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3 VOLUME ?S?NUMBER SI .UKPHY, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY. FEB. 11. 1IH I H. ? ....
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Cullowhee Choir
To Sing Here Sun.
Th Cullowhee Chapel Choir o#?
Western Carolina College will pre
sent a program of sacred mtMfc at
the First Baptist Church Murphy
Sunday, Feb. 14 at 7:30 p. m.
Th- ohMr, composed of some 50
mixed voices, Is directed by H. P.
Smith. Clarence Chris man is ac
ccmrp-nic' ->nd Zula M. Smith is
organist. Miss Sara Morris is presi
dent of the choir. I
Two Bach organ preludes will
open the program, and the organist
will also play an offertory selection
and a postlude.
The program further includes
The lord's Prayer; Onward, Chris
tian Soldiers, Almighty God of Our
Father* T^e I ord is My Shepherd.
When I Survey the Wondrous
Cro*s. Jacob's Ladder, Entreat Me
Not To Leave Thee, Blessed Are
the Pure In Heart, O, Divine Re
deemer. and others.
The public is invited to attend
this program.
CarringerTo
Sin? Here Tonight
\Vnltor Carringer tenor, of Mur
phy "and New York, will be heard
'n ronwrt -here tonight at 7:45 at
rti? Mimnhv School auditorium. j
Hp will be accomparied at the
p'ano bv Barton Cantrell. |
The ppoeram will include a
pw.'Ti of North Carolina and
Ame-'on folk songs, a number of
old favorites and some classical
??elections. Mr. Cantrell will also
p'av a eroup of piano solos. I
.Mr Carringer is being sponsored
bv the Lions, Civitans, Junior
Woman's Club and Regal Clubs of
iMurphy. Everyone is invited to at
tend end tickets are scaled at 75
r n-1 - 'or adults and 50 cents for
students.
Rites Held For
Mrs. Leatherwood
Mrs. Mattie Brown Leatiherwood
of Murphy died hi ? Knoxville
hospital early Sunday morning af
ter an illness of three years.
She came to Murphy in 1910
from Florida and returned to Or
lando, Fla., in 1915 to live with her
mother.
She was married to P. H. Leath
erwood in December. 1917, in Or
lando. They returned to Murphy in
1919. She ihad been an active work-'
er in th^ First Methodist Ohurch j
here until her health failed.
Funeral services were held in
F!rst Mthodist Church at 2:30 p. m.
Wednesday. The pastor, the Rev.
Asmond Maxwell officiated, as-'
fisted by the Rev. C. A. Smith.
Burial was In Sunset Cemetery.
The body lay in state in the church i
from 1:30 to 2:30 p. m.
Active pallbearers were Dale
Lee. H. A. fMattox, George Dyer, i
Tom Palmer, Horry Sword and
Neil Sneed.
Her Sunday School Class and
church circle served as flower bear I
ers.
Surviving are the husband: .two
daughters. Mrs. Louise Talley ofj
Knoxville. and Miss Ann Leather-!
wood, a student nurse at Fort
Sanders Hospital. Knoxville: two'
sons. R H. of Knoxville. and W. A. i
of Omaha. Neb.; eight grandchild-1
rcn.
Also Ihree sisters. Mrs. Mary
Patterson of Winter Park, Fla.,
Mrs. W. H. Marsh of Ocala. Fla.,
and Mrs. Oma Beach of Lenoir:
and a brother in High Springs, Fla.
and one in Santa Cruz, Calif.
Ivie Funeral Home was in
charge.
Six Check Forgers
Are Tried Here
A forgery fever broke out in
t
Murphy last week when ait least six
c:\ses of forgery were brought to
the attention of town officers.
Five defendants
.n the bogus check charges are in
the sTne e-mily. Sheriff M. G.
Crawford ssid. Three of the boys
are ??"! at the Cherokee County
jail on default of bond.
Monday's court session at the
jadl also saw William Powell, negro
let out on $400 bond for breaking
and entering Murphy Laundry.
Powell took one gray windbreaker
which he was wearing when arrest
ed around 3:30 a. m. Sunday by
Murphy policemen George Craw
ford and Bardy Akin, Sheriff Craw
ford said.
