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vnTlMfc 60?NUMBER IS MURPHY. NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1950 FREEDOM? Those who deny freedom to others deserve It not for tbesnsel ves, and, under a Just God, cennot Ions retain It.?Abraham Lincoln. EIGHT PAGES THIS WLEK Brandon Hodges Stresses Industrial Needs In W N C The need to investigate the< pojgjbility of further industrial de- ! vejopment in five westernmost Vorth Carolina counties was stres sed by State Treasurer Brandon f Hodges in a talk at a public meeting sponsored here Friday right by the Murphy Chamber of Commerce. "You have possibilities here for extensive industrial expansion, '1 declared Hodges, who referred to (he counties of Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Macon and Swain. Frank Forsyth, vice president of the Citizens Bank and Trust Oo. | of Murphy, introduced Hodges, I who was accompanied by W. G. Guthrie, industrial engineer, and Richard Mauney, staff member. The speaker pointed out that "you have what many manufactur ing firms are looking tor: A good supply of excellent labor, abund ant water and power, and proxim- j jty to raw materials and markets. "Because you are so far removed from our own state capital, many NOith Carolinians consider your lo cation remote. They seemingly do not realize that the distance be tween here and Raleigh places you nearer the capitals of six States than your own and that you are much closer to large and important markets than are other sections of our state. "Rather than being remoteiy lo cated, you are centrally located and this should be a decided ad vantage." he said. Hodges also urged those inter ested in pushing industrial develop ment projects to realize the fact that "your greatest problem is ? getting in touch with the firms who are looking for what you have and convincing them that you have what they wont. "Your 'urtiMss ?ii> ,>h^. >regk '. rre extremely limited or non-exis-! lent and your capacity to establish adequate facilities is also limited. 'Therefore, you must have help as you organize a serious effort to tell the possibilities of your area ' for industrial development", he aid. The willingness of the State De partment of Conservation and De velopment to help by sending one <f its industrial engineers to the meeting was cited by the speaker. "Other agencies of the state," he I "are equally anxious to cooperate in whatever effort you make." The speakers pointed out that oreful planning and hard, efficient wot* are necessary to bring about industrialization of the area. "It will not happen overnight," ?te said, "but w^th the advantages you have to offer It can and will owe to pass if you are tenacious. 'We are in a period of rapid in owrial expansion in the nation ttd there is a compelling urgency we organize and get under *?y soon, if we are to gain by the ?^onsion movement that is now on "In North Carolina the rich coun w *e getting richer and the poor !??"* are getting poorer?the "*?Ped areas are growing and "wmuig more pmosperous-^whdle undeveloped areas are losing !Waion "d are relatively less TOperous. '?nie more wealthy regions have means to attract additional de while the poorer regions b ^ generate the capacity m new enterprises. Zr* Mle growth and pros ^ developed areas, our ^ "mks 44th ta per espRtai ta. W ^ robttve position in IthtZrJ" r**t*ve <P?s*?on in ll*iy^rasiWH1 lmf>re,ve l-Ty "WMI we lift <he economy . w we , | J* 1fortunate arm ??*?> your toW papulation ' 59 083 The 1960 'f57^,y0V *** POP"M , "'2M' * taw of more than * or ^ for that obviouriy weakness ot your econ I*!^e 3"og h*v* t growing tour iZT; ^ hove practicaiiy J* * *wy limited -com of Iforth Ctoo. ?* 5TOUr ?88 Baptists To Observe Christian Home Week Sunday through Friday will be observed as Christian Home Life Week at First Baptist Church. Mrs. | Frank H. Leavell of Nasheville, Tenn., Home Life Conselor for the Department of Home Curricula I of the Baptist Sunday School I Board, Nashville, will lead the j adult group, teaching the book and leading discussions on, "Better Home Relations". Mrs. Leavell is the author of "Building a Christian Home", and the Training Union study course book* "The Eternal King. The W. H. Heard, of Oopperhill, Tenn., will teach the book, "Plan ning a Life", for Intermediates and single Young People. ' Miss Ruth Bagwell, Associations 1 Missionary of W. N. C. Baptist Association will teach "My Fiamily and 1" for Juniors. TRUETT TO PREACH The Rev. W. T. Truett will preach at Rogers Chapel Sunday afternoon at 2:30 and at Friendship Church at Suit, Sunday evening at 7:30 p. m? on "The Dispensation of the Holy Spirit". Local Churches To Observe Special Thanksgiving Service | A special service of Thanksgiv ing will be held at First Baptist i Church on Wednesday evening. November 22, at 7:30 o'clock. The churches of Murphy are combining their efforts to make this service possible. Mrs. Frank H. Lea veil, Home Life Counselor, from the department of Home Curricula