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FREEDOM?
Those who deny freedom to
other* deserve it not for themsel
ves and, ynder a Just God. cannot
long retain it.?Abraham Lincoln.
T0LUM ; MUKPHY, NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7. 1950 * EIGHT PAGES THIS WkfK
TO SING?-Pictured above are members of The King's Men
Qmrtet from Asbury Theological Seminary, Wllmore, Ky? who will
aag Favorite Hymns, selected Spirituals, Gospel Songs and give
personal testimonies at the Free Methodist Church in Murphy on
Saturday, December 9, at 8 p. m The Rev. W H. Hampton, pastor of
the Church, says that there will be no admission charges, and everyone
is invited to attend. ?
Annual Carol Service, Andrews
To Be Held On December 17
ANDRfiWS?Hie Rev. William
E. Hall, pcstor of Saint Andrew's
Lutheran Church, has announced
tw the Sdnt Andrew's Choir
sill give its annual Christmas carol
service sc the ohuroh on Sunday
tfternoon, December 17, at five
octock.
The ohoir is under the direction
of Miss Margaret Fisher, with Mrs.
Giles W. Cover and Mrs. J. G
Carrier as organists. Soloists ire:
Mrs. Richard M. Fatten^ soprano;
Mrs Tom R. Kay, mezzo-soprano;
Mrs. Harold Adanns mezzo-soprano;
and Miss Fisher, contralto. Other
members of the choir are; Miss
If able Almond, Miss Christine Bar
ter, Miss Lorene Barber, Miss
irsnces Cover, Mrs. Boyd Cooper,
'tjln. L. L Ezaetl, Mrs. Gleam lore,
Mat Phyllis Snyder, and Mr-,. C
"B. Tarkinjton.
Bach year Saint Andrew s cNair
presents -radKspal from
my different lends. FMtefen
nations are represented on this
sear's program. Only authentic
amis which harve stood the test
of time ire included. They range
in origin .from the <15th to the
present century.
The program follows: Organ
Prelude, "Adoration", Mria. J. G
Carrier; Processional Hymn, "O
Come, All Ye Faithful", congrega
tion and choir; Hie Christmas
Story from St. Luke's Gospel, the
Rev. Wm. E. Hall; "The Christ
CMM <s Bom", chorus; Carol.
Mrs. Patten, Mrs. Adams and
thorns; 'While Shepherds Watch
el Their Sheep", chorus; "A
Barrenly Song", Mrs. Patten and
rhorus; "Sleep Holy Babe", Miss
HAer and chorus; "Jesus. Thou
Hear Babe Divine", and "Sleep o'
toe Holy Infant", chorus; offertory,
"0 Holy Night", Mrs. Patten. Mrs.
Hay and Miss Fisher; The Seam
ing Carol, chorus; "When the
Want Jesus". Mrs. Hay and cbor
"Bring Youg Torches. Jean
Mfte. Isabella", chorus; "Carol of
toe Birds", chorus; "Joyeux Noel",
"B and chorus; "A Christmas
*h#tasy", sou and chorus; "Silent
%!*", chorus; benediction! Seven
toW Amen, chorus; Recessional
ifmn, congregation and choir and
"??n postlude, Mrs. Carrier.
CLUB TO MEET
The Regal Club will be the guest
* Wiss Josephine Heighwtay and
? Phyllis Snyder Friday eve
?it? at 7:30 o'clock, when it will
W* a Christmas patty.
LION GOVERNOR?Hugh Mon
teith, District Governor of district
ol-A of Ltdhs iBtefcetional, who
?ffl address the Murphy Lkms
Club on an official vWt Tuesday,
December 12. Mr. Monteith is
payor and an attorney of Sylva,
having practiced law 25 years. He
'S a graduate of Wake Forest Col
lege. is a member of the Board of
Trustees of Mars Hill College, and
is president of the Daniel Boone
Council Boy Scouts of America.
He is president of the Western
Carolina Folklore Association. He
is a liiard worker fbr Lionism, hav
ing a ten-year perfect attendance
record with his home club, and
having served as Deputy District
Governor prior to his election as
District Governor.
