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VOLUME 6? ? NUMB EH it MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1950
??Dim DAnvc THIS
County Gets $4,996
Share Nantahala
Forest Income
Checks totalling *26,740.12 have*
been issued for distribution to the
?forth Carolina counties having
iand within the Nantahala Nation
al Forest. This is their one-fourth
share of the national forest receipts
for fiscal year 1949 according to
Forest Supervisor E. W. Renshaiw,
of Franklin. The money is for
road and school purposes and is
in lieu of taxes on the federally
owned national forests. The mon
ey is apportioned to the counties
according to the national forest
land each contains.
Cherokee County with 77,385
acres of national forest, received
*4996.78. '
This amount is approximately
$4,000 more than was received by
the counties in the Nantahala
National Forest tor fiscal year
1948. The payment represents a
return to the counties off approxi
mately 6V4c per acre. The split
between the counties is as follows:
Cherokee, 77,985 acres, $4,996.78;
Clay, 57,106 acres, 3,687.36; Gra
ham, 103,787 acres, 6.701.57; Jack
son, 18,888 acres, 1,219.63; Macon,
147,177 acres, 9,50326; Swain, 9,
780 acres, 631.52.
Supervisor Renshaiw stated that
in addition to the amounts distri
buted direct to the counties, 10%
of the gross national forest re
ceipts is made available to the
national forest for construction
and maintenance of roads. Other
costs of protecting and administer
ing the national forests are borne
by federal appropriations.
Practically all of the income
earned on the Nantahala National
Forest was from the sale of tim
ber, with small amounts from
special land use permits. During
fiscal year 1949; 36,359,000 board
feet of sawtimber, addwood, pulp
wood, crossties, posts and fuel
wood were out. All timber for
sawlogs or pulpwood was mark
ed for cutting by U. S. Forest
Officers and was done under a
long-range timber management
plan whiah insures a steady In
crease in growth. A large volume
of chestnut acidwood was moved
during the year but demand for
this product has diminished.
Plans are being made to cut in
creasing amounts of pulpwood to
supply the market. National for
est timber in Western North Caro
lina is an important source of raiw
materials for the lumber, pulp and
wood-working industries and an
important source of employment
for woods labor.
The Pisgah-Croatan National
Forest, which is also located in
North Carolina in the area east at
the Nlantahala National Forest, re
turned $58,734.83 to eigrteen addi
tional counties. This made a total
return to North Carolina counties
Of *85,498.47 for the 1,066,646
acres of national forest In the state.
Donald Morris'
Father Dies
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Morris w
called to Decatur, AM., last we
because of the Illness and death
Mr. Morris' father, Theo W. M<
t>s, who passed away Friday
5:30.
The following people of Murp
attended the funeral: Mr. and M
Joe Hamilton, Mr. and Mrs. Bo
Davis, Mrs. Roy V. Lovingtx
Fred, Loren and Arden Dav
Misses Elodse and Jimmie Davt
BEOOMWfr
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January 23 1_ IB
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Killed through Jannary 33
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KRIed through Jannary U,
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Tenth Division
Gets 300 Miles
Roads Surfaced
The Highway Commission's
mountainous Tenth Division will
let 300 miles of bond money roads
to contract between January 31
and April, Commissioner L. Dale
Thrash of Aaheville announces.
Bids on 97.1 miles of secondary
road black-topping will be opened
at the Commission's regular letting
on January 31. Another 100 miles
of bond money work will be ready
for letting in February, Thraslr
said, and still another 100 miles
in March or April.
The Commissioner said this rep
resents almost one-third of the
total paving work planned for the
Tenth Division under the $200,
000000 bond isspe program.
Public meetings have been held
in nine of the 14 counties in the
division at which time special "Go
Forward'' road committees and the
general public have been asked to
help elect roads for paving. "This
system of public participation has
proved very popular and has help
ed us in the job of road selections,"
Thrash said.
Five additional meetings will be
held during the remainder of Jan
uary and early February. Roads
selected for paving during 1950
and also during 1951 are being
announced at these county meet
ings.
The relatively short paving
^eason in the mountains makes it
necessary to get alf planning work
done as quickly as possible,
Thrash said. The Tenth Division
will build more crushed stone
roads than other divisions in line
with a policy adopted last year.
Many thousands of tons of crushed
rock and gravel have been* con
centrated in the division during
the fall and winter, and the
stabilization program is moving at
top speed.
Burning Permits
Now Are Required
County Fire Warden, E. S.
Burnette urges the cooperation of
every person in Cherokee County
to assist in the prevention of
Forest Fires during the aprpoach
ing fire season. Warden Burnette
advises people to do any neces
sary burning after a rain when the
woods are too wet to burn, or
after 4 P. M. Be sure to secure
a permit before 'burning, in every
case. This is required by the N.
