Dog Tax
The Cherokee County Commissioners. we beheve. took the right
niovt* to set up a rabid and stray dog i-oritiol when they asked Sejiator
Harve Muure and Representative Virgil (?I>ell 1 ?. > out Che: okee County
under the dog ta\ law
The Commissioners take the stand and we agree tha*. dog
owners s.nould help pay for the dog control system It is rr.ere^t.ng to
note t ha * Cheitr.ee is one id' just two counties that are n 't included in
that Jaw Ar.d all the rount.es u:idei '.ha*, law ii>e the :n^ne> tu c.o'.ro!
: ab. J ar.ii s" r ay d-?gs
t. ru iu
that is bv>", h
who a e ?iL.a:nst a iv imp: ovenienl.
i: O I >
2(1 Local Churches .
Set Revivals
>? - me -O churches >?/
X Carolina Baptt.-'_ Association
?? r:c-rm reviv al ser\ i? Sunday.
A:..; :ir. 1 continue through April
( : . E. Scruggs. asso< ailiuaa.
n ria i y said tins v.vek.
S ruggs said til" ?: revi
vals d.e it pas t of a j : S-am "f
simultaneous reviv.iN anion:'
Southern Baptist Chu: ? iies.
The local churches tha'. have re
port eJ are listed below In each
case the name of the paster is list
ed first and the revival speaker
second.
Andrews First . Rev John C
Corbitt, Rev Marshall Weaver;
Hewitts, Rev Clifford George;
Hanging Dog, Rev J. L Allen, G
E. Scruggs; Little Brasstown,
Rev. Fred Lunsford, Rev Andrew
Cloer; Marble Springs, Rev. A. B
Lovell, Rev. F. P. Blankenship;
Maltby, Rev, C. L. Adams; and
Murphy First, Rev. J. A. Morris,
Rev. Joe H Miller.
Murphy Second, Rev. Corn well;
Mount View, Clifford George;
Mount Pleasant Rev J. S. Stans
bury, Rev. Sim Martin; Owl Creek,
Rev. Raymond Carroll. Rev. Car
roll; Pleasant Valley, Rev. Marvin
Hampton. Rev. W. M. Corley;
Peachtree Memorial. Rev. Lester
Stowe. Rev. George Stuart; Shady
Grove, Rev Loy Thomas, Rev. J
E. Cable.
Services Set
Harmony Church
? , l.i ; ,.i .1 h". <t'ie;', f i
t Tt* i:i , -ii ij ' a' M 'U r (
, H.I . Bap: >: C n ? .-'i A|?: .1 1 ?'
at 7 : 30 p. *n '???? n.ght ???"'
! ten'hs ?? < <? Murphy
Mrs. Hardin Honored
At Dinner Sunday
I M's John Haulm of Tnp'.on v. i
I enter taineil ;it ii'. Su.'.l.iv b.
| !t ;? daughters at the honu of M"
j ::v<i Mrs Howard Greguy in Art- ,
| drews. The ti:rrer hnr.ired Mrs.)
| Hardin's 89th birthday.
I Three generations were p: eseti' .
| Evangelistic street services have
been set in conncction with the re
vivals at the following times:
Murphy, April S?, lii a rn , Kev.
Joseph G. Mil!"", pastor ot First j
, Baptist Church, Brysja City speak-'
er.
1 1 l.i Yt'SV. lie , Ar'il W, 2 p. n> ,
j Rev William M Co-?ey, p.ts'.or > >'
I Flat F.ock Bap'is' Church, Liberty, i
S C . speaker.
Andrews, April 16, 10 a in . Kev. ,
A B Lovell, pastor of Marble 1
iSj.:.ngs Baptist Church, speaker, i
Marble, Ap.il 16, 2 p. in , Kev.
^ Earl Cable, pastor of Mount Pis
gah Baptist Church, speaker.
| The street services will consist
of hymn singing, testimonies and
gospel preaching. Everyone is in- j
vited to attend each of these ser
! vices.
