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ctiwm CONTEST Sift ?Jfrrulte ECONOMY V AC ATIONLAND CHEROKEE COUNTY DEDICATED TO PROMOTING CHEROKEE COUNTY \ vcunos m ?w THCBSDAV, ADO. ?, 11H 18 PAGES THIS WEEK Electricity Cost Lower, Use Higher Than Ever Before 'The average coat of electricity here is less than ever before and the use is higher than at any time in tM part, according to 4 A$ort issued today by the Murphy Power Board. STILES FOUND DYING IN HIS HOME HERE Apparent Suicide, Officers Report Sheridan Stile*, 52, Murphy taxi service owner, was found dying in his home Tuesday from an ap parently self-inflicted wound, pol ice reported. He was found by Robert Hamp ton and Jack Moore, who went to the Stiles home to <n?*?n a telephone. They saw blood on the porch and then discovered Mr. Stiles on the bathroom floor with his throat cut, they told officers. Mr. Hampton and Mr. Moore called an ambulance and Mr. Stiles was rushed to the hospital. He died shortly after being taken there, about 4 p.m. Mr. Stiles owned and operated the Safeway Taxicab Co. Before coming here, he was a mail car rier in Gainesville, Ga. He lived with his father, J. Patton Stiles. Sheriff Claud Anderson reported that an inquest jury concluded that the wound was self-inflicted. Serv ing on the jury were Jimmy Howse, Arnold Dalrymple, Loyd Ramsey, D. M. Reese, Perry Hatchett and Everette English. Surviving are: his father; three brothers; Jake and Bass Stiles of Murphy; and Cecil Stiles of Hel en, Ga. Pallbearers were Wayne Crisp, Vincent Stiles, Clyde Gladson, Leo nard Stiles, Tommy Phillips, Grant Stiles, Cliff Elliott and Hadley Dickey. Honorary pallbearers were Walt Mauney, Dave Moody, Fred John son, E. E. Stiles, Joe Ray, Howard Moody, Jerry Davidson, Hayes Dockery, Lowery Gentry, Hugh Penland, Don Gentry, and Max Sneed. Funeral services were held at Little Glade Baptist Church near Murphy Thursday at 10 a.m. The Rev. Ham Coffee and the Rev. John Olson officiated. Burial was in the old Martin's Creek Ceme tery. Townson Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. Total use of electricity last year climbed well above 20 million kil owatt hours, the report showed. 01 this, residential customers used 8)4 million; commercial consum ers, 4 million; industrial consum ers, 8 million. Lighting Murphy's streets took 120,000 kwh. The report said that residential consumers last year paid just over one cent a killowatt-hour for elec tricity used in the home. This is the lowest in the history of the city electric system and, according to the report, is less than half the national average cost of electricity for home use. Savings last year by all consum ers reached an estimated $112,000, the report stated. This figyre is based on the average national rates as compared with the rates in Murphy. People served by the Murphy Power Board would have paid $112,000 more for electricity last year than they did if they had paid the national average rates. The report also brought out these facts: Electric Plant Value: The Mur phy Electric System is now valued at $353,400. Debt: The system is almost debt free. Debt now stands at only 15,000. A total o I $5,000 plus interest on the obligation is already deposited in a special debt service fund to pay this when due. Taxes Paid: The Murphy Power Board is one of the biggest tax payers in the city. Last year the system paid into the city's gen eral fund a total of $11,741, an av erage of almost $1,000 a month. Consumers served: The system now delivers electricity to 1,401 meters in and around Murphy. The Murphy Electric System is city owned and directed by a Pow er Board. Board members are W. Frank Forsyth, J. H. Duncan, and Noah W. Lovingood. John H. Bay less is the system manager. Murphy Methodist Revival To Begin Revivals starts Sunday night, August 12, at \ o'clock at the First Methodist Ch|irch in Mur phy. The Rev. Robert buttle of the First Methodist Church of High Point will be the speaker. Services will be held daily through Friday at 7:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Mrs. Glenn Bates will be in charge of tbe choir and Mr. C. R. Freed will Head the congre gational singing. 