C. law. Permits may be secured
from the District Warden in your
community, any U. S. Forest
Ranger, County Agent's Office or
County Warden Burnette.
Unaka
School
Burns
The Unaka school building was
strayed by fire Monday be
een 9 and 10 P. M. No cause
r the fire Is known unless it
is set on fire by loafers in the
tiding or some one else, accotd
1 to report from the county
perintendent's office. About 725
se text books were destroyed,
lese were insured by the state,
tere was $2,500 insurance on
e building.
The school was .a frame building
d contained four large rooms
d an auditorium. A total of
2 pupils are enrolled these,
hoot will be eon
? use of an old
Luther Gentry
Missing 20 Days
Found In Texas
Luther Gentry of Murphy,
who left here January 4 eu
route to Abilene, Texaa, to visit
his sister, was reported missing,
last week. He was found sick
in Fort Worth, Texas, this week.
He had lfft here by bus, and
his travelling bags arrived in
Abilent but he failed to arrive,
so a search was instituted or
him. ?
Policeman Buren Grant here
stated that Texas police and
others cooperated splendidly
with him in an effort to locate
Mr. Gentry. Members of the
family located him in Fort
Worth.
Local Leaders
Invited To Attend
WNCAC Meeting
Civic leaders of Murphy and An
drews, and all Cherokee county
are being invited by Western
North Carolina Associated Com
munities to attend the quarterly
meeting which will be held in
Waynesville on Tuesday, Feb. 7,
beginning with a "dutch" luncheon |
at the Town House at 1:00 o'clock.
At request of C. M. Douglas, of
Brevard, secretary of the organiza
tion which represents 11 counties.
THE SCOUT is issuing invitation
to officers of civic clubs, mayors,
and boards of commissioners of
this community to attend and take
part in plans for this summer's
business on an area-wide basis.
Election of officers for the en
suing year will be special order of
business at the Western North
Carolina meeting, and other busi
ness will Include discussion of
the advertising booklet which la
being put out by the State Depart
ment of Conservation and Deve
lopment which will feature WNC
in the first 44 pages, promotion
of the Cherokee Pageant and other
entertainment programs to be
carried out ira the Mountains this |
coming summer and fall.
Further work will also be re
ported on by the agriculture, in
dustry; and recreation committees
which are working on projects of
interest to the entire section.
W.O.W.ToPlay
Ragland Here For
March Of Dimes
Murphy W. O. W. Basketball
teaih wiil meet the Ragland Bros,
of Knoxville, Tenn., team at 8 o'
clock Saturday night in the school
gynfnasium. The W. O. W.'s play
ed this team last year and were
beaten only four points so this
should be a good gaime. Thus far,
;he W. O. W. team has won nine
games and lost four this yean.
The proceeds from the game
Saturday night will go to the
1950 Polio fund.
Mrs. Warner Takes
Metal Work Course
Mrs. Ben Warner returned
aturday night from the Univer
ty of Tennessee, Knoxville, where
re took a weeks' course in metal
ork. Mrs. Warner received a
-holarship for this special course,
here were 14 others from seven
ates working on scholarships.
Scholarships in weaving will be
Lven in March.
To Stow Film
Sunday Night
At the evening youth meeting
f First Methodist Church on Sun
lay, January 29, k 6 o'clock a
ound fllnWtrip OPERATION J S
riH be drawn. This MmsMp tells
f the three-year nqtaatonary ??
ice of American youth in Japan
This v4anal aU la
January
SIm'i ia World-Wide Flying job V
TRANSPOI
Pretty WAF S/Sgt. Gladys M. Woodward wears tha famous shoulder
insigne of the Military Air Transport Service. The enlarged replica of
her shoulder patch, left, shows three golden arrows oa Air Force wings to
represent Army, Navy, Air Force unification. The wings, superimposed
oa a globe, characterise the organisation's world-wide operations.
Cobb Hospital
Dedicated Sunday
The Cobb Memorial Hospital
at Koyston, Ga, which was made
possible by a contribution of more
than $100,000 by Tyrus R. Cobb,
baseball immortal and son of
Herschel Cobb, native of Cherokee
County, was dedicated Sunday at
2:30 P. M Mr. Cobb and his wife
were present for the celebration.
The hospital with 25 beds is
one of tbe most modern and best
equipped hospitals that has been
built under the Hill Burton Act
in Georgia and contains the latest
equipment such as y-ray, Sterili
zers, obstetrical lab -atory, that
could be bought.
Ty Cobb, as he is known in this
county, is a member of the Board
of Trustees.
Herschel Cobb, father of Ty
Cobb, was hjjj. Nora Cobb Spen
cer's oldest brother and a lirSt
son of North Carolina. He was
graduated with highest honors
from Georgia Military College ap
proximately 50 years ago. Ty is
a second son of North Carolina,
having spent much time at the
old Cobb homestead.
