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^UMESJ ? NUMBER 5 MURPHY. NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. AUGUST 17. 1950 TEN PAGES THIS WEEK Baptist Association Meets August 22-23 The C6'h annual session of the< Western North Carolina Baptist, T?ciatio3 "ill be held Tuesday , ^P>Cia . .... 99.-23 1 d Wednesday, August z2"23 Trmel' Memorial Baptist Church, Lesville The theme is, "Build-1 S?the Kingdom". Peyton G. Ivie. jjoderator will preside. I several visiting speakers from ^nomination will attend, in-1 fading Dr. M. A. Huggins. secre-1 rv of the Baptist State Conven-, Dr j c. Canipe, secretary i Evangilism; Dr. W. K. McGee,, Uptist Hi spital: Supt. W. C. Reed,, *?ntist Orphanage: and Dr. Ed-i 1 in S Preston, MereditJi College, Raleigh. j The Tu"sday program opens at n 30 a. m. with song service, fol ded by scripture and prayer by I lhe Rev. F. B. Garrett. A. F. | Padgett will give the welcome, to svkich J. Vincent Hall will re- j '_ond, A business session will he followed by reports on associa- j jonal missions. Miss Addie Mae Cocke will give the treasurer's re- i port; Miss Ruth Bagwell, associa-1 i.onal missionary's report; and L. ft' Hendrix, msssnjn s committee report. Dr. W A. Hoover Will peak on the Baptist Hospital, and Dr McGee will speak for the Hospital. Truett Memorial Bap list Church will give special music, ind the Rev. L. P. Smith will preach the annual sermon. Luncii :on will be served at 12 o'clock. Tuesday afternoon program ,tarts at 1;30 with a song service, ?nd the Rev. J. D. Moses will read scripture and offer prayer. Mrs. Elmer Childers will give the W. ii. U. report; Cyrus C. White, Sun iay School; and Mrs. Oarl West, [raining Union. The Rev J. titan Morris will report on Evan pelisrn, and this will 'be followed iv special music by the Murphy routh Choir. Dr. CSSipt rflu | ciag a :..e,.?ge on E^ugfiism. rhe program will end at 3:40. I Wednesday's program starts at ] k30 with song service, followed by fripture and prayer by the Rev. lend Horsed. Miss Dale Sudderth rill give a report on Foreign ffissions: Joe Myers, State Mis ions; Mrs. Charles McDonald, *ome Missions; and Andrews tastet will give special music. The lev. Robt Barker will speak on Missions. Charles Carringer will ;.ve a dage st of the church letters, lid the Rev. A. B. Lovell will take a report on Social Service. Sect.on of officers will be hold Mrs. J. L. Savage will speak on be Cooperative Program and Dr. Huggins will bring a message on he Cooperative Program and Christian Stewardship. Luncheon rill be served at 12 o'clock. The song service starting at 1:30 :. m. will be followed by scripture nd prayer by the Hev. C. A. Sextan. The Rev. J. A. Richardson rill report on Ministers' retire wnt, and Mrs. Victor West will five the Orphanage report. Supt. Heed will bring a message on the fiphanage. Mrs. J. Vincent Hall rill report on Denominational iterature Marvin Hampton will rport on Christian Schools. Fol ewing special music. Dr. E S. ?reston will speak on Christian 'duration. Reports of committers rill be heard and miscellaneous ?uriness matters discuseetk A hemarial service will be oondurt hl by Clarence Hendrix tor those ?ho have died during the year, the resolutions committee will tben make its report and the asso itttion will adjourn. The program oris prepared by a fwmittee composed of the Rev. '? Alton Morris, the Rev. Robt. Writer, and the Rev. Calvin "tampson. Dies In Miami , &>lhi Dockery 19, * Miami formerly of Murphy, was JJfeh by death Saturday la Miami. ?? Dockery had bean in the "?feleeale and soQ and landsesp ^butanes, km . 1* mrrivsd by toor *????