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VOLCMT 62?M'MBEK 7 Ml RPHY NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, AUGUST 3U. 1651 SIXTEEN PAGER TODAY
Industry To Employ 1,500 Considering Site At Marble
COUNTY AGENT?G H Far
ley, who is new Cherokee County J
agent He was born in Kentucky,
is a graduate of Berea College, of
Ohio, and holds the degree, B S.
He did graduate work in N C
State in the spring of 1939, taught
agriculture at Brevard College fir
five years and managed a large
commercial farm that specialized
in livestock and commercial flow
ers for four years. He was assis
tant county agent of Transylvania
and Henderson Counties for three
years He is married, has two chil
dren and is a Methodist
First Baptist
Lists Events
First Baptist Church, the Rev. J
Alton Morris, pastor, announces
the program of the week. Sermon
subjects are at 11 a m.. "Work- j
ing Together with God", and at 8 J
p m , "Choosing Divine Power or i
Human Strength' .
Other Sunday services are Sun- I
day school at 9:45, Bealtown Mis- |
sion service at 2:30. Deacon's 1
meeting in pastor's study at 2 30
and Training Union at 7 p m
Monday at 7 p. m Y. W. A. will
meet with Miss Barbara Reid, and
at 8 p. m B W. C will meet with
Mrs Arden Davis. Tuesday at 7:30 '
is Sunday School Workers* Coun- j
<il Wednesday at 7 30 p. m. is
Hour of Power service, and choir 1
practices. Junior at 7 p m. and
Adult at 8:30. Thursday at 3 30 p. !
m will be Primary and Junior
Choir practice, with Youth choir
at 7 p m
Mrs. J. B. Hal!
Hurt In Accident
Saturday about 2 p. m.. Mrs. J.
B Hall started to see her mother.
Mrs. Lassie Hughes at Bellview. '
About three miles out on Highway
f;4. she became ill or fainted, and
the car. in which she was riding
alone, went off the road. Minutes
after. Ross Lovingood came along
end found her. He brought her to
Murphy General Hospital where
she was found to be painfully but
not seriously injured. She suffered
cuts above the right eye. on fin- !
gers. hands and knees, and bruises. I
She is resling fairly well at the j
Murphy General Hospial.
Pastors, Laymen
To Meet Mondav
There will be an important pas-1
tors' and laymens' meeting of the
West Liberty Association at Ranger
Baptist Church Monday at 7:30 p
m Inspirational message will be
by the Rev. W. L. Cook, and devo
tions by the Rev. Grady Chastain.
The associational executive com
mittee is urged to be present.
This conference meets twice a |
month, Mondays after the first and |
third Sundays at Ranger Church.
The Rev W T. Truett is president. |
and the Rev. Lester Stowe, vice
president of this conference. The
work as a whole in this association
is making rapid progress according
to the Rev. Floyd Clark, associa
tion worker
MUSICAL PROGRAM
A special musical program will
be presented at First Baptist
Church at Andrews Sunday at 7:30
p. m. by the Girls' Sextette and the
Youth Choir.
Governor Scott To Speak
Cornerstone Laying, Andrews
Seven Meetings Planned To Study
Improving Services To Farm Families
H B Mc.Nabb, chairman of he
Cherokee County Agricultural Mo
bilization committee, announces
that a series of local meetings are
being arranged as part of a nation
al Family Farm Policy Review,
through which the Department of
Agriculture is seeking to obtain
practical suggestions for improv
ing services to family farms:
Murphy, Court House, Septem
ber 4, at 9 30 a m ; Marble, School
House, September 4, at 1 p. m ;
Andrews, City Hall, September 4,
at 3 p m ; Shoal Creek, Sam Rob
trson's Store, September 5, 10 a
m : Hot House, McGiil's Store, Sep
tember 5. 2:30 p. m ; Beaver dam,
Masonic Hall, September 6, 10 a
m ; Notla, Ranger Baptist Church.
September 6, at 2 30 p m.
H B McNabb points out that
many American farms are not at
present using really up-to-date,
improved methods of farming.
Slow tedious hand labor still pre
vails in many places where modern
machinery and equipment could
lighten the load and bring higher
returns There are still many acres
of marginal land which could be
improved and returned to greater
productivity through proper me
thods of rehabilitation and conser
vation These and many similar
problems will be considered in lo
cal discussions relating to the cur
rent review of farm programs and
policies.