7 ? Hayesville Man Found Dead Oliver Chall Davis, 86, of Hay esville, Route 1, was found dead about 10:>0 p. m. Sunday in an apple orchard about >00 yards be low the home of his son, Paul Davis. Hie son said he passed by his home about 6:10 p.m. and said he was going down into the orchard to see about a The son left home about tttl same time and when be returned) at 8:90 p. m. he mlssil his Sound him te Dr. Joe vine said DEURplfJENTTAX LISfg INSIDE On several pages in this week's big Scout you will see lon| lists of names. These are persons listed by Cotmty Tax Collector Joe My ers as having not paid their ' 1955 county taxes before the Scout went to press. The lists will appear in The Scout for several consecutive weeks, with names of those Gltmftohe* Gotmty QoJJu By Annette Bunch NOAH IXJVTNGOOD A familiar Agar* around Mur phy ia Noah Lovtagood. Noah has has been in the retail business In Murphy (or the paat forty -*ix years. He started his career as a sales clerk In Candler's Department Store where ha forked for ten years. In 1920 and until 1930 he waa a partner In the Lovlngood Bros, located near the old postofflce. In 1930 he became the sole owner of Murphy Supply Co., now a modern department store with a complete five and ten-cent store in the base ment. His* hobby is fishing for native trout He is married and lives on Dillard Street near the Presby terian Church. SCOUT PRESENTS NEW FEATURE Above, yon see the lint la ? settee of feature* about In tern ting people yon know. The Scoot believe? you will en joy these sketches of "Cherokee County Polks." "CHEROKEE COUNTY FOLKS" will appear Is the Scout each week, starting with this Issue. In it, you will read about the people who make this area what It Is. They will be picked out at random by ai Inquiring photographer. Look for your favorite butcher, bMiker or candlestick maker each week. Rev. IVorria Named For Mnrphy Charch The Rev. F. Earl Norris, former pastor of the Athens, Ga., Free Methodist Church is the newly ap pointed supply pastor of the Mur phy Free Methodist Church. Mr. Norris Succeeds the Rev. A. C. Pounds, Jr., who has been appointed pastor of the church in Savannah, Ga. Mr. Norris has a wife and one child and will reside in Waynes iVille. Mr. and Mrs. Pounds wished to express to the community their sincere thanks for the friendship and fellowship which they have enjoyed during their short stay in Murphy, and the friendliness of this growing community. \ IfheSMd Timer... { \ "No man is master in his own house if the bedroom is painted pink!" SCOUT GETS COMPLIMENT FROM FRIEND It's always good to have a com pliment from a good friend. The Scout considers this lettei about the finest compliment a newspaper could get It cornea) from Mrs. Artie (Fred) McCon neU- *f "Dear Mr. Editor: "I have recently moved here to Virginia . . and 1 want you to please mall The Scout to me. "The county paper is just like a visit from someone at home. )nly you don't have to entertain it It entertains you. "There are a few families' from Cherokee County here. The Ssout is passed from one family to the other. We are 37 miles from) Washington, D. C. We moved here last week. We are loaktog forward to the next issue oT the gcoct Phtfe include _ p; m It* Scoot also aeods its be te Mrs. McGmmQ and all I County (oiks tal Par the hensOt of her here hi Cherokee Oooaty, here >e| I tra Fred MtO? nil CVo Oak an Vouriet OaMna a. S. auk?I He. x Vk <m that MM-| Mir to aheat tow Marine bkee at <3 Ex-Andrews Man Trains As Officer A former Andrews man, now a policemen in Aiken, S. C., has completed a special course in law enforcement in cooperation with the FBI. He is James D. Tatham, who has been with the Aiken Police Department since February. Mr. Tatham completed 128 hours of scientific law enforcement in struction, a first aid course, and a course in the use of the drunk o-meter. Mr. Tatham is married to the former Miss Doris Cooper of Char leston, S. C. They have three child ren, twins Mark and Marsha, 2, and Yvonne, 4. Cherokee Crafters Schedule Meeting -The Cherokee County Crafters will meet on Saturday, August 11, 0:30 a. m. In the home agents office in the courthouse. Miss