* Find Maxtor odd _ Jj- Mrs. R. L. 1Mb. Mrt H. P. I Rev. John Hall Preaches Sunday ANDREWS?T h c Rev. John *vall. D. D., Chaplain U. S. Army (ret) will deliver the message at ? ne service at St. Andrews Lutheran Church next Sunday. Dr. Hall is well fcnown to many, having sup p'ietl the Lutheran Church in 1945 ;nd most recently preached the aaccalaureate sermon to the gradu ating class of the Andrews High School. Dr. Hall is now serving his ? fiftieth year in 'he Home Mission I i eld for the Lutheran Church. He I began his work at the Watagua | larish'at Boone, moving to Gas tonia in 1906. to St. Petersburg. I i\a? in 1912 where he became a | cnaplain ill the regular army in j j917. Since his retirement in 1940 I ho has made his home near Hick-; where he has continued his ! u ork by supplying continually at I /r.cant churches. After the service Sunday Dr. j Hall will return to his home near | Hickory. Henry B.Seabolt Taken By Death Henry Baseomb Seabolt, 37. died Friday in Akron, Ohio, after a brief i lness. Formerly of Murphy, he had been for the past 18 months in ?akron where he was employed as ,t mechanip. The body was brought to Mur rhv Sunday by Ivie Funeral Home , .d funeral services were held Monday at 10:30 a. m. in the First baptist Church. The Rev. J. Alton | Morris officiated and tyria^was in ?sunset Cemetery. Pallbearers were. Jack, James and Kenneth Garrett, Glenn Kirk land, Grady Carringer, Henry Reed, Tom Palmer, and Ross Lovingood. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Paralee Russell Seabolt; one son. William Henry Seabolt; the moth er. Mrs. Alice Seabolt of Murphy; three sisters, Mrs. Wesley Garrett and Mrs. Homer Ledford both of Murphy, and Mrs. Oma Hughes of Canton. Ga. Geo. W. McAfee Taken At Age 91 George Walter McAfee, 91 died ct 10:30 Tuesday night at the Lome of a daughter, Mrs. Myrtle Dean of Ducktown, Tenn , after ten days' illness. Funeral services will be held at t p. m. Friday in Friendship Bap tist Church at Suit with the Rev. Glover P. Ledford of Cleveland, Tenn , and the Rev. Thomas Truett of Culberson officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery with Ivie Funeral Home in charge. Grandsons will be pallbearers -nd granddaughters will be flower girls. Surviving are three sons, Ed of Murphy, Dillard of Culberson, and Fred of Spartanburg, S. C.; three daughters, Mrs. Dean, Mrs. Bes sie Smith of Ls Porte, Ind., and Mrs. Tessie Garland of Culberson; 30 grandchildren, a number of great-grandchildren and several great-great-grandchildren. Taken By Death Robert Franklin Merritt, 79, of urphy, died Friday fn a local epltal of bead injuries he re ived when he fell at his borne a ?k ago. Funeral services were held M 30 p. m. Sunday in Hatfgw [ftbodtst Church with the Rev. bemaa Truett and the Rev Jamei . Crook officiating. Burial was l the church ccsnetery with owoson Funeral Home to Aar*. He la survived * ne daughter ?? tgssd of Itovhy; one deter. Mm. ., M. Mlncy and ? to?e^*s larvey WoHe. both of Knowffle. mm at Flagler s& Thiele, Perkins Have Charge Of Sunday Services Ed Thiele will preach at First 3aptilst Church Sunday morning at 11 o'clock, supplying for the pas tor. the Rev. J. Alton Morris, who s conducting a revival at Beaver cam Baptist Church, Easley, S. C. "am Perk ns will have charge of the evening services which begin at 8 o'clock, the theme being, "My Maximum For Christ Today". Tak ing part on the program, which will featu-e youth work, will be: W. A. Sherrill Jr.. Miss Peggy Savage, Miss Faye Boling, Marvin Hampton, and the youth choir. Mr. Thiele and Mr. Perkins, both of Texas, who have been spending the summer here, accom- j panied Mr. Morris to South Caro-1 Una and expect to return today. I $441,809.57 Spent On County Roads Division Engineer W. M. Cor kill of the State Highway Com mission announces that bond ex penditures for roads in this county through June 30 amount ed to $441,309.57. Rev. E- D. Butt Speaks Here The Rev. E. Dargan Butt, As sistant Professor of 'Practical Theology at Seabury Western Theological Seminary, Evanston. *11.. Director of the Southeran Rural Church Institute, at Valla C rucis, celebrated Holy Commun :cn last Thursday morning at the Episcopal Church of the Messiah here. He spoke in St. Barnabas Chapel Wednesday night. James W. Hicks Is Killed In Wreck James W Hicks, 38, an employee i Coble Dairies here, was fatally' -.?lured in a truck accident early i - uesday morning on U. S. High way 19 near Wesser. I c,"'Cks !:aud gone to Lexington Sunday with a milk tank, and was returning Monday night. It had ! teen raining, and the highway .Va? U'of onil ~1 J_1. . _ . ~ -i Jig xi wav was wet and slick and on rounding i dangerous curve, the truck! sLpped over onto the shoulder and tJlc ?