing hymn will be. "I Gave My Life for Thee". Prayer services are being held :on Walker whose par ents. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Walker, reside in Letitia. North Carolina, recently completed extensive field training at Mount Fuji. Japan. Private Walker is a member < f the 16th Reconnaissance Company, a part of the First Cavalry Divi sion stationed at Camp Hiratsuki Japan. The field training including tactical problems and firing of weapons, is being conducted by First Cavalry units in preparation for division maneuvers to be held later this year. Wm. A. Miller Is Found Dead William Alfred MilU . 57. was found dead at 5:30 P M Saturday near his home Marble. Route 1. in the Slow Creek section. Death was attributed to a heart attack. Funeral services were held Mon day at 2 p. m. in Mt. Zion Baptist Church with the Rev. Jim Tructt officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery with Ivie Funeral Home in charge. Surviving are the widow. Mrs. Gertrude Nations Miller; five daughters. Mrs. Will a Mae Dietz Mrs. Irene Johnson and the Misses Mary and Frances Miller of Marble. Route 1. and Mrs. Faye King of West Asheville, and two sons, Wayne of Barnardsville, and Junior stationed with the Army in Germany. SINGING ; The third Sunday singing will be held at New Martin's Creek Bap tist Church on Sunday, October 16, at 2 p. m. homecoming A homecoming will be held at Ranger Fairview Church. Sunday, October 16. Lunch will be served at noon. POUNDING A "Pounding" was given the Rev. and Mrs. R. Delbert Byrum by members of the First Methodist Church Monday evening, at the parsonage. The State Highway Commission's mountainous Tenth Division will launch a 1621-mile stabilization program with a major portion of its first road bond money. Cher okee County will get 138.8 miles of roads improved under the pro gram. Division Commissioner Dale Thrash of AshoviUe. in a preview of his road plans, said the em phasis in his 14 western counties will remain on stabilization through the next seven months of winter and early spring. "The man riding on rock now who wants a paved road can be patient a little longer," he said. "He can afford to wait until the fellow living 011 the red road gets some crushed stone 011 his road. Our goal is to keep all school busses running this winter if possible and concentrate on plac ing rock on roads that have never had any rock on them." The Tenth Division Commis sioner said that the early advent | of winter in the mountains also is a factor in his planning. In the near future representatives will be 'appointed to study roads in each township. Early in the spring these township representatives, the county commissioners, board of education members county chairmen of the road and school bond drive and other leaders of each county will be asked by Com missioner \ h a-- to meet with him and choose the roads to be hard surfaced during the 1950 paving season. The reason will open about April 1. | In the meantime. Commissioner Thrash announced the following mileage for stabilization in each county during the winter: Avery. 52 6; Buncombe. 205.6; Cherokee. 138.8; Clav 62 7; Gra ham. 73.7; Haywood 91.2; Hen derson, 155.0; Jackson 176.2; Macon. 205 6; Madison. 182.2; Mitchell, 56.2; S\v;? v Tran sylvania. 114.0; and Yancey. 55.7. To carry out this ambitious stabilization program, the Division i lias placed requisitions for 685.000 tons of crushed stone to be stock j piled at convenient locations. In some case? the Tenth Divi sion plans to build 12-foot roads where traffic does not justify a wider-type road. "We "*o not ir? :en-i to force this type mad on anybody, but we think the nar row roads will be quite satisfacto y under certain conditions. They will ?o much further up the coves I for the same amount of money." the Commissioner said. "Recently the houses were counted on one of the roads we will recommend for twelve-foot pavement The I road is three and one-half miles long with a vtate highway at one end and a hi-^h mountain at the other end. There are exactly twice as many houses on the one lialf mile at the dead end of the road as are on any other half mile of the road." In connection with the initial planning for the Tenth Division's expanded program. Commissioner Thrash and Z V. Stewart. Division i Engineer, are holding public meet ings in various sections of the Division. Factors such as traffic count. population, churches, schools, school bus and mail routes, and general relation of the road to the county road system will play a part in determining which roads get first considera tion. I Rev. P. 0. Elder To Preach Here The Rev. P. O. Elder of Maoon, Ga., new district superintendent erf the Georgia Conference of the Free Methodist Church, will speak at Free Meithodiieft Church in Mur phy Friday, Saturday, and Sunday evening* at 7:30 o'clock, and Sun day morning at 1.1 o'clock.