of the Baptist Sunday School Board, Nashville, Tenn, will be the Speaker for the occasion. Also participating on the pro gram will be the ministers of the various churches of Murphy. People of all the churches are urged to attend this service. Names Listed Erroneouslv The names of Mrs. Alice Young end R. C. Young, Andrews North Ward Township, were listed as Republicans in the list published in The Scout the week of November 2. They should have been Demo crats. The error occurred in typ ing the list from the books. Christmas Seal Sale To Open Nov. 20 14.7 Miles Roads Completed Here During October The State Highway Commission completed 14.7 miles of road im provements in Cherokee County during October under the accelerat ed road construction program. L. Dale Thrash, Tenth Division Commissioner, has announced the following projects finished: <11 Grading and bituminous sur face treatment on Little Brasstown Road from US 64 at Brasstown to old US 129 at Martin's Creek Sdhool for 5.1 males and on Joe Brown Road from junction of Beaverdam Road west toward Una Ira, 5.4 miles. (2) Grading and surfacing with traffic bound macadam the follow ing roads: Ghringhelli Road, 0.6 mile; John Stiles, 1.7; Burns Gap Road. 1; Steer Town Road, 0.4. (3) Stabilizing and strengthening of the Joe Brown Road, 0.5 m<le In a special quarterly progress report issued recently, Dr. Henry W. Jordan, Highway Commission Chairman, announced the paving of 4,658.5 miles of secondary road during the last 20 months. This sets a new all-time roadbuilding record for the State of North Caro iina. Over *54 000.000 of the *95,000. 000 in bond money allocated to road projects has been spent since the start of the *200,000,000 pro gram last year. alight and the plight of other com nuniiUes in the state in similar xunStion." '"Hie question presented Is; Will the undeveloped counties become economic wards of the state or will hey be full and strong partners in a prosperous economy? "In the fiscal year 1948-49 your five-county region paid into the state's general fund In taxes *576, 108 and In that same year you re wived from (hat fund for public schools and welfare aid alone, al lotments amounting to *1.207,806." "Of that sum *1.106,316 went to lour public schools. That is as It should be?a sound investment in he fine B6ys and girls of this great section, but to recepture that in restoeftt we most provide job op portunity here In this section for the young men and women." MRS C. W. SAVAGE Mrs. C. W. Savage, who for more than 20 years has been chairman of the T. B. Christmas Seal Sale. I in this part of Cherokee County, | sale will begin Monday, November 20 and last until Christmas Day. This year will mark the fourty fourth annual campaign to raise funds to fight tuberculosis and | during that period the death rate has fallen from over 200 per 100, 000 population to 23 in 1949. Gordon Gray, president of the Greater University of North Caro lina, will head the Christmas Seal campaign In North Carolina this year. - Mrs. Savage calls upon the en tire county of Cherokee to help us reach the goal of $500 this year. Help Fight TB j Buy Christmas Seals Orphanage Car To Be Loaded With Produce The ear for the Baptist Orph anage will be loaded with pro duce next Tuesday and Wednes day, November 21 and 22. The car will be on the siding at Mur phy on Tuesday and at Andrews on Wednesday and all who have produce are asked to get it to the car on these days. The people of the county and of the Western North Carolina Baptist Association are urged to do their best to make this project a success. Last year 24 church es out of 45 responded to the call, H Is expected that a larger number will cooperate this year. Murphy Takes Andrews 7-0 In Final Game The Murphy High Bulldogs de feated the Andrews Wildcats by a score of 7 to 0. This was Mur phy's last gome of the season. They finished with a "won 4, lost 3, tied cne" record. Compared with last year's record of one won and 8 lost it is a great improvement. Murphy finished fourth in the con ference this year and was also the smallest team conference. In the first period Murphy kick ed off to Andrews and promptly forced them to punt. Murphy was unable to get a drive started and had to kick. There were no out standing plays in the first period because of good defense on both teams. In the second period Murphy scored the only touchdown of the gaime. Murphy scored after a drive of 60 yards with Fred Coffey going over from 5 yards out. Bill Bran don placekncked the extra point. This touchdown was BL up by ? pass interference penalty on a pass from Ooffey to Glen Swaim. Mur phy threatened to score twice more in the second quarter but both drives ran out of gas. The outstanding run of the quarter and of the game too was a 55-yard punt Ye'urn by Fred Coffey. The third period was another in which the defensive took the high light. There was also some nice punting by both teams. In the fourth period Andrews made their most serious scoring threats of the