Committeemen
To Be Elected 14th
John V Morfley, chairman of
the Cherokee County Production
end Marketting Administration,
remainds farmers to 00 to their
<ic immunity polling places on
Thursday December 14 at 9 o'
clock and help nominate and elect
three farmers to serve as Commit
teemen during the 1951 Program
Year, jmd at the same time nomi
nate and elect a delegate to the
County Convention on December
15.
The polls will open at 9 o'clock
end close at 6 o'clock p. m. All
eligible farmers will receive notices
from the FMA office regarding
this election.
I rttove art Mfatm of a party who
m on* at their hurts. The bean
on the head of TetUco River by R A. Hertto ot Murphy
> Wt, who MUM the M Lrt to right ere: Creed
? Iton Lnhtguuil. Lehman Sutton, Onu* Badfonl, R A. Martin.
I Mr. Onto.
: hot are not ptc
\tf*; 'Ifiiiti
CpL Lee 0. Kerr
Killed In Action
In Korea Nov. 6
Opl. Lee O. Kerr, 29-year-old
World Wit II comfcat veteran, was
killed in action in Korea, Novem
ber 6, according to a telegram re
ceived by his wife, the former Misa
Frances Hampton.' Cpl. and Mrs
Kerr, had been making their home
Hi Knoxville. Tenn., and Mrs. Kerr
was with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. R. B. Hampton there when
she received the telegram.
Mr. and Mrs. Hampton and Mrs.
Kerr are formerly of Murphy, and
the tatter graduated from High
School here in 1943. She is the
granddaughter of H. A. (Gus)
Hampton of Murphy.
Cpl. Kerr was a combat veteran
with a total of 13 years and eight
months' army service.
County Officers
Take Oaths Mon.
Cherokee County officers elect
ed in the Nov. 2 election v.ere
sworn into office Monday morning
and assumed their duties.
J. L. Hall, clerk of the Superior
Court, reelected, was sworn in by
A. J. Hcmbree, chairman of thc
Board of Elections, and Hall gave
the oath to the other officers who
are: Frank Crawford, Sheriff; Joe
iHigdon Register of Deeds; county
commissioners. Gay Hawkins, Saim
W. Jones and W. 'E. Moore. Moore
was elected chairman. Dr. Harry
Mifler, coroner; O. G. Anderson
surveyor.
H. H. Davidson, A. J. Hembrec,
1 Buren Grant, deputies; W. J. Hel
ton. Justice of the Peace, Hot
House Township; A. L. Cole, Cons
table, Hot House Townfhip
Carringer Sings
Walter Cart^ger.who is tenon
soloist for Robert Stiarw Chorals
Craig Concert and Calvary Baptist
Church In New York Cilty, recent
ly rang tenor arias hi Bach's The
Passion According to St. Johr
presented by the Mendelssohn
Choir of Pittsburgh, in Pittsburgh.
On December 3 he sang tenor arias
in the rendition of Handel's Mes
:iah. at Great Neck, Long Island,
and also recently sang the tenor
irias tram Elijah at a Jewish pro
gram at the Waldorf.
Garringer is scheduled to sing
at WCTC, Culknwhee, on January
30. His mother, Mrs. Ruth Car
ringer. recently moved bade to
Murphy to make her home after
being cashier of an insurance com
pany in Winston-Sal em the past
few years.
WoodrowMillsaps
Wounded In Korea
On September 18, Gap*. Wood
row Millsaps, Murphy, Route 3,
was shot in the left thigh and his
leg broken in two places, in
Korea, according to a letter re
ceived December 2, by his sister,
Mrs. Icie Sea'bolt of Murphy.
Route 3.
He says in his letter: "I had a
hard time getting out of the area
after being shot. The enemy had
us cut off and I bad to He in one
place for three hours; then the
boys carried me out on their bads
the enemy still firing ait us for
several hundred yards, but we go*
back to a jeep after dark and go*
out O. K. and I am now in a Tokyo
Army hospital and doing O. K I
will return to the !U. S. A. in the
near future." 1
Cap*. Millsape Is about 38 years
of age, and was in Germany in
World War H. He was two years
in Japan after the war, came borne
nd returned later to Korea.