THE CHEROKEE SCOUT
Established July, 1889
Published every Thursday at Murphy, Cherokee County, N C.
WILLIAM V. AND EMILY P COSTELLO? Publishers and Owners
WILLIAM V. COSTELLO Editor
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
In Cherokee County: One Year, $2.50; Six Months, $1.50
Outside Cherokee County: One Year $3 00; Six Months, $1 75
Entered In the Post Off'>? at Murphy, North
Carolina, as second class matter under the Act
of March 3, 1879.
Dickey Freight
Changes Hands,
Increases Service
j Dickey Fr eight Lines. Inc., April
I began operating under new stock
holders and four daily schedules
were put in effect two from
Knoxville. Term , and two from At
lanta. (la
Wilson Palmer, agent and termi
nal manager at Murphv said Mur
phy is now being useu as a turn
j around point lor the new oper
ations
He said to set up the new service
Dickey purchased 10 'new tandem
trailers and five new heavy duty
tractors and 1L* pick up trucks. He
said a new teletype system will be
installed soon arid will be the only
r-Urh system west ot Asheville.
Palmer aai Ihc freight line is
!. 'W able '?> < 'f !ev ? r \ ? : > ? ? !rorn and
any p cat m the I' S is well as
:? e\pui t p. i;nts Contracts have
bien s.gne I with K Ua car-1
1 : e l s m the r S Palmer <aai
! ?a kev 1 ? ' I e i g ! 1 1 l.mes :s i N < '
?? a ' ]? ri v :t !j .Mu:p!:\ vie
I e . i A'la-:!.. < la
i> ?i?ai\ i irl. in*; . * v l
' ' ^ !-"W ^ uions
' V ! . i a* ?: V > lie; vjiti'1.
* ic^Ht Yourh'i Enter
cthod??t Church
* <?' ri-hf It ui'J _::: 1 >
\ haw t i?:ii;i!fl(' I i v.t-t'ks
j a- sh.ji t : . . .M:r: . - jn t!:<
First Methodist Churrh weiv re
lay by * he lli v Asm ?:i> ! M i w.vil. ,
i -asii/r .
The were: Virginia V\eLs
(!a Quinn. (Ins Winchester. Johnnie]
Da*> ay Iv.rus. FMi* F:e*u
sf.n Johnnu* Atkins. i !*. i David
Alvei son.
BIRTHS
IN 1'KTKIF. HOSPITAL
Mr and Mrs l):ilc Dockery, Rt.
?, Murphy, :< daughter, March 30.
Mr. and Mrs. Dun Hughes, Rt.
2, Murphy, a daughter, March 31.
Mr. and Mis. M L Totherow.
H! 1, Marble, a son, Apni I
M:v and Mrs. William Lee of
B: a^s'own, a son. April !
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Braswell
o' Murphy, a daughter. April 3.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Lackey of
Culberson, Rt 1. a son, April 3.
Mrs. Kephart, 86
Dies At Rt.3
Mrs. Tabitha Louise Kephart,
86, died at 2 a in. Monday April
4, in the home of a daughter, Mrs.
Maynard Palmer, Route 3, Mur
phy following a k?ng illness.
Funeral services were held at 2
p m Tuesday in White Church
with the Rev. Thomas Leather
wood officiating. Rurial was in the
church cemetery.
Surviving, in addition to the
daughter, are nine grandchildren,
28 great-grandchildren, and one
great great-grandchild; one broth
er. J C Allen, Route 3. Murphy
and two sisters, Mrs. Ira Sneed of
Ranger and Mrs. N A Mc
Donald of Murphy
Townson Funeral Home wis in
charge of arrangement;;
MASH-WINS IN MOBILGAS ECONOMY RUN
?
Miles per Gallon
with
fiydra-Matic
Drive
Embassador .
Sweeps "big car"
mmsc
First in its field with a record of 58.55 ton miles? the Ambassador
Super Jetfire 6 with Hydra-Matic Drive outclassed its competition in
the most grueling Mobtlgas t conomy Run of all time. The most
spacious of America's fine cars leads again in performance with
economy! Drive the winner today ? the 1955 Nash Ambassador!