game. The first threat was sparked by the passing of Ray Adams. They pushed to "he Murphy 35-yard stripe where Dub Sherrill intercepted a pass to kill the drive. Andrews last drive was made late in Jhe quarter be hind the passing of Adams and the {running of Dan Hawk, who gave the Murphy line many headaches with his running throughout the I whole game, but again a pass was intercepted to kill their threat. Outstanding for Murphy was Bill Barton and Fred Coffey in the backfield and the line it was Jack Dockery, and Roger Mulkey, Wade | Zimmerman and Max Denton. For Andrews in the backfield it was Dan Hawk and Ray Adams and in | the line J. V. Brooks and Marks Hudson. Frances Davidson Is Football Queen Frances Davidson, a senior, and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Saim Lee Davidson was crowned football queen of last Saturday afternoon at the Murphy-Andrews game. Jane Brendle a member of the Junior class was maid of honor. Members of the court were Eulane Dockery, Mary Jane Hughes, and Margie Groves, seniors; Louise Hall and Sytvaida English juniors; Ann Dockery and Rosalind Stal cup. sophmores and Sara Posey and Mildred Hert freshmen All of the participants were chosen by their classmates by popular vote. At the half the bank marched ou the field and played a short concent, doing a figure between the numbers. CHILD IS BURNED The small son of Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Curtis was badly burned on the fhee last Thursday when he fell against a hot beam-. W. D. Townson Elected To Board Of Governors Of Funeral Directors NXWOWTo Sponsor Orphan's Christmas Parties Mr. Hiram A. Melvin, Head Consul of the Woodmen of the World <in North Carolina, has just announced to over 400 local Camp Financial Secretaries the details of the Society's Statewide program of raising funds for their second annual Orphan's Christmas parties. This project was inaugurated last year by Mr. Melvin, and endorsed by the Woodmen Head Camp at North Caroline, representing over 32,000 members in the State. Through the funds raised in 1949. gifts were presented to over 2,000 orphans at Christmas parties in twenty-one separate state and denominational orphanages. Though in its first year, the ef fort was extremely successful, and after having thoroughly laid plans jfor the 1950 parties, the benevolent project is assured of even greater success. Local Camps of the Woodmen of the World, over 400 strong in North ! Carolina, are ait the moment mak ing final plans for fund-raising activities, such as square dances, turkey shoots, box suppers and barbecues. All funds so raised will be used in purchasing gifts for the orphans. With all such , fund-raising activities concluded : by Thanksgiving Day, moneys so 'collected will then be forwarded to the Orphans Fund Headquarters | In Charlotte, and they will in turn be used for the purchase of pres ; ents. Members of the WoOdmen. I who are unable to attend one of the special activities of their local . Camp have the opportunity of I contributing through payment to their local Financial Secretary. One i hundred per cent participation by j North Carolina Woodmen members alone would mean a sum of $32,000 !at an average gift of $1.00 each. ; This is a desired objective, though each member is asked to give ac cording to his means. Others in terested in such a program are in vited to participate. The program for 1950 will be culminated by holding the Christ w. D. TOWNSOM Mrs. Olen Stratton Is Christmas Seal Chairman ANDREWS?Mrs. Olen Stratton ?has been named Chairman of the 1950 Chrisitmas Seal Sale, which ?is sponsored by ?he Korenaheeta CJub of Andrews. This campaign is in cooperation with the N. C. Tuberculosis Association, whidh conducts a year-round program of tuberculosis prevention and con trol. Mrs. Stratton, who is well known as an active person in all civic affairs, is very enthusasbic about the importance of this drive. Sht has announced final plans for thfc campaign which opens Nov. 20 and will continue until Decembei 25. These plans include both : mailing list and personal coWtac" for Andrews and vicinity. Mrs. Stratton urges that ever? cne take this opportunity to helj themselves and their loved one; from T. B. by doing their part tc raise the Andrews quota. mas parties at the various orphan ages the week preceding Christmas according to Robert W. (Bill) King financial secretary of the loca caimp No. 891. Edward Pullium Dies Of Gun Wound ANDREWS?Funeral services ' for James Edward Pullium (Ned) were held Thursday morning at 10 o'clock at the First Baptist Church with the Rev. Wm. E. Hall officiating. Burial was in the An drews cemetery. Pullium, a vetnan of world war 11 shot and killed himself in his bed room about 4:30 o'clock Tues jday afternoon with a belgian made revolver which he brought back with him on his return from Europe, according to members of the family. He and his father had remained together in the home since the death of his mother several months ago and his father was the only one present at the time of the tragedy. He served 314 years in U. S. army and was in active infantry duty in Germany for twenty-seven months. Members of his family Stated that he had been in ill health and | extremely nervous at times since' his return from service. Survivors include the father, Avery Pullium; two sisters, Mrs. Edgar Daughtry, Lasker, N. C. .Mrs Mason Wilson, Dallas, N. C. j two brothers: Lee of Newport News, Va., and Marvin of Andrews. Pallbearers who are all cousins of the deceased were Adam Nich ols, Jlack Jones. Wayne Charrtbert,' Harold Chamber}, George Pullium | and Bruce Payne. 