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VOLUME 43-NUMBEK 42 MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY. APRIL. 29.1M4 TWELVE PAGES THIS WEEK
Town Candidates Say NoVotes Bought
100 Bushel Corn
Awards Presented
Champion corn grower* of Cher
okee County were presented their
awards at a banquet honoring the
member, of the 100 bushel Corn
Club at the Presbyterian Church
in Murphy, Thursday, Ap. 22.
P. B. Ferebee, president of the
Citizens Bank and Trust Co., pres
ented the three top awards given
by his organization. Top honors
and a $50 war bond went to Ned
Stewart of Andrews. Ned was al
so Junior State Champion, with a
yield of 128.0 bushels per acre.
Second prize was a $25 war bond
going to Emanuel McDonald with
a yield of 113.3.
Third place and a cash prize of
$10 went to Dr. B. W. Whitfield
with a yield of 112.0 bushels per
acre. All of the three top yields
were gathered and weighed under
the supervision of the Agricultur
al Workers Council of Cherokee
County.
In presenting the awards Mr.
Ferebee emphasized the Importan
ce of agriculture to the economy
of the county and gave statistics
showing the over-all growth of the
oounty and state as being in direct
proportion to th? growth of ag
riculture. He told the farmers that
the Citizens Bank and Trust Co.
planned to continue its support
and encouragement to the 100 bus
hel corn club and th? county con
test for 1954.
Dr. E. R. Collins, in charge. Ex
tension Agronomy Department,
N. C. State College, spoke of the
vaule of research to the agriculture
of the state. He told those present
that the present 126.6 bushel top
yield for Cherokee County was
just 100 bushel, above the present
state average. He also explained
how atomic energy was speeding
the research program.
All of the 20 farmers qualifying
received certificates of member
ship in the 100 bushel Cora Club.
These Include the following: Har
est King, E. C. Suit, J. Franklin
Smith, Ned Stewart, W. Dillard
Stiles, Lrloyd Kisselburg, A. B.
Stalcup, CUngman Odell, Carl i
Stiles and D. C. Roberts.
Also T. J. Harris, George Hayes,
Campbell Folk School. G. A. Walsh
C. M. Patterson, J. C. Wells, Eman
uel McDonald, B. W. Whitfield, W.
iD. Townson and Bert Smith.
The County Committee said I
there may have been more wbo
grew 100 bushels of corn per acre
in the county in 1953. Thi, list in
cludes those who asked that their
fields be checked.
All farmers are asked to be sure
that the committee checks their
field thi, fall If they want to enter
the county corn growing contest
Glenn Pattop. Named
Lions President'
* 1
Glen Patton Tuesday night wm
elected president of the Murphy
lions Club diving balloting at a
regular meeting.
Vice presidents elected were
Roscoe Wilkins, first; Roy Puller,
second, and Hobert McKeever,
third.
Other officers named were Dave
Moody, secretary; Harold Wells,
I
treasurer; Harry Dickey, ti
twiater, and Newt Bo ling, lit
tamer.
Directors elected are S. Horwitx,
O. F. Jefferies, Bob Easley and
(Merle Davis.
B. W. Whitfield, outgoing presi
dent, automatically becomes ?
member of the board of directors.
The new officers will be install
ed at th? last meeting in June.
I
0 peaker Says Russia
Does Not Have H-Bomb
Approximately 73 people beard
Lt. Gen. Robert L. Eichelberger,
retired, say Last week th^ an arm
ed German army and th? H-Bomb
could well keep American youths
from going to war.
Gen. Kkbetberger was speaker
Bast Thursday at a Jqint mee^ng of
the Andrews Lion, Club and Ro
tary Club In the Shell Dining
\
)
Other guests included men ftotn
Murphy and Bobbin tvllle.
In his talk. Gen. Eichelberger
slad he suspected that Russia does
not have the H-Bonb at thlg time.
He said he hopes Germany will "be
armed while, as he believes, Russia
is not ready for war.
If and when we get German diri
sions, he asserted, we can dismiss
land dangers, because Russia would
be unable to over-run the Germans
and get to sea posts. '
In touching on the East, he said
be considers the( Chinese good
fighters and that many Japanese
do not want to rearm.
Geo. Eichelberger was present
at the surrender of Japan at tfae
end of World War H.
Japanese boys, he pointed cut,
can defend our shore, until Ameri
can fighters can go out.
iSe general igd lie beMcved in
the present policy of building up
?he Air f?w. ...