Confirmation
Is December 13
Hie R*. Rev. M George Henry.
Bfabop ot the Ztohaopat Diocese
of West.'rn North Carolina. wi'>
hoid a service ,at eoirfliiusUon sod
napttsm in the Epbscopal Church
of the Messtah here on VYedne*
day. Dec. 13, ?t 7:30 p. m , accord
I to annumacemertt by W. N.
The Rev. A. Rufua
Franklin atob ?il be peewit
E. C. Moore Is Commended Friday
On 25 Years' Service With Dodge
HONORED BY DODGE?E C. Moore last Fri
day was awarded the Silver Anniversary Plaque by
Dodge Bnrthems In recoilition of 25 years of con
tinuous business association. A. W. Cameron, dis
trict manager of the Atlanta district, left, made the
presentation to Mr. Moore, as his two sons, Cloe
and Rae, who are aaaoctated in business with Mm,
looked on.
BELOW Is a reproduction of an ad which ap
peared ill THE CHEftOKEE SCOUT December 16.
1925, the contents of which would be sensational
today. Mr. Mkwre has been a consistent user of
advertising in THE SCOUT throughout his business
career and attributes his success principally to that
and his efforts to give complete satisfaction to the
customer.
?is. On January 7% 1926, Dodge BrotVrs, Incorporated,
wilt announce * tremendous reduction m the prices ?{
their complete She of motor ear*;
These reductions vrili apply on alt cars bought alter
midnight December 1 5th, l'?S.
When the new prkes are made known < rt January
7th, the full amount of the reductions writ be immexhatety
refunded to alt purchasers since December 15th. Tbssre
vofuttonary ted?cboo? are made possible by a recently
cortgdefed ten miSior^dofiar expansion program new
buddings and equipment that will nearly double the capa
m of Dodge %rahesaU?Oor*? ? !<>2fc.
Them is no ehaoge in the pohgy upon whteh Dodge
HplwdMl# itmm jMi **??
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Murphy, N. C.
Baptist Services
Are Announced
The Rev. J. Alton Moms loe
? nrnxmced that his sermon topic
for Sundry morning* will be. "Con
We FUngi ve Our Enotia Now?"
ami for Sunday evenfyg. "The Man
Who Had Not Where to Lay H's
Head".
The Elisabeth Hale ClrJe will
meet at the Church Monday eve
ning at 7:30, and the T. E. L Class
with Mrs. Henry Hyatt tt 7:30.
Tuesday at 3:90 p m. the W. M
S. circles will meet at the church,
and the three day circles will have
*.ieir Cbrfttmu tunapatu. Tues
day at 3:13 p. m. the Intermediate
G. A.1*, Junior G. A.'s and Sun
beams meet at the Church
' Hour at Itoster tervtoe Anil be
held Wednenhry at 7:30 p. m.. and
the R. A.'a whi meat Tbuiuday at
8:18 wttb aba. Lloyd Bandrl*. ,
Guard Thv Tongue
11 \
Is Sermon Topic
"Guard Thy Tongue" will be the
tuple of the sermon at the 11 o'
clock service at Murphy Presby
terian Church next Suixtey mom
jiirg. This is the ninth in a aeries
of messages on the Ten Command
ments hy the pastor, the Rev.
James R. Crook. The New Testa
ment interpretation of the ninth
commandment is to be found in
James 3:1-12. The sermon trill
be based an this passage.
The Presbyterian Youth Fellow
ship will meet at the church at
6-30 p. m At this meeting the
CbmiuUBion on Comradeship,
Helen Bates chairman, trill report
on plana tor a Carol sing and
Christmas party. The program
triU be a study at the tenth eotn
The Pioneer 1
Bvrum Announces
Sermon Topics
I The Rev. R Delbert Byrum pas
! tor of First Methodist Church, hat
announced that his sermon topk
for Sunday morning will be, "Cop
tlnuing Oir Educational Task" an.
for Sunday evening, "The Bible?