Jean Hemphill, who la Arts and Craft teacher at the Thomas Jefferson High School, i Richmond, Virginia, will give a| demonstration. MASONIC DEGREE Cherokee Lodge 144 will confer four second degrees Friday night at 7:80 and two first degrees on Monday night at I'M . MOUNT QABMEXi V | ? | Vacation ft* o* wffl be- 1 at Mount Carnal at > p. m. DAILET REUNION The DaOey Reunion wffl be ttfel year, August 19th at Bob Allison's place on Big Toqm. AO relatives! ? invited to attend anc AWHTJAl "W oONDfO Ike annual k?M oen*? wffl ke| held August IS, at tist Ckureh. The to i to MteC OFFICER TATHAM .. .. FIFTH HIGHWAY PEAT THREE WEEKS Marble, Man Killed; County s 6th Of 1956 Cherokee County had its sixth traffic fatality of the year Mon day?the fifth death in three weeks ?near Marble. Ralph Leonard Lovlngood died after being struck by a 1956 Ford while driving his tractor to work. Paul Hardin driver of the Ford, has been charged with involuntary manslaughter, and driving faster than the conditions permitted, Pa Andrews To Play Franklin; Splits 2 Games Andrews, now holding a 9-3 re cord will play host to Franklin Sunday afternoon at 2:30 in a base ball game. The Andrews team played at Isabella Saturday afternoon, de feating the Tennessee team, 10-1. Manager Fred King went all the way for the winners, giving up five hits and striking out 7. This was King's first attempt at pitching. Sisson, the losing pitcher, give up 15 hits. Bobby Cooper with 3 for S was the leading batter for Andrews. Franklin handed Andrews a 2-1 defeat Sunday afternoon. The left handed deliveries of Guy Taylor held Andrews in check. Dave Hol laway, Andrew's ace left-hander, was relieved in the seventh by Cecil Mashburn with the score tied. " In the bottom of the eighth Mashburn threw wild, and a score crossed the plate. This mistake was all Franklin needed for a 2-1 victory. Bobby Cooper, playing an out standing game in center-field, was leading batter for Andrews with 2 for 4. Mlatz Selected For Navy Training James W. Mintz, Jr., son of Mrs. and Mrs. James W. Mintz of Murphy Route 3 has been sel ected as an apprentice petty offic er at the Great Lakes Training Center. The apprenctice petty officers, scheduled to graduate August 18, are chosen fom the ranks of sea man recruits to assist the com pany commanders. The selection is made on the basis of aptitude and leadership qualities of each individual. Aronson, 58, Dies At Home Here Samuel Aronaon, 58, a lumber man of Murphy, died late Monday, in hia home here after a long ill He waa born in Riga, Latvia, and came to the United States in 1940. He resided in Maine for a few years, and came to Murphy 13 years ago. His wife died seven years ago. Fundtal services were held Tuesday at Townson Funeral Home. Burial waa in Sunset Ceme tery. Surviving is one son, Adir Aron son, a student at Georgia Tech. Activ* pallbearers were Sam Kaye, Fred Christopher, John Donley, Albert Xannis, Lee Set tle, and Alvin Buchanan Honorary paHbeaifrs wan:: Dr. ?. W. Whitfield . aST. Homrfts, -Hjnv Tonrfh, L. JL Fraach, B. t. Softer, W. D. Townson, Oeear Area Students Get Scholarships trolman Walter Leming said. Harding, accompanied by hij ' mother, father, and sister was en route to Kentucky for a vacation at the time of this accident. The accident occurred about 1*4 miles east of Marble on US high way 19, about *4 of a mile west of Mr. Lovingood's home, accord ing to Patrolman Leming. Mr. Lovingood had gotten up early to do his tractor work be fore the sun got too hot, friends said. A passing motorist reported the wreck and Mr. Lovingood was taken to Rodda-Van Gorder hospi tal. He lived only a short time. Two persons previously were killed in each of two -head-on col lisions at the same spot near Murphy, on two consecutive Sat urdays in the last three weeks. This year's traffic fatality toll in Cherokee County already has passed the total for all of 1955, when five persons died on county highways. Mr. Lovingood was the son of the late Prof. James M. and Em ma Martin Lovingood, an out standing family of the Marble community. Surviving are: his wife, Mrs. Ethel Hughes Lovingood; 1 daugh ter, Carolyn; one son, Jimmy; I two