The general, now living in .
ilk his wilt's bone town, pus in
troduced by Dr. Charles O. Van
Oorder. s
heft
TruettCanp
Ground Breakkg
Be Held Sat
Baptist Royal Ambassador* and
their leaders end Councilors will
take their axes and a picnic lunch
to the Truett tarn in Clay County
Saturday May 1,'10 a. m. '
Use hoys and their leaders will
clear the ground for the ground
breaking service* which will be
held at 2 p. m.
All pastors and committees are
asked to be present (or the ser
vices at 2 p. m. The Truett camp
is a regional project and is com
prised of five Baptist associa
tions west of Waynesville, which
In dudes, Jackson, Macon, Swain,
Graham, Cherokee and Clay coun
ties. > f
This will be a summer camp for
the young people* organisations of
the Baptist churches of this region.
The Truett property is ownedl by |
the Baptist, State convention of
Norh Carolina.
Unaka Host To
County NCEA
Friday night April 23. the
hat County Unit cf NCSA met at
Unlfca (Or % dinner an
election .of officers for
liUkoo'
JonrHaHi
Mr. McMillan
Dies Tuesday
Joseph Wsrren McMillan. 84,
died at 2 a. m. Tuesday in a Mur
phy hospital after a brief illness.
Funeral services were held at
| 2:30 p. m. Wednesday in the dispel
of Ivie Funral Home. The Rev. J.
Alton Morris officiated and burial
was in Sunset Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Frank Calhoun.
Lewis King. Warren Sneed, Clyde
Gladson, Paul Sams and Frank
Sams.
Honorary pallbearers were: Tom
Palmer. Walter Coleman. Allen
Howell, Walter Mauney. Colum
bus Evans, Nell Davidson, Arthur
Swaim. BUI Brandon, Henry Bar
ton, J. D. Franklin, Will Rogers,
Abe Hembree, Jasper Sneed and
Dr. R. S. Parker.
He came to Murphy in 1903
from Tate, Ge.. and was an em
ploye of the Regal Marble Com
pany at Regal tUl 1922. At that
time he organised the Cherokee
Motor Company, operating an auto
dealership and a machine shop un
til 1936 when he retired.
He also operated the first tourist
court on the hank of HUw.ftr.
River near the L. ? N. Railroad
station.
He served aa mayor of Murphy
one term and a number of terms at
alderman.
Ha was a member of the First
Baptist Chureh.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs.
Nancy Hawkins McMillan; three
daughters. Mrs. Walter Sneed of
HayaavUle. Mrs. Fred Swaim mtd
Mrs. Fannie S. Calhoun of Murphy;
Smyrna, Ga. a retired L. * N. Rail
| one brother, F. L. McMillan of
hoad engineer and a Baptist tninis
* '
Marvin Hampton
Be Ordained Sun.
Marvin Hampton of Murphy will
be ordained into the ministry Sun
day morning at th* 11 o'clock ser
vice at the First Baptist Church,
with the pastor, the Rev. J. ARon
Morris deUverlng the ordination'
sermon.
The Rev. G. E. Scruggs, associa
tional missionary, will deliver the
charge to the new minister and the''
church.
Deacons and pastors of other'
churches have been invited.
Hampton, who is engaged in the
hardware business here, is the 1011
of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Hampton1
of Blue Ridge, Ga. He i, married to
the former Grace Ramsey and they
have two sons. He studied at Fur-1
man University.
Horace Lee Long
Dies At HayesviUe
Horace Lee Long, 83 died Thurs
day, April 22, at 3 p. m. in his
home near HayesviUe after a
brief illness.
He had operated the H. L. Long
Boat Docks on Lak? Chatuge for
the past 12 years.
Funeral services were held Fri
day at 2:30 p. m. In Oak Forest
Methodist Church near HayesviUe,
of which he was a member. The'
body lay in state 1? the church for
30 minute, prior to the services.
The Rev. John K. Miller, and
the Rev. John Corbitt, and the
Rev? Lovic Adams officiated and
burial was in the church cemetery.
Pallbearers were Robert, Alvin,
ind George Penland, Billy Long,
WUey and R. L. McGlamery, Jim
Martin and Hen son Chambers.
He was a netlve of Jadkaon Coun
ty a ion of the late Bahia and Mar
garet Henso^i Long and moved to
Clay County when a young lad.