>nouiaer and overturned down an embankment i if* a*oc * V. ..? S-UIUdlj 'Ie was thrown into a small stream. A man living nearby heard the crash and went to him, but had 0 go for help. He was taken to Andrews hospital in a truck, and was not thought to be badly injur but 5bout L-45 be suddenly I ? His home%was in_. Niota Tenn.. but'he has been employed here for I a year or more and was a veteran Jot World War II. Surviving are the parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Ilicks of Niota a son, and one sister. ,June^ services were held today (Tnursday) at Niota. Ivie Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements here. Tent Revival Starts August 20 Fields Of Fields of the Wood management 1 ""Ounces a two-week revival to be conducted in a large tent near re main entrance (east of Mur phy on TVA Highway 294), begin ning Sunday night, August 20 Bishop Grady R. Rent, general secretary of the Church of Pro phecy Marker Association which is sponsoring and developing Fields of the Wood, will be the evange list for this seres. Special instrumental and vocal music will be under the direction of Evangelist Harry Lee Moore, widely known youth leader and musician of Kentucky, assisted by his sister, Miss Emma Lou Moore oi Boise. Idaho. A special feature of this revival will be the air plane-campaign to be conducted by Bishop Kent with one or more of the planes attached to the Marker Association for extension trd evangelistic work. Two of these planes are scheduled to be stationed at Murphy and will fly doily, weather permitting, over the tity and nearby communities, em ploying large under-the-wing loud | leakers to advertise the revival. The public la welcomed to this rwiwal and invited to come before the 7:30 opening hour and visit tie "Bfclical Wonder of the 20th Oentury," which is open, tree at c!**e. until the hour of service each evening. Rev. H. B. Carter Preaches Sunday The Rev. Hugh B. Carter, pas tor of the Sunset Hills Presby t.rian Church, Charlotte, will preach at the Murphy Presbyterian Church at the 11 o'clock service Sunday morning, August 20. Mr. C arter is one of the outstanding young ministers of the state. His subject will be "That Ye May Know" on the text from Mark 2:10, Sunday School will be held at the usual hour of 10 o'clock, and the Pioneer and Youth Fellowship j-roups will hold their vesper ser vice at 7 P. M The Young People of "he church w.jU conduct the We(M4nrta? ke i ing service at the church next week. I Club Boys Attend Forestry Camp The following club boys are at- i tending the Champion Fiber Com pany's forestry camp for FFA and 4-H club members at Camp Hope near Canton during this week: Fred Coffey, representative of Jlurphy School's chapter of Future Farmers of America; James Smith, Cherokee County's 4-H Club representative; and Earl Nelson, Andrews School's Future Farmer ! representative. Local Clubbers Take Prizes In Dairy Show Ten Entries Made Soap-Box Derby Murphy's Soap-Box Deiiby, sponsored by the Summer Recrea tion Program, wiU be run Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock on the Joe Brown Highway between the Sin clair Gas Dump and the Ed King Lumber Yard. Ten entries have been received to date, and it is expected that at least a docen coester cars will be entered. Prizes for the race will be .ottows: first place. $5 cash: second place, $3; and third place, *2. Other prizes will be given by local merchants. ATTEND CONVENTION Among those from here who are attending *fae convention of School Superintend print? in Mm HU1 this week are: Lloyd W. Hendrix. Mr and Mrs H. Bueck, Allen Bell and Madge Lewis eg Hayeavflle at Mist Maggie Bell Kiasetburg. Seventeen 4-H Club dairy heif ts won blue and red ribbons in the Western North Carolina Junior Dairy Show Tuesday. Topping the est were three blue ribbon win rers owned by James and Shirley ?mith of Pearfitreee and one by Dick Ketaer. Red ribbon winners were shoiwn by James Foster, Ralph Kephart, Carmolita Smith, Frank tilmond, Ralph Jordan, James Crisp, Dick . Ketner. Edwin and David Hendrix and James Smith. Heifers shown by Almond, Kephart and