Those from Murphy attending
the dedication Sunday were: Mrs.
Spencer, aunt of Ty Cobb; Mr.
and Mrs. Peyton G. Ivie, Mr. and
Mrs. W. M. Fain, Mr. and Mrs. H.
Bueek, Dr. and Mrs. Harry Miller
and daughter, Susie, Miss Jose
phine Heighway and Mr. and Mrs.
Jerry Davidson.
Workers Council
To Be Held
The Rev. R. Delbert Byrusn, pas
tor of First Methodise Church, has
announced that his sermon topic
for Sunday morning wiH be. "On
Using the Bible", and for Sunday
evening. "Christian Living: Hind
rances and Helps" Other ser
vices will be held at the usual
time.
The Sunday School officers and
teachers will meet for a workers'
conference on Tuesday evening,
January 31, at 7:30 o'clock in the
Ladies' Parlor.
Pearson Describes
Sen. Frank Graham
WASHINGTON?A modest little
man who looks like a small-town
hardware merchant has complete
ly won the heart of cynical Capitol
Hill in less than a year.
He is Frank P. Graham, former
president of the University of
North Carolina, now senator from
that state. Graham is as friendly
and disarming as a puppy, has a
lively twinkle in his dark eyes,
and has sparse gray hair that looks
as though he'd just come in from
a windstorm.
When Dr. Graham was appoint
ed to the Senate last March, John
Bricker, right-wing Republican,
raised the clamor that the new
comer was a "radical."
Sen. Forrest C. Donnell of Mis
souri, a conscientious conservative,
asked his GOP colleague, Wayne
Morse, "What kind of a fellow is
Graham? You served with him
on the War Labor Board."
To the deeply religious Donnell,
Senator Morse replied, "Forrest,
I have often said you were the
most Christian man I know. Frank
Graham is the most Christlike man
t know."
Months later, Donnell remark
ed to Morse: "Remember what you
said about Frank Graham being
the most Christlike man you
know? Well, I share your opin
ion."
Whenever Senator Graham rais
es from a Senate desk that almost
swallows him?he Is the shortest
man on the floor?Senators come
back from the cloakroosps to
listen. This is a tribute few men
in Senate history heve won. Frank
Graham is not an orator, in the
manner of dramatic Arthur Van
deribarg. He speaks In a sett
drawl, but be is able to put in
the
Atlantic Pact, Republican Sen.
Charles Tobey, himself a vivid
phrasemaker, remarked in awe:
"Frank Graham's speech was the
greatest I have ever heard in the
Senate. The Senator has given us
a pattern, not for my party or
his party, but a pattern for
America. I commend his state
for having given him to us as a
Senator."
After another Graham talk.
Senator Vandenberg said thought
fully, "I was profoundly impress
ed by his grasp of the subject."
Despite the praise showered on
him, Frank Graham is still a
modest, unassuming man with a
great affection for people. He will
spot a friend, a Senator, an eleva
tor boy working his way through
college, or a reporter, and trot up
to him. "Hey, there," he will say,
"got something to talk to you
about."
Senator Graham is one of the
most conscientious men in Wash
ington. and a story is told of how
President Roosevelt exploited this.
Dr. Graham's University trustees
had asked him to resign from the
War Labor Board and give all his
time to the University. Graham
stayed up aH night writing and
rewriting his letter of resignation
to the President
When he arrived at the White
House, Mr. Roosevelt, who had
been tipped off, got In the first
word. He said, "Frank, what
would you think of a man who
deserts bis nation in time of war?
I have a businessman here who
wants to resign from the Wat
Production Board and go back to
his company."
Later, when Dr. Graham return
ed to Ids hotel, a friend asked,
'VeH did yea reei???"
Meekly, Graham drear
pocket the natpla
of
Clerk Is Charged
With Embezzlement
?
73c Worth Stamps
$185 Donated
To Crop Program
In This County
The Christian Rural Overseas
Program (CROP) collected in
Cherokee County in the recent
drive 89 bushels of corn and
$64.98 in cash. The goal had been
set for a half carload of corn, and
since this was not reached the
Cherokee County CROP commit
tee was instructed to sell the corn
and send the entire cash to CROP
headquarters in Durham. This
money will be used to buy corn at
the point of shipping. This proce
dure saved the freight expense
from Murphy. The 89 bushels of
corn were converted into cash at
$1.35 a bushel at a total of $120.16,
making the total receipts $185.13.
All expenses in this county were
absorbed by the workers. The
total amount will be converted into
corn at the point of embarkation.
Officials say they hope Cherokee
County can in the future do much
more toward this program. This
was the first year that the County
had participated in CROP, and
there was not sufficient time to
fully organize.