Murphy Boy Scouts
To Attend Church
?Murphy Boy Scouts will be spec-'
ial attendants at the First Metho
dist Church Sunday morning,
where they will will attend in a
group. The Scouts are this week
observing National Boy Scout
Week.
Harvey Hinrhaw is Scoutmaster
ot the troop of some 30 boys in
four pstro's. Fred Van Horn Is
settlor patrol leader and Billy
Ada me Is assistant junior Scout
master. Hobart L. McKeever, Mur
phy attorney ts the Nantahala dis
trict Scout Committee chairman.
The Murphy Scouts, hi addition
to their regular patrol activities,
are taking weekly trips each Sat
urday to Oullowhee for swimming
and life saving instructions. A Oil
iowhee life guard said the Murphy
Scouts were '"the beat behaved
group of boys he had seen", and a
great deal of interest is centered
in (he swimming course by the
some 211 hoys attending.
A spring camping trip to the
Okefeennke* Swamp is planned.
A Court of Honor for the presen
tat ton of wwards earned ia held
pach mowh in the county.
Mr Hinrtmw expressed pride
the Murohv Scout Troop's stand
ards and said "If any one boy ftoki
any tvpe of home to helped throu^i
Scouting, it is worth all our com
bined efforts."
UOAL atlB FRIDAY
The Roast Club wt> nteet Fri
day at TiOO p. m. at the home of
Miss Jowohjna HeMhway wMh
Zack Carringer Has
High Sales Total
Zack Carringer. a salesman for
Oak Ridge, Tenn., Motors, Inc.,
has achieved national high point
honors for his sales efforts in De
cember, it was announced by J. K.
Lester, Louisville district sales
manager of the Ford Motor Co.
Cat-ringer's point total, based up
on the sale of new and used cars
and trucks was the highset among
more than 20,000 salesmen in 6,
500 Ford dealerships across, Lester
said.
Carringer, and his wife, the for
mer Juanita Hill, are natives of
Cherokee County. *
50Specialists Conduct
Farm Methods Course
New Electric Speed Timing
Device Is Put In Use Here
The Highway 'Patrol in Cherokee
County is using, (or the first time
in thij area, the electric speed de
vice which has been in use for
some time in other parts- of the
state.
The device consists of a stop
watch which is started and stopped
electrically when a vehicle cross
es two cables placed across the
highway at a measured distance.
The watch is started as the
wheels cross the first cable and
stopped as they cross the second
cable. The apparatus computes the
time and distance to give the exact
speed of the vehicle.
The patrol stated the speed
watch will be used on highwals
where the greatest number of
speeding violations occur.
Public Invited To
Folk School Party
Postmasters Aid
Heart Fund Drive
During February all air mailt
letters bearing a iCturphy postmark j
will also bear a Heart Fund air
mail sticker, Joe E. Ray, postmas
ter. said this week.
February is Heart Fund month.
and postmasters throughout the(
:'ate as well as the nation, are as-i
sisting by distributing the heart!
air mail stickers.
Mr. Ray said any persons wish
ing to make a donation to the
Heart Fund may do so by sending
the donation to "Heart, c/c Post
master", Murphy, N. C.
Bass Haigler, 68.
Succumbs Thurs.
Bass H. Haigler, 68, died at 7 p. (
m. Thursday, Feb. 4. in his home |
near Murphy after an extended Ill
ness.
He was a native and lifelong re
sident of Cherokee County the son
of the late Joseph and Mlartha
Hampton Haigler. and a painter.
Funeral services were held at 10
a. m. Sunday in the home. The Rev
! C. A. Smith officiated and burial
was in the family cementery near,
the home.
Pallbearers were Judd Stiles Ric
hard Howell Vance Wilson. Halts
Penland. W. M. Fisher N. T. Pen
land. Grady Lochaby. and C. E.
Johnson.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs.
Etta Martin Haigler; three sons;
Hardie and Charles of the home:
four sisters Mrs. Robert Sylvester
of Murphy. Mrs. Julia Passmore of
Benton. Tenn.. Mrs. Frank Freits
of Mamikon. Ohio, and Mrs. Ber
tha Arander of New Salisbury.!
i Ind.