The purpose of the Family Farm
Policy review, according to Mr.
McNabb is to find any feasible
methods by which family farmers
who make up the bulk of the farm
population, can be helped to help
themselves. "Especially impor
tant," says Mr McNabb, " is the
aim of helping those who are not
now producing with maximum ef
ficiency either because of lack of
know-how or lack of means, fi
nancial or otherwise Increased
production can mean increased in
come for many farm families It
can mean better opportunities for
rural children, modern conve
niences in more farm homes, ful
ler use of individual talents and a
more satisfying life for farm fam
ilies. Increased agricultural pro
duction is also important to the
welfare of the nation as a whole,
and this will continue to be true
in the future as our population in
creases."
Present federal farm programs
! will be discussed at the local meet
ings with a view to obtaining rec- [
| rmmendations for improving pro- I
' grams and services for farmers I
'Mi McNabb urges all farm fam
ilies, farm organizations, and non- I
farm groups, and others interested !
in rural life to take part in the dis- ,
cussions, so that a good cross-sec- (
tion of opinion can be obtained.
Copies of a pamphlet entitled "The
Family Farm's Future," further
explaining the purposes of the |
F amily Farm Policy Review and I
the part that local people can take |
in it, may be obtained from the
Cherokee County Agricultural Mo
bilization Committee at Murphy
Prisoner Allegedly
Molests Mrs. Tabors
Talmadge Blevins. 23. of Ashe
ville. one of two fugitives from
Peaehtree Prison Camp surren
nered at 7 a. in Saturday morn
ing in Nantahala Gorge near Hew
itts. Superintendent John Hall re
ported
On Friday atternoon Blevins is
alleged to have entered tlie home
of Ernest Tabors and attacked
Mrs Tabors who was washing in
the kitchen. In the house was a
small baby and an eleven year old
son The boy grabbed the wash
board and struck Blevins and later
went into another room and got a
shot gun When he entered the
room Blevins fled and was not
seen again until he surrendered
on Saturday morning.
Mrs Tabors was taken to Rodda
\an Gorder Hospital in Andrews
suffering from shock and severe
cuts and bruises. She was dis
missed from the hospital on Satur
day night.
Blevins. who was sentenced from
Funcombe County to two to three
years for assault on a female' and
indecent exposure, escaped from a
road gang about 11 a m Friday
near Topton. Hall said He has
been transferred to the camp at
Whit tier
The second escapee, Frank S.
! Wright, 47. of Asheville. was re
ported still at large Tuesday. He I
(\.as serving a six-month sentence
| for larceny and a 10-month term
.for escape. He escaped from a road
: gang about 3:30 p m. Thursday
rnd is thought to be in Tennessee,
at Englewood. according to offi
i The searching party consisted of
? Supt John E Hall, guards. Pen
. der Brendle and Arnold Kilpa
j trick; C. L Proffitt. supervisor of
the 10th division, sheriff depart
1 ments of Graham, Swain, Jackson
j and Cherokee, and the State Pa
I trol.
First Methodist
Announces Topics
' The Blessing of Work" is the |
11 a. ?H sermon subject chosen bv ?
; K. Delbert Bvrum Sundav at First
! |
Methodist Church. His subject for
7:30 p. m. is "One Life To Live".
Sunday School will bo at 0:45
a. m. and Evening Youth meeting
at 6 p. m.
Lt. Col. John Wrinn Participates
In Army Exercise Southern Pine
Right in the middle of the big
gest Army-Air Force maneuvers
since JVorld War II has been John
J. Wrinn, assistant county agent of
Cherokee and Clay Counties for
the past three years.
As Lieutenant Colonel Wrinn, he
commanded the Umpire Field
Headquarters on Gaddys Moun
tain for Exercise SOUTHERN
FINES.
These maneuvers followed a
plan worked out in large detail
for a number of months before
hand. To the nearly 1,000 umpires
went responsibility for seeing that
the general plan was followed out.
as well as for judging the wins and
losses in every little fight, down
tr those of 3-man patrols.
The umpires' reports of what
was going on funneled in through
the Headquarters commanded by
Lt Col. Wrlnn, and fresh instruc
tions to the umpires went out by
a complicated system of telephone
and teletype lines and radio com
munications.