Morris Preaches
Sunday On New
Testament Church
The Rev. J. Alton Morris is
preaching a series of sermons on
the New Testament Church at
First Baptist Church. His sermon
Sunday morning at 11 o'clock will
be the third in the series, the
topic of which is, "The New
Testament Church?Its Ordinanc
es".
He will preach Sunday evening
at 7:30 on, "A Blue Day in a Good
Man's Life".
Officers and teachers of the
Sunday School will meet Tuesday
evening for the regular monthly
workers' oouncil. February 5-11
is Y. W. A. focus week at the
church.
The Fidelis Class will meet
Monday evening at 7:30 in the
men's Bible class room, for a,pro
gram and party, the husbands of
members being special guests.
Family Night
Is February 1
Family Night at Church, a
regular monthly feature of First
Methodist Church's program, will
be held in the Assembly Room of
the church on Wednesday evening,
February 1, at 6:15 o'clock. The
meal will be "pot luck" style. The
program will consist of informal
group singing, games, a skit, "A
Dark And Stormy Night", and s
closing period of meditation b>
the pastor.
Hutchins Speaks
At Murphy NCEA
Supt. A. J. Hutchins of the Can
ton City Schools spoke on "Pub
lie Relations in Public Schools.'
at the January meeting of tlx
Murohy NCEA Thursday evetiinj
in the primary building
John Jordan, president, presid
ed over a brief business sessioi
after which Supt H. Bueak Intro
duced Mr. Hutchins.
M'ss Moselle Moore, musii
supervisor, led the group In sever
si famtfisr soots, sfter which I
social hour was enpoyed.
Members of the Aadrews ant
and Cherokee Court* unit wan
special gusdU tor tMs
> Mrs. Edith Dobbs of Murphy,
who has been employed under
Civil Service at the Murphy post
office for more than 20 years, was
arrested last Thursday by an FBI
agent on a charge of embezzle
ment of 73c worth of stamps
Arraigned before U. S. Commis
sioner T. C. Seroggs of Hayesville,
she was bound over to the May
term of Federal Court under $500
bond.
The loss of stamps was from
rural mail carriers, it was stated
by Commissioner Seroggs.
Mrs. Dobbs is a member of a
prominent family in Murphy, the
daughter of the late Mr. and Mia.
Bass Dickey, and the wife of C. L.
Dobbs, auditor of Dickey Chevrolet
Company.
Mrs. Dobbs has not worked alt
the post office since the arrest
was made.
Value Of 4-H
Calf Project
Shown To Lions
Program Chairman llobart Me
Keever called to the attention of
the Murphy Lions club meadbers
Tuesday night the value of the
4-H Purebred Dairy Calf Club
,-tarted by Lions in 1843. He stat
ed that there are now 12 cows be
longing to 4-H club members, ss
a result of this project. The club
started the project by buying s
purebred for one clubiter, he In
turn to give back to the dig> the
first heifer from his cow. These
heifers are placed with other 4-H
jl lib members. To be eligible for
i. calf, a boy or girl must writs
an essay on why he should have
this project. Essays of serveni
were read by the following: The
Rev. Jas. Crook, the Rev. Detbert
Byrum, C. R. Freed C. E. Hyde,
A. Q. Ketner, and Hobart Mc
Keever.
First Vice-President Loren Davis
presided. President Mack Pattern
being ill.
Harold Wells introduced his
guest, Duane Powers of Milwaukee.
Wis., and W. D. Townson his guest,
Paul Johnson of Hendersonville,
Red Hoyle of Asheville, a Lion
was a visitor.
Secretary R. S. Bauft requested
committee chairman to report acti
vities of their committees, for the
lions International report.
R. W. White reported on the
Christmas baskets distributed by
the club..
W. A. SherriM announced that
the Boy Scout drive will start
February 13. The Lions sponsor
the Scout troop here.
Dale Lee presented the Rev. Del
be rt Byrum as a new member,
welcoming him into the chib.
The names of R. W. Easley and
W. M. Davis, members of the club
for several years, were inadver
tently omitted from the list of
members under the Christmas
basket picture in the SCOUT
January 12.
C. Bussort Dies
InKnoxville
Christopher (Buzz) Bussort age
68, formerly of Etowah, Term.,
and Murphy died alt the Baptist
Hospital in Knoxville, Tenn.,
Thursday, January JO. He was a
retired engineer for L and N
Railroad Company having been em
ployed by them for 46 years, and
w as a member of the Local 547
Brotherhood of Locomotive Eng
ineers.
The Rosary was recited at 8:30
Thursday. The body remained at
the funeral home until Friday
noon, and waa then taken to
Louisville, Ky , for burial.
Surviving ace the widow, lin.
Beatrice Davidson
sons, Leo of
Walter of St.
Mr*. R. T. 1
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