Food Storos
Thieves ?truck twice
?eriy Monday morning around
3 ?.m. at d? oaw A A P
Aw. and at I
on Pa
Comity Sheriff Claud* Andor
ra oald ha thought that both
Joba war* the work of to
or paraooa. Tha
oflloa la lawsu
it la thought that tha brwak
1ns accurrad sometime before
3 a.m. Signs found behind tha
Quality Market Indicated the
crime there was committed
Hospitals
Use Blood
Too Fast
Murphy Hospitals are using
HP tha sigiply of blood too fast.
Of course, they are saving lives
with it but still they use more
than is donated.
Tha use of Mood in Murphy
hospitals for the past three
months Is running 14 pints ahead
of tha number of pints collected
at the last visit of the Blood
mobile s>. Murphy. The hos
pitals haw used 100 pints of
Mood. On the last visit of the
Bloodmobile. 84 pints were col
lected.
The Bloodmobile le In Murphy
today, Thursday, January 18,
from 12:30 to S:30 p.m. at the
Murphy Electric Power Board
Building.
Again Murphy needs Blood.
Not only must the 14 pints be
replaced, but the blood supply
for the next three months must
be pieced In reserve. H.L.Mc
Keever, Blood Program Chair
man, urges all citizens of
Murphy and Cherokee County
K> plan now to give blood today
at the Bloodmobile.
Remember, Mood sews
lives; when you need It, It had
best be there welting for you.
Murphy
Calendar
Thursday, J anuary 18
12:30 to 5:30 p.m. Bloodmo bile
K> be at Murphy Power
Building.
1:30 p.m. Grape Creek Home
stradon Club id
at at die home of Mrs.
3:00 pjn. Brownie Soout No.
341 will meet In the
Elementary School build
tag.
7:00 pjn. Croup Soul Winning
will meet at the First
Baptist Church
7:30 p.m. AAUW Club will meet
st the home of Mrs. Ralph
Rhodes
Thursday Jan 18
7:00 pjn. Little Symphony
Meeting at Health Dept.
7:30 p.m. The Woman's Club
srill meet In the Murphy
Power Board Building.
Hostesses erp Mrs. Maudle
Bee Alexander, Mrs. Max
Blake mo re and Mrs. Alice
Cann.
Sunday, January 21
6:15 a.m. Mass at Providence
Chapel
11:00 son. Holy Mass at St.
Williams Catholic Church
5:00 pjn. Concord Choir at
First Baptist Church
5:30 pjn. MYF and Pioneer
Fellowship will meet In the
Westminister building of
the Presbyterian Church.
Monday, January 22
6:30 pjn. Rotary Club to meet
at Family Restaurant.
7:00 pjn. January Bible study
course at First B^idst
Church
7:30 pjn. Wesley an Service
Guild of First Methodist
Church srill meet In the
Men's Bible Classroom of
the Church.
Tuesday, January 23
11:00 aon. Murphy Home
Demonstration Club will
2:30 pan. Maa Parry Circle
Pint Baptist Church to
meat with Mrs. J.L.Bsugh
2:30 pjn. Lottie Moon Circle
of Pint B^tlat Church to
meet with Mn. B. L.
Shields.
3:30 pan. Cherub and Celestial
Choln to meet at Pint
B^dat Church.
6:30 pan. Lions Club id meet
In novation hall of Pint
Methodist Church
7:00 pan. January Bible Study
course at Pint B^xlst
Church.
Wednesday, January 24
2KI0 pan. Valleytown Home
Demonstration Club to
meet at the home of Mn.
B. U. Burch.
4:15 pan. Carol Choir st Pint
600 pan. Family gathering of
at Waat
ittS,
sometime before the rain 1
started at 3 a.m.
John Q. Hembree, owner and
operator, of *e Quality
Marks ( a aid that te thieve*
snared hi* ear* through the
rear door of hi* Storeroom
and forced their way on Inn
the meat department, located
to the rear of the a tor* proper.
Mr. Hembree reported the
loo* at a dozen or mora
picnic ham*, cured hama, all
the cheese in the display case,
a fresh ham, weinera, and
three 60 pound beef loins.