Surviving are th? widow, Mrs.
Fannie Piercy Long; one eon. Jack
of Nantahdla; two brothers, Claude
and Ron of HayesviUe; sever
will be held
SAMPLE
Official City Ballot Town Of Murphy, N. C.
Election May 4, 1954
INSTRUCTIONS '
1. To vote a straight ticket make a cross (X) in the circle of the party you
desire to vote for.
2. To vote for some but not all the candidates of one party, make a cross
(X) mark in the square at the left of the name of every candidate printed
on the ballot for whom you wish to vote. If you mailt any one candi
date you must mark all for whom you wish to vote. A mark in the circle
will not be counted if any one candidate is marked.
3. (Voters will vote for only one candidate for Mayor'and no more than six
candidates for Town Commissioners).
4. If you tear or deface or wrongly mark this ballot, return It and get
another.
DEMOCRAT
FOR A STRAIGHT TICKET
o
MARK WITHIN THIS CIRCLE
For Mayor
[ J LL MASON
For Commissi
"J CLOE MOORE
] HARRY BISHOP
?J W. A. SINGLETON
J BOB WHITE
-J GEORGE L. DYER
] JOHN JORDAN
REPUBLICAN
FOR A STRAIGHT TICKET
o
MARK WITHIN THIS CIRCLE
For Mayor
[ 2 MKRLK bath
For CocmmMioner*
[ ^ MARVIN HAMPTON
C ]
[ 3
C 3
C 3
C 3
EDWARD TOWNSON
CLIFF ELLIOTT
ROT LOVINGOOD
H. E. DICHET
L W. FRANKLIN ;
Chairman Cherokes County BOard op Election*
This is a sample of the ballot Democrat and Republican voters will
itscelve when they go to the polling booths at the courthouse next
Tuesday to select officers for the Town of i
Art Students Plan
Sidewalk Exhibit
- Art Students of Murphy High
School wttl exhibit this year'g work
at a sidewalk exhibit Saturday,
May 1, at the square. The exhibit
will be up from 10 a. m. until 5 p.
m.
'first, second and third place
ribbons will be given in each med
ium of work-oil water color, pastel
crayon, charcoal, pencil, tempera,
pen and ink, clay and stencil.
There wiM aiso De first, second and
third place ribbons from the entire
exhibit.
Judges are Mrs. C. D. Puett, Miss
Mary Frances Ax ley and Mrs.
Frank Forsyth.
The exhibit will be on the is
lands In the square if the weather
is fair. In case of had weather the
exhibit will be postponed until the
following Saturday, May 8.
Everyone is invited to attend
the exhibit of art sponsored by
Miss Maria Travis, art teacher of
Murphy High School.
Students exhibiting their work
are Josephine CI ore, Edward
Clark, Betty Davidson, Betty Lou
Dockery, Sonny Hatchett, Lovean
Hinton, Joyce Jenkins, Oennie Sue
Ledford, Ann Maynor, Charles Me
Clure, Garry MeClure, Jean Reed
Zimmerman, BOlle Jane Rush,
Gene Simonds, James Stalcup,
Mary Nell Sutton, Barbara 9waim
and Hedy West
Cherokee Historical
Group Is Organized
A meeting wu held at 2 p. m.
Saturday, April 24, In the Carnegie
Library (or the purpose of organ
izing a Cherokee County Historical
Society, with D. L. Corbltt, manag
ing editor of the North Carolina
Historical Review, and .head of the
Division of Publlcatipgs of De
partment of Archives and History,
in charge. ?
Miss PhylUj Snider Regional Lib
rarian presided and Introduced
Dr. Corbitt.
Mrs. jTw. Davidson was named
temporary chairman; Mrs. John
Louise Bay leas, chairman; Mrs. F.
L. Brownlee, Miss Annie McGuire
Mis, Maud Collins, Mrs. F. V. Tay
lor, Miss Hatti^ Axley, V. O. Ay era.
Program committee: Mrs. Ann
Ward, chairman: Miss Elisabeth
Bell, Mrs. W. F. Elljptt, Mis, Leila
Hayes, Mrs. L. W. Shields; Mrs.
Martin DeNash.
Nominating committee: Frank
Forsyth, chairman; Mrs. Will Ashe.
Joe Ray, Mrs. C.'W. Savage, Miss
Josephine Heigh way.
The first meeting of the organisa
tion will be held on Monday, May
10, nt 8 p. m. in the Carnegie Li
brary.