Also three brothers, Frank of
Miami. Fla., Don of Cherokee, and
Bob of Murphy, and seven grand
children.
Town son Funeral Home was In ]
' charge.
Bee Keepers
Set Meeting
Cherokee County Bee Keepers
will meet Tuesday at 9:30 a. m. at;
the Courthouse to hear W. A.
Stevens, extension beekeeper.
Stevens will discuss beekeeping
and cleaning. Refreshments will be
served by the Farmers Federa
tion.
The President's Ball, a March
of Dimes benefit party, will be
held Saturday. Feb. 13, at 8 p. m.1
at the John C. Campbell Folk
School at Brasstown. Everyone is
invited to attend.
The regular Friday night folk
games will not be held this week. I
The program Saturday will in-'
elude folk dances and games, a
puppet show, community singing
and a sword dance by some of the
Brasstown young people.
Refreshments will be served. Ad
mission is 50 cents for adults and
25 cents for children.
Heart Disease Below Average In CherokeeCo.
58 Die Of Heart
Disease In Year
Special to the Cherokee Scout)
NEW YORK,?According to ?U
tietlce now being releaaed by Mia
nation'* leading health
or a
ot the United States. |
The data, contained in the flret
nation-wide report on vital ata
ctics since 1949. wm fathered
during the lent census and is being
published In three volumes by the
U. S. Public Health Service.
It shows, for Cherokee County, a
heart die seat toll for the year ot
5?, equivalent to 41.7 percent of
aU local death*. This was a small
er proportion than was i
Tally to the United
heart ailment* accounted tar Hi
percent of all death* It was low
er a Wo than the heart mortality In
the South Atlantic States, 50 5
percent.
Included in the figure* are Mm
20 different forms of heart i
wMcfi, together, strike i
775000 men, women and Children
annually. This is more flam the
combined toll of cancer plus all
other diseases and all aed dents.
In addition, points oat Iho Amor
teen Heart Association.
10,000.000 of oar |
.ire partially or wholly disabled be
same of heart ailments. They rep
resent an annual toss of 176 mil
lion work days and a resultant loss
if productivity estinMrted at $2.1
billion.
The 58 heart deaths In Cherokee
Tounty to the year ware equal to a
rata of $16 deaths per 100.000 pop
ulation. This compares favorably
wtKi the findings tor (be nation as
? whole, 507. per 100000. It ims
lower than the Sao* AUaotte
ttetae rata. 466 haait
1000,000.
Despite the seriousness of the
problem, wtut v.tth one out of
-very 16 in the country suffering
from some tarn of heart or blood
vessel disease, (sops exists because
research Is making vital new dis
coveries, states the American
Heart Asportation. Some heart con
ditions can now be presented and
can be eared. Si*tlfloant
stride, are being
erncineet of
'The farmer is now in a squeeze, j
if there is a time wheat a need ex
ists for better methods and money
savins practices on the farms in
our county, it is now," G. H. Far
ley. Cherokee County agent said.
All county farmers are advised
to take advantage of the informa
tion and training available to them
in a three-day "know-how" meth
ods meet set Feb. 23-24-25, Tues
day, Wednesday and Thursday.
Some 50 specialists will be in
the county during these days to dis
cuss all phases of farming and ans
wer any questions.
The dairy portion of the pro
gram has been postponed due to
a dairy conference in Raleigh at
the same time.
The schedule for the three days.j
beginning at 9 a. m. each day and
adjourning at 4 p. m. follows:
Feb. 23. Outlook; fertilizer; ec-j
onomics of fertilizer; weed control;;
discussion: iun<ch; agriculture cn j
gincering.
Feb. 24 tobacco, farm manage-1
men'.; animal husbandry; forage
crops an 1 icrage crop diseases.
Feb. 25. p rtiUry, poultr ymarket
ing. lunch, horticulture?eommeri
cal veg'abie production, garden
and small fruit production, disease j
and insect control, fruit and vege
table marketing, irrigation of gar
dens and vegetables.