(Incidentally, Gaddys Mountain
wouldn's considered a mountain In
Western North Carolina. But In the
mildly rolling country of the Ft.
Bragg military reservation, its
534-foot height was a commanding
elevation >
Mrs Giles YV. Cover, chairman
of the Andrews School Board, has
announced that Governor W Kerr
Scott will lay the cornerstune for
the new primary building in An
drews at 2 p m Wednesday, Sep
tember 5 At that time the Gover
nor will address the school chil
dren, the faculty, and the public.
Governor Scott is visiting An
drews on the invitation of the An
drews School Board, in the inter
est?of the building program which
is now under way During his stay
he will make a tour of inspection
of the various buildings in the
system The Governor will be ac
companied by his special assistant,
Ben Roney of Raleigh
This will be the first time a Gov
ernor of North Carolina has made
an official visit to the Andrews
schools since Governor Morrison
was here approximately 30 years
ago.
Various civic organizations are
cooperating with Andrews School
Board in extending courtesies to
the Governor, and in making his
visit a gala occasion.
Friends of public education
throughout Western North Caroli
na are cordially invited to attend
the meeting on the Andrews
School grounds at 2 p m. Wednes
day, September 5.
The Andrews Chamber of Com
merce will sponsor a public lunch
eon honoring Governor Scott at
Junaluska Terrace Hotel at 12
noon. In addition to Gov. Scott,
special guests at the luncheon will
be Ben Roney of Raleigh, special
assistant to the Governor; Percv
B Fere bee. mayor of Andrews
John E. Ruftv, Superintendent oi
Schools; Charles O. Frazier. prin
cipal of the Elementary School;
Mrs Giles W Cover, chairman
and James Bry.son, Harold Jenkins
YY G McKeldrey. Frank Wilhide
and Dr. C. O Van Gordcr, mem
bers of the Andrews School Board
Space is available for only IOC
persons at the luncheon Those
wishing to attend may secure Tick
ets on Thursday. Friday and Sat
urday of this week at Whitaker
Bros Store. Nichols Departmeni
Store, and Fisher's Departmeni
Store in Andrews, and at Bryson':
Filling Station in Marble. Admis
sion to the dining room will be b>
ticket only and no tickets will be
available after 6 p. m. Saturday.
Gordon L Butler, President ol
the Andrews Chamber of Com
metre will preside at the luncheon
; nd I. B Nichols, vice-president
w ill act as toast master. Miss Mabel
Fisher is general chairman for the
luncheon
Hatchett's Topics
Are Announced
Bryan H ivlu-it has announcer
ihe foil 'V ing subjects for his s<Tr
i.ions Sunday at the Presbvteriar
Church: at 11 a m . Not Pith En
Church: at 11a m . ' Not With En
Eyes of the Blind Opened
Sunday School meets at 10 a
m . and Pioneer and Youth Fellow
ship at (3 30. After the evening ser
vice. a fellowship hour will be
hold
Mr. Hatchett is leading the sing
ing at a revival in Franklin this
week. He will lead the singing at
the Havosville revival at the Pres
byterian Church which will begin
Sunday, with the Rev R. E. Mc
Clure, D D . executive secretary
of Asheville Presbbyterv. doing the
preaching.
Mr. Hatchett's summer work
here will end Sunday.
Offices To Close
For Labor Day
Since Monday la expected to
be a large tourist day In Murphy,
the local merchants are unde
cided whether they will close for
Labor Day.
However, the post office, the
bank, the city and county offi
ces will be closed, to observe
this national holiday.
GOV. W. KERR SCOTT
Dr. M. P. Wichard
DiesInEdenton
f Mrs. William D. Townson, Jr
received a message Tuesday that
! her father, Dr M. J. Wichard. died
her father. Dr M P. Wichard, died
Mr and Mrs Townson and son,
Jerry, left Tuesday night for Eden
1 ton He had been in bad health for
; some time. 1
Funeral services are being held
today Thursday) at 2 p m in
Edenton. and burial will be there
Dr Wichard for several years
; uas district health officer for the
Cherokee-Clay-Graham Health dis
trict.
He is survived by his second
wife, the former Miss Willietta
Fvans of Edenton; a daughter,
Mrs W D. Townson. Jr . of Mur
phy and two sons. Murray of Mem
phis. Tenn , and Bill, wfto is in
the army in Korea.
i ~'ess Textiles, Inc.