' At this time,
will be enrolled and permanent of
ficer, elected. The date of the
hat bean <*anged from
to give the cdnt
'
Mummified Body
Be Displayed Here
lttarle O'Day's Palace Cai^a
$10,000 automobile van in which
the mummified body of the mur
dered Salt Lake City night club
dancer is displayed?will be in
Murphy Friday and Saturday
this week.
The van will be parked at the
square and will be sponsored by
the Murphy Lions Club.
rolling Place
Is Courthouse
(Murphy will go to the polls Tues
[day, May 4, hi what promises to
he a clean election to elect * may
or and six councilmen. *
Democrat and Republican can
didates met and agreed pot to buy
a vote during the town election.
Merle Davis and L. L Mason, can
didate, for mayor said.
Both candidates announced that
their slate of candidates will pros
ecute any person caught buying or
selling a vote.
Voting booths will open at 0:30
a. m. and dose at 6:30 p. m., Wil
liam C. Staicup, chart man of the
,County Election Board said.
Voting place will be the Court
house with booths in the court
room. Mrs. Jennie Lee Sneed la
registrar and Judges will be W
W. Rogers and Charles White. Mrs.
IMary Catfcron Sneed will be cleih.
Democrat candidates for the
town election are:
For mayor, L. L. Mason, incum
bent.
For council: Cldfc Moore, Encum
bent; Harry Bishop, jccumDent;
W. A. Singleton; Bob White, inoun* .
bent; George L. Dyer, and Joto
Jordan. '
Republican candidates aye:
For mayQr, Merl* Davis.
For council; Edward Townsast, .
Cliff Elliott, Boy Lovingood, H- ^
Dickey, Marvin Hampton audi J. '
W . Franklin.
Rotary To Have
Student Weaker
Sylvia Crone of Stratford,
Ontario, Canada wfll be guest
speaker Thuaadxy noon. V*
the Andrews notary Club ha the
Shelt ?ining Roam. - ? ,
r " - 3rv v
Sylvia Oorne was born in Lon
don Ontario, CUpada on June *11,
1035. At the age of six her parents
moved to Stratford; and Sylvia has'
lived there since that time. She
received her elementary schooling
in the public schools and finished
high school at Stratford Collegiate
Institute.
Sylvia i, the youngest scholar
to receive the Gordon Memorial
Scholarship of the Rotary Club in
District 280. In high school she
took a keen interest in all extra
cirricular activities, as well as In
her studies. She is highly recom
mended by the Rotarians in her dls
trict
Miss Crone, a student at Lenoir
Rhyne College, will visit all the
clubs In this district.
ASC Aided Rural
Cherokee Progress
Two blades of grass where only
one or even none grew before, has
been the goal of the Agricultural
Soil Conservation program for
Cherokee County since Its exis
tence.
The cost sharing program of the
Federal Government in carrying
out soil conservation practices has
enabled hundreds of farmers to
follow practices which they could
not haye done otherwise. It has al
so added encouragement and In
ducement to put more of our land
In soil-holding crops and less of
our steep slopes to row crops.
This program has gone along
with research and agricultural ed
ucational efforts in building a bet
Girl Scouts Elect
New Officer*
At their last meeting, the Girl
Scouts elected the follow^ I
fleers: Betty Weaver, President;
Grace Townson, 1
Beth Bailey, Secretary; Jam Cook.
Treasurer; Ida Arrant,
The tint hike of th
take place Saturday and wkl and
with a picnic lunch.
MIS. MACNKT AT PONT ANA
Mrs. Tom Maunay left today Cor
ter place to live in rural North C4r
Progress has been rapid in all of
agriculture in Cherokee County.
George Mauney, rural mail carrier,
recalled that K hasn't been many
year, since rural people would
bring ?n egg to him to mall a let
ter because they didn't bare mon
ey for S three cent stamp.
Mr. Mauney stated, "14 yews
ago farmers In this section of
the state were hard pressed to ex
ist. Through the development of >?
agriculture through the farm pro
grams there is hardly a farmer in
this entire section who doesn't
have a large number of the mod
ern conveniences of dty living.
"Farmer, now have purchasing
power" says Mr. Mauney, "they
have money to Improve their,
homes and maintain a high stand
ard of-Uvhtg."
G. G. Stiles of Marble, Rout* 1,
a native of Cherokee County said
h? started out <