'Hie Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements Presbyterians List Services "The Sixth Commandment", wil be the subject oi the sermon b; the Rev. James R. Crook at tin Murphy Presbyterian Church nex Sunday morning at the 11 o'clocl service. "Tho shaft not kill" wil be considered in the light of thi supreme value of man among God' creatures. The Presbyterian Youth Fellow ship will meet at the church Sun day night at 6:30 P. M. for a stud; of the seventh commandment Plans will be made for the opera 'ion of the five commissions ap pointed last week. The Pioneer will also meet Sunday night a' 6-30 for a program with Miss Jam HH1, their adult advisor. The Mid-week Church Night ser vice will be held at the Firs Baptist Church on Wednesday November 22, in conjunction witl the other local churches. The usua hour of 7:30 will be observed foi this special Thanksgiving service BOND MONEY SPENT Commissioner L. Dale Thrasl has announced that the amount a money expended in Chercitee COun ty out of the bond money, througl the period ending $563.880 38. * The Funeral Directors and Offi cers of the North Carolina Stale Association have announced that W. D. Townson was elected to the National Board of Governors at the National Funeral Director* Convention held in Philadelphia, Pa., on October 23-27. Mr. Townson is Governor of the seven southeastern Stales, which consist of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabaman, Flout da, Missiasiippi and Tennessee, succeeding W. Bruce Donaldson, ! Jr. of Tifton, Ga, who was elected 'to Second Vice Presidency. Mr. Townson is past Preddent of the North Carolina State Asso ciation. and has not only shown a great interest in the affairs of the State, but in the interest and wel fare of the funeral profession throughout the ooumtry. Prior to Mr. Townson's election as District Governor for District 4 this -state has never bad an offi cial on the National Board before. Around fifty funerlal directors from various cities in North Caro lina went to Philadelphia to work for Mr. Townson's election. Mr. Townson is owner and man ager of Townson Funeral Home and Townson Lumber Company, a member of First Baptirt Church. Commissioner of the Town of Mur phy and Mayor protem, a member of Murphy Lion's Cluh, Director of Cherokee County Pair Associa tion, Director of Murphy Chamber of Commerce and president of Western Carolina Insurance Asso ciation. Mrs. Crawford ! Dies At Age 76 Mrs. Harriett Long Crawford." 76, died Friday about 8 p. m. at the home of her son, Sheriff Frank Crawford here. She had been in ,1 failing health for a number of .' years, but became suddenly worse , | only a few days before her death. She was a native of Hhywood County. Funeral services were held Sun day at 2 p. m. in Una lea Baptist Church. The Rev. Thomas Truett of Culberson, and the Rev. Jim Truett of Andrews officiated. Burial was in Shady Grove Baptist Cemetery. Hayesville, Route 2, with Ivie Funeral Home in charge. Pallbearers were, Albert Kilby, Pearl Roberts, Luther Mashfoum, Charlie Bates, John Morley and Jerry Jenkins. Surviving are three 6ons, Sheriff Crawford. George, of Unaka and Lee of Andrews; two ? 'daughters, Mrs. Fred White of ! Hayesville and Mre. Jewell John !son of Sanford. Also three sisters, Mis. Sophro i?ia Ledford of Unaka, Mrs. Ida [Bycrs of Brasstown and Mrs. 'Mamie Stalcup of Clarksdale, Ga.; I a brother. Ira Long of KnoxviHe, II Term ; 15 grandchildren and 14 t \ great-grandchildren. t| ; Byrum Announces Sermon Subjects The Rev. R. Delhert Byrum, pas 11 tor of First Methodist Church, has | announced that his sermon subject -'for Sunday morning at 11 o'clock - j will be, "Things That Count", and s | for Sunday evening, at 7:30 o' t clock, "How God Speaks.' ; The following circle meetings of [the Wo<man'6 Society of Christian . (Service are scheduled for next t' week: Circle Mo. 2 will meet with I Mrs. H. G. EHdns at 7:30; Circle j I No. 3, with Mrs. H. E Bort?p. at 117:30, and Circle No. 4, with Mrs r L. L. Mason at 7:30, on November 21, Circle Nb. 1 with Mm Bill Waggoner, at 7:30 or. November 24. The Wesfleyan Service Guild will meet Monday. November 20, at > 7:30 p. nv, w*h Mlat ?3sra Mc ( Combe Mrs. George Marney and - Miss De-Be Meroney will be co I hod eases. and Mrs. T. A Caoe art I Mrs. Frank EWs will have of the ingMt
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