Crisp are registered Jerseys, and the others are all registered Guernseys. Cherokee County boys and girls had the outstanding county group of the show, and no animal failed no win at least a second prize. This district show is sponsored by the State College Extension Service and the Asheville Agricul tural Development Council, with the financial support of merchants, avic clubs and Interested Indivi duals. It is beeld annually tor the benefit of the twenty western counties at North Carolina* Recreation Program To End 19th The Murphy Summer Becreaflmi Program edl dose en Saturday of tUe Imek with an ad-day P*"* at Vagal State Parte, beta Owen, vtoo haa done an eoeeOead Job as niiurtai ot the ?dl be la saving aoun? 1M? summer will otaUt bim on (fee trip. flie Sammer Bocreotko two will leave (ho High School' U 10 o'clock 11k group will boot a I Eacfa boy and girl bring his own lunch (HMTt wiU to DR. A. J. HOBRS Dr. A. J. Hobbs On Methodist Hour , Dr. A. J. Hobbs. Rocky Mount, District Superintendent of the hocky Mount District, North Caro 'in? Conference of The Methodist Church, will speak on the Methodist Hour, Sunday morning, August 20 Dr. Hobbs, a graduate of Duke, Fmory and Yale Universities, and a delegate to the General and Jurisdictional Conferences, will speak on "A Man ar.d His Church", on this 125 station network radio iroadcast which ia heard! over the entire South and Southwest. Music featured on this program will be "Amazing Grace" sung by a men's chorus and the Methodist Hour Ohoir singing the old gospel song "The Haven of Rest". Soloists featured from time to time on this broadcast of the Methodist Hour are Mrs. Alice Tomlinson. contralto; Mrs. Frances Campbell Hughes, soprano; Lem Kdmonson, tenor and Douglas Moore, bass. Baritone soloist for many numbers is Haskell Boyter, one of the' leading choir directors of the south, and a regular mem A,-r of the -Methodist Hour Choir. The Methodist Hour may be heard over stations WSB, WXOX, WiWNC at 8:30. Group Attends FFA Convention Cherokee County's two depart ments of vocational agriculture were represented at the state meet ing of the Future Farmers of America held at State College Raleigh August 7, 8, and 9. The two teachers of agriculture, Milo F. Zuver and Glenn Patton, ac companied by Kent Ladd, Charles West, Kenneth Luther, and Ran c'. ll Shields attended the meeting. Wayne Abernathy Heads Farm Bureau Master Masons To Hold Assembly In Waynesville Master Masons end their famil-' its from many states will meet1 attain this year in Waynesviile for a three-day summer assembly of the Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters of North Carolina. The Waynesville Armory will or headquarters and registration v ill start Sunday morning, Aug ust 20. at 9:30. Rooms assignments will be made by a special com mittee. On Sunday evening a motorcade 1 t ill be formed in front of the j Armory and go to Cherokee to fitness the drama of the Cher okees, "Unto These Hills", leav ing at 6:30 P. M. Transportation will be provided for those who have none and those who do not wish to drive their cars, if they ? meet at the armory at 6 o'clock. On Monday afternoon at 2 o' clock a scenic motor trip will be made to the Masonic Marker, in Elack Camp Gap This monu-' ment to Cryptric Masonry was! conceived and erected by Most ! Illustrious Companion T. Troy' Wyche, Past Grand Master of the Grand Couneil of North Carolina. It was dedicated in 1938 by Most Worshipful Thomas J. Harkens, Past Grand Master of Masons In North Carolina. The Masonic address will be de livered by the Rev. and Eminent Sir Knight Marvin W. Chapman, pastor of the First Baptist Church ci Franklin, in the First Presby terian Church of Waynesville Mon day evening at 8 o'clock. The pub ' c is invited. Chas. L. Isley will have charge of the music. On Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 s motorcade will be formed in front of the Armory and go to I the Pink BeSs for>a picnic dinner. | The Master Masons degree will [ he conferred at the Waynesviile armory Tuesday evening at 8 o' clock. * Girl Scout Drive Being Conducted The Annua] drive for funds for the Nantahala Area Girl Scout