To Decide Soon
Cherokee County has prospects
of having another large industrial
plant Peerless Textiles, Inc., is
considering locating a plant that
eventually will employ 1.500 peo
ple, on a site at Marble Chambers
of Commerce of Andrews and Mur
Fall At Trestle
Results In In jury
To Mrs. Garrett
Tuesday about 8:30 p. m . a call
came to Townson Funeral Home to
go with an ambulance to the bridge
across Hiwassee River at the L &
.V Railroad station Lloyd Ramsey
who lives near the station, heard
3 cry for help and went out and |
found Mrs Bessie Garrett hanging
on the trestle about eight or ten
feet from the end.
It seems that she had started
from her home on Mrs. Evans'
place to a house near the Southern
station and thougjfl^jA^ would
take a short cut by^^Hung the
trestle She had f<^^kb$tween
the ties and had brok^PKtn bones |
in her left leg, below the knee, j
Wade Ricks. Ramsey and others
carried her to the walk way that
leads to the trestle, and then to
the ambulance. She was brought
by Ricks to Murphy General Hos
pital where she was Reported
Wednesday to be resting very well.
I phy. together with other interested
citizens, have secured options on
140 acres of land north of Marble
1 on the western side of U S. 19.
' for the company if a decision is
I made to come here.
Between 200 and 300 people
from various sections of the coun
ty attended a meeting at the court
house Monday evening, to hear
plans about the plant presented by
Richard Mauney of the State
Treasurer's office and a native of
Murphy Mr Mauney stated that
the company wants people of this
county to purchase $225 000 in
accumulative preferred slock to be
used in constructing the first
building Committees from An
drews, Murphy, and Marble are
this week taking pledges for the
stock, which will be in denomina
tions of $100, $500, and $1,000.
They are to report at a meeting to
be held at Marble School Friday
at 7 30 p m
Sam Jones and Gordon Butler
of Andrews presided at the meet
ing Several people who have been
assisting with the preliminary
plans were asked to make ?0th- 1
ments. . ?
Mr. Mauney gave he following
information about the plant:
"Peerless Textiles, Inc , who re
cently purchased the machinery of
Hardwick Woolen Mills of Cleve
land Tenn . is looking for a area
such as ours to build their pro
posed new plant They are interes
ted in the Marble site
"Four visits nave been made to
Cherokee County by officials of
Peerless Textiles. Inc , and engi
neers employed by Peerless. Pres
ident Lewis T. Hutchenson was
here last Friday He was favorably
impressed by the plant site, the
people and community, but the
I property was somewhat more ex
' pensive than he thought his com
pany should pay. However, the
property owners have been eon
' tactcd. and have given a more fav
! orable price.
"John L Hutcheson. Jr . is pres
I ident of Peerless Woolen Mills at
Fiossville. Ga.. one of the largest
I woolen industries in the world and
one of the most successful.
"The company has decided to
; enter into new fields of manufac
turing They plan to manufacture
nylon cotton and rayon, in addi
tion to wool. For tax reasons they
decided to operate the expansion
program under the name of Peer
less Textiles, inc.. with Lewis T.
Hutcheson as president
"The proposed plant at Marble
I v ould eventually employ 1500
j people with a weekly pax roll of
SI 00.300. This averages S67 per
employee
"The first plant will be construc
ted will be (he woolen mill, 300
? \ flu.i feet There will be 300 peo
;>'e < mployed in this mill, and the
i r.!x payroll will be S20.000.
I i e cos I of this building will be
a1 009. and of this amount the
. lompanv wants the citizens of
! t herokee County to subscribe
$225 000. This would mature in
five years and earn the investor
-ix per cent. The stock xxill be
j callable on demand of the compa
j r.x The xvoolen mill should be in
| operation by January 1. 1953.
1 Other mills, including ones for
nylon, textron. and cotton, and also
I one for finishing would be built
j in succeeding years."
Mr. Mauney explained that Peer
less would employ about 60 per
cent men and 40 pier cent women.
Comparing this with the Berkshire
and Duffy mills that already are
locating in the county, he said
the latter two will employ about
90 per cent women.