A Light and Guide".
Sunday Sehodl will be held al
S:45 % m and Youth meeting a*
6 p. m
PREACHES SUNDAY
The Rev. W. T. True? wit
ipretaoh at Hangingdog BapBe
Church Saturday evening at 7:Sf
end Sunday morning at 11 o'olpd
on the subject, "Stewardship a
the Gospel".
In recognition of 25 yean of
continuous association with Dodge
Brothers, K C. Moore, local Dodge
dealer and prominent business man
Friday was awarded an attractive
plaque by District Manager A. W.
Cameron, in behalf of the company.
The ceremony was held at Mr
Moore's place of business, with his
sons, who are associated with him
In the business, and a few friends
present. Mr. Cameron dated: "We
are happy to mate this presents
tson to you, Mr. Moore, and con
gratulate you on the fine record
you have made. Our oompaay
never has had anything but plena
ant relationship with you, and it*
gives us pleasure to honor you with
this token."
The plaque reads, "1923-0X8,
Dodge Silver Anniversary award,
know all men by these presents
that E. C. Moore has tor 25 years
remained in continuous husines,
association with Dodge, in recogni
tion whereof we hove caused to
be issued this 25th 'Anniversary
token. E. C. Quinn, General Sales,
Manager," and contains the Dodge
emblem.
Mr. Moore came to Muiphy from
Hayesville on Mhy 19, 1910, and
entered the jewelry business,
which he has continued through
(he years in amneotton with hi-,
later established automobile bust
In 1919 Mr. Moore entered the
automobile business, taking tbr.
f.gency for WHlys-Overiand. It
was located St what is now Hem
hree's market, which property still
is owned by Mr. Moore He sign
ed the Dodge contract in 1922 and
received his first shipment early
in 1923. When Plymouth was fin*
produced in 1928 he added that f"
his dealership. He taas sold sever
al thousands Dodge and Plymouth
cars and Dodge trucks. The busi
ness now occupies a large brick
building on Valley River Avenue
Mr. Moore married Moss Fannie
Johnson, daughter of Mir. and Mrs.
A L. Johnson, and they have five
children, Rae, Cloe, Mrs. Moselle
Puett, Mrs. Martine Manthey, and
Mrs. Jane Cornwefi, and several
| grandchildren. Rae and Cloe are
ssociated with their father In the
Dodige-Plymoulth business, and Bill
CornwelL his son-in-law, operates
the jewelry business. AH the chil
dren live near the home of their
parents.
The progress made by this busi
ness man who oaime here with only
small sum of money and now is
considered among the community'.,
most wealthy men has been syn
onymous with the growth of Mur
phy. When he started his business^
venture here with only a few
hundred dollars, he came to a town
that had no paved Streets nor side
walks. Where wagons sank In mud
up to their axles in the middle o'
the streets. He has seen the town
grow from that into a wide-awake,
attractive tourist and business com
munity, with outstanding churches,
enlarged schools, good library! and
many ether cultural and mote-da1
(MM.
Mr. Moore as a Democratic l
ber of the town council for several
terms had a distinct part In the
building of the community. Dur
ng the depression when the town's
credit had sunk to too low a level '
to borrow any money, he boorow
ed for the town In his own name
and saved the town at leapt $14.
000. Likewise, as chairman of the
board of county coiiiiiMoimr he
borrowed money tor the county
In bis own name, bridging a finan
i cial crisis
Several years ago Mr Moore
bought from the G. G. Valentine
I Estate. Richmond, Vs., the 75 to
100 acres known as Moors! end
Heights, which he developed in
t 1025. In 1030-40 he buHt Monre
t land Heights Tourist Chart, wh'ch
bes had eMocilent patronage
the yeam The post mm
I to the court, wtateh had right noita
t for tourists and otbsr rooms for
the manager. Mrs. Marie Prise,
making a MM of 18 * He
t much of Mm Moors*
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