Council, composed of Cherokee, Clay. Graham, Jackson, Macon ind Swain Counties got under way August 1st, with a budget of 53,000 to be met by August 31. Cherokee County's quota is $500. hut it is hoped that the larger Counties will exceed their quota. The drive in this County is under the supervision of Mrs. E. H. Brumby, County Chairman, and Mrs. Harold N. Wells, Community Chairman. Ail individuals and religious, civic, business, and in dustrial organizations are urged :o make liberal contributions This budget is for the purpo? of promoting Girl Scouting in this Area, so that every girl can have an opportunity to be a Girl Scout. Rev. f. H. King Preaches Sundav The Rev. Carl H. King. E"x? live Secretary of the Board Education of the Western No. Carolina Conference of the Met idisl Church, will preach ( "What Think ye of Christ?" First Methodist Church, Sundi August 20. at 11 ?. m. Mr jjj, will speak in the absence of U Mstor, the Rev. R. Delbert Byrui who is attending the World Cq vention on Christian Education ' Toronto, Canada. Sunday School will be held B:45 Sunday morning and Event. Youth Meeting at 6:30 Sunday ev -ling. H* Rev. R. Delbert Bynan wt conduct the regukr mid-week ae George Farthing field represen tative of the North Carolina Farm Bureau, met with a group of ap proximately 150 farm leaden, a number of whom were veteran trainees, from all sections of Cherokee County at the court house Monday evening at 8 o'clock ior the purpose of discussing the possibilities of organizing a unit m the Fartfi Bureau in Cherokee County. David L. Kelly, assistant secre tary of the North Carolina Farm Bureau, and Mr. Farthing explain ed the operations of the organiza tion on coun'y. state and hational levels. A unit was organized for Chef (kee County, and the following of f'cers were elected: Wayne Aber nnthy, Murphy, president; Horace Prendle, Suit, vice-president; J. C. Wells, Route 1, Marble, secretary end treasurer. A number of membership com mittees to help obtain members in the various communities throughout the county were select ed as follows: Peachtree, A. S. Larton and Perry Kephart; Unaka, Fred Martin and John Morley; Tomotla, Carlton Wells; Letitsa, Herman Green; Shady Grove. Mrs. Kate Shields and Fred Kilpatrick; Shoal Creek, Horace Brendle; Wolf Creek, Dewitt Johnson; , Martin's Creek, A. B. Stalcup, A. J. Martin and Dillard Stiles; Cul berson, James Dotson; Hanging dog. Ross Hensley and Leonard Mills; Murphy, J. H. Hampton and Glenn Patton. County Agent A. Q. Ketner pre sided over the meeting which was made possible through the co operation of the employees of the various agricultural agencies of file ct unty. Superior Court Adjourns Thursday Cheroktv County Superior Court adjourned last Thursday. The fol lowing cases were tried the last .?o days of court: Jim Olvey, charged with violat ing prohibition law, was found i'Jiily, and on the second count vas sentenced to imprisonment lor not lees then 12 months and no', more than 18 months. In two other cases he was given a sen tence cf imprisonment for two years each in the county jail as s.gned to work on public highways, the two suspended for five years rrch. Lucille Oliver received judge ment against I. W. Rotoerson for $600. The following divorces were granted: ,T H. Almond vs Jessie .'.Imond, Rcba Payne Spauigh vs Claude Spaugh. Fred Sriles received a judg ment of f1,375 against the State Highway and Public Works Com mission. J. L. Hall and wife, Oma, re ceived a judgment of $3,260 against the State Highway and Public Works Commission. John Douglas Brooks, charged vith driving while intoxicated, paid a fine of $150. Henry Gee plead guilty of volating prohibition law and was fned $350. John Carter, charged with driv ing while intoxicated, was fined $300. James Bill Voylcs, Arnold Hyatt -d William Carroll, each charged with driving while intoxicated, were fined $150 each. Two Liquor Stills Are Captured A 25-g>Uon copper stUI w csptured Friday at Bates Creek I Deputies Bnren Grant, and Bom Davidaon. They were ? Hy Patrolman Lee Lance No a was found if the still. About 2 gaUoos cf maah t Oram and Lance at tree Monday It a old oil barrel am No