He pointed out that the labor
survey recently made in this see
| tion showed that there Is ample
labor to supply all three mljls. The
first two will be In operation a
year before Peerless, and there
fore will have employed the nec
essary labor before Peerleaa will
employ any. I
Mr Mauney stated that be be
lieves Peerless will make a definite j
decision on where the pfcnt J|J?
locate within the
Four rite* three ,of 1
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State Officialff^Pay
Visit To Lions Club
Roy Taylor. District Governor of
Lions from Black Mountain. Nor-'
mon Trueblood. Lions State Sec
retary of Elizabeth City, and Mack
Brown. Lion zone chairman of Rob
hinsville. spoke at the meeting of
Murphy Lions Club Tuesday night
Lion President Loren C Davis
presided. He announced the fol
lowing committees to serve for the
fiscal year:
Attendance: II A. Mattox .1 N
Boling. .1 L Savage. Dave Moody.
Constitution and By-Laws C K
Hyde. Hobart McKeever. W M.
Fain. H. Bueck.
Finance R M White. Leon
I
I Frasch. Frank Forsyth. J. W
'Franklin. J. N Holing. Harold
Wells
Membership B. W Whitfield.
Harry Bishop. R W E.Mey. H A
Mattnx
Program R I.h iber1 By rum.
Arlhur Heinrich, Mack Patton.
! John Davidson
i Luiustri.il Frank Fo-syih. fUn I
, Adams. Arthur Heinrich. Leon
Erase h. J W Franklin
' ' Boy-' and Girls* Work: Hubart
McKccvi . . .1 1. Savage. R W
1 Eas'i y. Peyton Hie. K. H Brumby.
Ci'i'rnMiii and Patriotism: .loo
Ray. .1 H Duncan. J R Bell. Cloe
V; o-e.
Convention- II. G. Elkins, \V. M.
Fain. H Bueck. Glenn Patton, W.
A. Hoover. !
Wheel Chair: Alden Coward.
Roscoe Wilkms, Doyle Burch. T.
A Case. Frank Crawford.
Gieeler and Lions Information:
R. W Easley. J H. Bell. T A Case.
H G ELkin>.
Agriculture: Mack Patton. A. Q
Ketner. Glenn Patton, C. R. Freed.
\V. I) Town son.
Sight Conservation: W A. Hoo
ve:. Bob Cheney. Roscoe Wilkins.
Civic Improvement: Peyton I vie.
John Thuss. Joe Hamilton. John
Dav idson, R. M. White.
Community Betterment: Buel
Adams. Harry Bishop. W. D. Town
son. (doe Moore.
Education C. R. Freed. Robert
Weaver. Deinert By rum. C. F.
Hyde. R S Bault.
Health and Welfare Doyle
Bi C: B W Whitfield. Alclen
Coward. Harold Wells
Publicity Dale Lee. A M. C'ooki
'ce Ray. A Q. Ketner
Safety Frank Crawford. S N
Bob. F H. Brumby. John Thuss.
Bob Chene\
I r.ited \at ions J. II Duncan.
Robert Weaver. Joe Hamilton. S.
\ Bobo. R. S Bault
Otter Three Books
In Training School
The Murphy Area Training
School for Christian Workers will
be held at First Methodist Church.
Murphy, September 3-6. The school
is held annually and is made pos
sible by the Methodist churches of
Clay, Cherokee, and Graham Coun
ties in conjunction with the Board
of Education of the Western North
Carolina Conference Participating
churches are as follows: Andrews,
Hayesville, Murphy, Murphy Cir
cuit, Robbinsville, and Shooting
Creek.
The courses to be offered and
the instructors for the respective
courses are as follows: "Teaching
Children in the Church School",
a course for workers with and par
ents of children, by Mrs. Robert
E. Early of Highlands, "The
Teachings of Jesus", a course for
young people, by the Rev. C. Ed
ward Roy. Brevard College, Bre
vard; "A Faith For Today", a gen
eral course for adults, by the Rev.
Thad McDonald, Black Mountain,
The activities of the Training
School will begin with a devotional
period at 7:30 p. m. Class sessions
will be held from 7:50 until 9:30
p. m. Devotional speakers are as
follows: Monday: the Rev. Thad
McDonald: Tuesday: Mrs. Robert
E Early; Wednesday: the Rev. C.
Edward Roy; Thursday: the Rev.
C. A. Smith.
There was a good response to
the school last year, and It Is an
ticipated that the attendance this
I year will be even better, states the
Rev Delbert Byrum. boat pastor.