Mr. Farley said farmers would I
benefit froirj all the sessions, but
they are especially urged to attend
the parts of the program dealing|
with phases of farming in which
they are engaged.
Andrews Girls Take 12th Straight
Victory In Undefeated Season
Be Here Soon
A representative of the N. C.
State Department of Revenue will
be at the courthouse in Murphy.
Feb. 15, 16, 22. andMarch 1. 8, 10
12 and 15 to assist taxpayers in
filing their State Tax Returns.
The following types are required
to file:
(1) Every slngle person, or mar
ried person not living with hus
band or wife, receiving income in
excess of the $1,000 personal ex
emption. plus allowable deductions
during the year 1953.
(2) Every married woman re
ceiving Income in excess of the
$1,000 personal exemption, plus
allowable deductions, during the
year 1953.
(3) Every married man living
with bis wife on Dec. 31, 1953, re
ceiving income in excess of the I
$2,000 personal exemption, plus
allowable deducCons.
'4i Every person engaged in
merchandising. farming, contract
j ing. or in any kind of business or
profession who received income as
| indicated above during the year
1953.
(51 Every corporation and part
nership, regardless of amount of
' income received during the year
' 1953.
| Employers ore also required to
report salaries paid, if they-are in
excess of $1.9(10 to a single person
or $2,000 to a married main living
with his wiic on Dec. 31, 1953.
| Failure to file income tax re
turns on or before March 15, 1954
may result in a penalty of five to
25 per cent.
Known Mad Dog Bites Pets
Here; Mayor Asks Caution
Marble PTA To
Hear Thad Bryson
Thad Bryson, Solicitor for the
20th Judicial District will be guest
speaker at the February meeting
of Marble PTA Thursday at 7 p. m.
In the school auditorium.
Members of the Andrews PTA
have been invited as spedal guests.
? One brown, .shaggy dog known I
to be mad, ran rampant around >
Welle St. last week, biting several
'other dogs, Murphy Mayor L. L.
Mason said thlg week.
Mr. Mason asked Murphy resi-,
dents to be on t3ie look out for
the rabid dogs, and to keep their
own pets up. He also warned dog
owners to be sure their pets are'
inoculated against hydrophobia.
Polio Drive Total
Hits $4,000 Mark
Fred Taylor Dies
After Ubiess
Samuel Fred Taylor, 60 died at
4 a. m. Tuesday Feb. 0, in a local
hospital after a short ill
He was a native and lifelong resi
dent of Cherokee County, the son
of the late James R. and Mary Ann
Weeks Taylor.
He was a veteran of World I.
having served from September,
1917, till April, 1919, one year in
France.
He served four years as con-1
stable and six years as deputy
sheriff of Cherokee County. He
was a member of the New Hope
CXlurch of God. Route 3. Murphy. |
Surviving arc the widow. Mrs.
Laura Hall Taylor, four daughters,
Mrs. Alice Murrin. Misses Wlima
and Roma Taylor of Murpihy and
Mrs. Mono Cook of Disten. Ore.:
six sons Warren of Akron. Ohio:'
Ci?). James Lox Taylor of the U. S.
Army in Korea. Cecil of Disten
Ore.. Wallace, Sam and Halsey of
Man i?hy.
Also seven brothers, John. Drew
BaTs. Jake, Charlie, Rollin and
Bob of Murphy: four sisters; Me
Oilie Whitener of Atlanta.' Mrs.
Bessie Bryson of Tennessee, Mrs.
Lillie Johnson of Lenoir City
Teiiii.. and Mrs. Rose Ann Corn
well of Murphy.
Funeral arrangements were in
complete Wednesday, Ivie Funeral
Home announced.
The Andrews High School Girls j
Basketball Team continued their
undefeated season by winning over
Stecoah 51-18 Tuesday. Meanwhile
the Andrews Boys took a 51-36 win
from Stecoah Boys, to give the An
drews Five an 8-4 season record, j
with a 6-3 conference total.
Tiiie girts took their 12th victory
and their ninth conference total.
Outstanding performance of the
guards contributed greatly to the
wide score margin for the girls.