sisters, Mrs. Ruby Arrowood of China Grove and Mrs. Clara Ledford; and four brothers, Stan ley of San Francisco, Wendell W. of Marble, the Rev. Paul Lovin good of Hendersonville, and Harley L. of Bessamer City. Funeral services were held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, at Marble Springs I Baptist Church, with th? Rev. A. B. Lowell and the Rev. Algia West officiating. Burial was in the church ceme tery. Ivie Funeral Home was in carge of arrangements. Cherokee Youth At Forestry Camp B. J. Cornwell, Jr., of Chero kee County is among the 90 out standing farm youths attending a Forestry Camp for Farm Boys be ing held this week at Singletiry Lake State Park in Bladen County. The camp is an annual affair sponsored by the Division of For estry of the State Department of Conservation and Development in cooperation with the Department of Public Instruction's Division of Vocational Agriculture and mem bers of the pulp and paper indus try with plants in North Caro lina. Young Cornwell and other youths who come from various counties of the State, were selected to at tend the camp for their scholas tic achievements and their con tinuing interest in the promotion of better forestry practices. Black well Family Holds RenloB The family of Fred Blackwell of Murphy held a reunion in his hon or August 1 at the pariah house of St. Barnabas Episcopal Church lere. This wa? the first time the whole I family has been together in 27 1 years. Mr. BlackweQ's seven sons, twol daughters, two grandchildren, one] son-t?law and three il^ufcln Mew were included among (he The seven Ms are Pony [w?U ef Walter, WBtar, Fred Jr., Kom\ and 3. L. Blackwell, all eg pfcy. BUskweO of MUrpfay , Derothy Patten of Jackson, kM* to tew!* near ?tiwnl POLIO VACONE OR DONT SWIM Any cfeild who swims in the Kiddie Park Pool from now on must have had at least one anti-polio shot. Hobart McKeever, chairman of the Summer Recreational Committee, said this action has been taken on medical ad vice. Officials took the action to guard against an outbreak such as that which struck this area in 1963. That year, more than a dozen cases of polio were reported in Cherokee County, and several persons were paralyzed. Mr. McKeever urged parents who have not done so to have their children given Salk vac cine. Shots may be taken from family physicians. Or they can be received at the County Health Center. library Gets Set Of Books AsMemoriam Murphy Carnegie Library has just received the 1956 edition ?E World Book Encyclopedia, con taining 18 volumes and reaffing and study guide, Miss JosepUne Heighway, librarian, announced. The set and the cart on which it stands were donated by tke Moore family of Murphy ? Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Moore, Mr. and Mrs. Rae Moore, and Mr. and Mrs. Cloe Moore ? through the memorial fund of the library. This provides for the users of the Murphy library an up to dale, pictorial, comprehensive reference work. From the world's vast stare of knowledge, the most interesting, vital and useful information has been chosen. It is presented in an orderly, simple and appealing manner. This set was given by the Moares in memory of the following: Mrs. John Axley, Fred Bates, L. ?. Bayless, W. A. Bell, Mrs. Mildred Dodd Brumby, Dr. Clarence G. Butler, T. B. Calhoun, Eftan Christopher, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Crawford. W. A. Hembree, Mrs. It. H. Hyatt, Mrs. Fred Johnson, it. C. Mattox, Mrs. Frank Mauney, B. L. Padgett, Thomas Slaytan, and James B. Ward. Hereford Show, Sale Slated The 9th Annual Hereford Show and Sale will be held on Augast i7th and 18th at the W. N. S. Mr grounds in Hendersomrille, N. t, it has been announced by Mrs._E. D. Candler, W. N. C. HereCards Secretary for the association. Among the breedera consigning cattle are Wealey Brewer, Nolaad, N. C., Drexel Bran, TTiwilar? i ville, N. C., Glenn Brown, CJjtte, C&reland Acres, Arden; CJeaU Farm, HenderaonviDa; Dr. A.JB. Greenwood, Aabavflle; M. C. Bar kins, Canton; J. W. Bottart, Horse Shoe; T. G. Moaeley, AM? Tflla; Dr. C. A. Piaaa, ftshsrtln. Joe Raineraoo, WsqrneatfDe; G H.
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