Vou're So Right To Choose A
L & M Nash Co. - 123 Te nn St. - Murphy 109
W ABC?7V. Brought to you by your Nft*h
Citizens Bank Gains
In National Standing
The Citizens Bank and Trust
I Company of Andrews, which report
ed deposits of $6,397,363 on Decern
I ber 31, gained 360 places in its
standing among the 3-iOO largest
banks in the United States during
1954
It now ranks as the 3.330th larg
est in size compared with 3,690th
I place '-it the end of 1953.
This is revealed in the 1955 An
j .iual Roll Call of the larger banks
m the United States published
i March 29 by the daily AMERICAN
j HANKER of New York which is
the trade newspaper of the bank
mg business.
There are 14.000 banks m the
I 'ruled States.
Zeb Chastain Gets
Recognition In Mich.
Zeb Chastain. formerly of Mur
phv, now living in Detroit. Mich .
was awarded membership in the
Di:.tge "100" Club at a banquet at
the Statler Hotel recently.
The award was given in recog
nition of Chastam's "superim
salesmanship" in :he retail selling
P . ige cars.
f.'i 'he third largest Dodge Ply
moirh dealership in Michigan.
Edwards Makes
First Visit Here
In 47 Years
Earle YV Edwards, 71. of Somer
ville, Mass.. a former resident of
Cherokee County, last week made
his first visit here in some 47
years
I Edwards was born in the old Wil
son home at Leicester In Bun
combe County. When a baby he
came wi'li his parents, Mr and
Mrs Raymond C Edwards to Cher
okee County Hi's father was a build
ing contractor and later moved to
Colorado
Edwards attended college in Bos
ton and remained in nearby Som
mervillc.
Some five years ago Edwards,
who is a real estate operator an 1
insurance broker, bought an old
hearse and spent $2,000 having it
Goodrich Announces
$50 000 Sweepstakes
Crawford Tire Company local
B F Goodrich deafer, announce!
this week a $50,000 sweepstakes
scheduled for April bv Goodrich.
Anyone may enter the contest by
entering his name and address af
Crawford's. The first prize is
km: i cash. 1
converted into a house trailer.
Since then he has traveled some
30 000 miles and when he com-,
pletes this trip ne will have visited ^ 1
every state in the union.
I
He visited his old home in Mar- ^ *
phy and went on to Georgia and (
I
?'lorida and out to California.) Ho
ixpects to go home in July and
hen to his summer place in Maine.
Edward's father use<l to work
vith the fatner of the late Dr.
George W. Truett
NEW OVERNIGHT SCHEDULES
FROM KNOXVILLE and ATLANTA
Two Trailers Daily From Each City
Offering Overnight Service
From Knoxville and Atlanta
Dickey Freight Lines, Inc.
I'hone 31 Murphy, ('
MAINE SEED
POTATOES
* Certified IRISH COBBLERS
* Certified GREEN MOUNTAMS
* Certified REO BLISS
* Certified SEQUOIAS
Be Sure To Buy CERTIFIED Maine
Seed Potatoes
WE DELIVER
FARMERS FEDERATION CO-OP
Murphy, N. C. Don Ramsey, Mgr. Phone 62
, Take
Command..
get the thrill first hand!
-DODGE ,o?a"
SEE YOUR DEPENDABLE DODGE DEALER!
E.C
ONCE AGAIN
THE STORY OF EASTER
Will Be Dramatized In A Pre-Dawn Pageant At
FIELDS OF THE WOOD
On Highway 294, Near Muphy, North Carolina
Betrayal
Trial
Denial
Crucifixion
Burial
Resurrection
Help To Commemorate the Empty Tomb
Last Year More Than 5,000 Witnessed
This Thrilling
SUNRISE SERVICE
Beginning At 4:30 a. m.
CHRIST IS RISEN
No Admiuion Chari