Andrews guards Pat Derreberry,
Patricia Painter and Barbara Bar
ton kept the Stecoah lasses form
all close in shots and consistently
broke up plays and stole the ball
from Stecoah forwards.
Sue Crawford Doris Teas and
Elizabeth Postcll led the scoring
with 21. 16 and 13 points, respect
ively.
The Andrews boys came from
behind a 13-10 Stecoah lead to
take and keep the lead early in
the second Quarter.
High scorcer was Dean Truett,
24 points.
Andrews meets Nantahala at An
drews tomorrow.night. Feb. 12.
-cix Volunteer* Leave
Fcr KnoxviUe Tues.
Six volunteers were forwarded
to Knoxville, Term., for induction
Tuesday.
The six included James Ray Hen
?ley, Robert Lee Berrong, Odeen
Garrett, Clarence John Pack, Way
ne William West and Pearlie Kir
land.
Ha key Jack Talyor was schedul
ed to leave with the group, but
Ms orders were postponed due to
the death of his father.
At the same time 2$ registrants
were forwarded tor physical exam
The Cherokee County polio
lrlve this week had reached the
(4.000 mark, and contributions are
Itill being reported, Frank Forsyth
Cherokee County March of Dimes
dvairraan, said this week.
The drive is expected to be end
fd by the latter part of next week,
the chairman said.
Four more 100 percent donor
firms in Murphy were named as
Western Carolina Telephone Co.,
N. C. Highway Maintenance Dept.,
Commonwealth Lumber Co., and
Smoky Mountain Fiber Co.
On Saturday of this week, the
annual President's Ball, a benefit
folk party at the John C. Campbell
Folk School, will be held. The pub
lie is invited to attend, and proc
eeds will be donated to the March
of Dimes in Cherokee and Clay
Counties.
Sally Morris Is
Elected Marshal
MISS SALLY MORRIS
Miss Sally Morris, daughter of
Lhe Rev. and Mrs. J. Alton Morris
of Murphy, recently was elected
one of the three marshals from the
freshnvan class at Furman Univer
sity in Greenville. S. C.
The marshals, three from each
class compose a board which as
sists at all campus functions by
maintaining quiet, ushering, and
assisting in any way. They wear
evening dresses or black afternoon
dresses, and are chosen for their
attitude of efficiency dignity and
cordial personality and appear
ance.
Miss Morris graduated in 1953
from Murphy High School.
Ait Furman she is a member of
the Furman University Singers, a
choral group known throughout
the South. The Sogers sang Han
del's "The Messiah" at Christmas
and are now practicing for a pro
Huc'lon of the operetta. "Naughty
Marietta". Sally plays the part of
an Italian girl in the operetta.
Miss Morris was chosen as one
of -the representatives for th^ Fur
man Singers In the Bonhomie Beau
ty Contest. The Bonhomie is the
~ollege annual.
Sho also played the role of
"Belle from New Haven" in the
Theatre Guild production of Eu
gene O'Neill's "Ah, Wilderness.'
Mrs. Thomas
Dies In Georgia
Mrs. Isadora Thomas, 77, died
at 1 a. m. Monday in her home near
Morgan ton, Ga^, after a long illness
Funeral services were held at 2
p. m. Tuesday in Mt. Zion Bautist
Church. Rev. Calvin Htompson
and the Rev. Mr. Key officiated
and burial wan la the thath ceme
tery.
Surviving are the husband, two
daughters, Mrs. Martha Stile* of
Gastonia and Miss Miry Thomas
of itie home; five sans, Carl of
Culberson, John ?nd Horace of
Murphy, Bert of Castoofa and Clif
ton of the home.
Also two sister*. Mrs. Amanda
Thompson of Culbereon and Mrs.
Mary (Pope of Belmont; two broth
ers E L. Townaon of Murphy, and
John Towtnan of Culberson; three
half-sisters, Mrs. Pat Oartey of
BWravflle. Oa Mrs. Ora TVrner of
Murphy end Mrs. Olson Hall of
Marble; two half-brothers, W. D
T>vwn?on and George Taainon Of
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