A front quarter of beef was
found in the alley at the rear
of die acre ahordy after the
break-In was discovered. The
ground imder the maatwas dry
according to Hembree, in
dicating that the?robbery took
place before It a tar tad c rain
at 3 a.m.
The thieves en is red the
A k P Supermarket through an
outside door feeding to s
carton box storage room.
First, they tor* the padlock
from the outside door and
entered the ? to rage room
of the anre and on Into the
sales door.
Marks on the inside door
indicate that the thief or
thieves were equipped with
burglary tools. This door was
secured by a piece of angle
Iron. This bar was Jimmied tg>
on one side of the door
forced open about two feet.
Clyde Sneed. manager of the
A k P reported the loss of
$200-3300 of cigarettes, $150
display of razor blades, a
watch, and several articles of
clothing.
Every lock on the backside
of the store was broken off.
These locks were on the doors
of the motor room and garbage
rooms. The door to the office
next to the check out stands
was ripped off and the office
records were thrown on the
floor.
Republicans
Plan
Convention
A Cherokee County Republi
can Convention has been called
for Saturday, Feb. 10, at 7:30
p.m. at the Cherokee County
Courthouse in Murphy, D. M.
Reese, chairman, Cherokee
County Republican Executive
Committee has announced.
The purpose of the meeting
Is a> elect a county chair
district and ate* conventions.
Mr. Reese added that each
precinct chairman or other
precinct officials are re
quested to call and hold meet
ings to select delegates to the
county convention.
He suggested that these
meetings be held on or about
Saturday, Jan. 27, and that
each precinct be organized by
selecting committees, with a
chairman, vice - chairman,
secretary end treasurer.
??V
.byBud Morgan
Hello I This Is a new column
appearing for the first time
In Western North Carolina's
leading newspaper. The
Cherokee Scout. It will be de
voted to the people and
happenings In and around
Murphy - Good and bed.
If you have any Ideas, sug
gestions, complaints, send
them t> me. I'll let you know
through this column what I
think of them, and you.
Food is very close to my
heart as my favorite habit is
eating. Any women reading
this column send me your
favorite recelpe. I promise
to try every one and tell you
what It does for ma, or should
I say id me. Being the first
of the year has ]ust passed,
it was my bad luck to sit
down ? a plate of collard
greens and black-eyed peas
on New Years day. This up
set my whole day and cannot
sea for the life of me how
people eat theae vitals.
Plaasa, someone send me a
In the market for a few
necessities, stop into one of
the department stores here
last week and was pestered to
death by the saleslady. This I
presiaua was her idea of high
Powered salesmanship, but all
it did was Mgbpowered ma out
of the store.
' Those man in Washington
who talk about a cold war
should have been in Murphy
since the first of the year.
With the temperstute near
aero, all tfw shooting going
on, flrecrakars (against dty
ordinance too) going off left
law effiddt*cole
New Yeer*s by
air, they would have
thought the real of dm world
waa it peace.
The law eaiot
or
for
?e key and cen't ga
should you rue oet af
would you run out of gas,
a nominal fan of a dollar
he Cherokee Scout
And Clay County Progress
Volume 72 - Number 25 Murphy, N. C? January 18, 1962 10 Page* This Week Published Weekly
Thieves Jimmied this Inside door it the A li P Siyer market
early Monday. This door leads from a carton box storage room
t> tbe main satrage room of the sere. The arrow points to
the marks left by the Bol used by the thieves. (Scout Photo)
John Q. Hembree points to the spot behind his market
where he found a front quarter of beef left by thieves that
hit The Quality Market early Monday morning. Mr. Hembree
also points to a meat tag that bears his name that was found
completely dry up under the quarter of beef. (Scout Photo)
Martin's "Giant Sapphire'
Declared Worth About $50
The so called "great sap
phire" of the Cowee Valley
gem fields of Macon County
that gem experts the country
over have acclaimed as "a
fabulous find" and worth
"several thousand dollars"
has been declared worth about
fifty dollars at the Smithsonian
Institute In Washington, D, C.
Dr. Paul DeSautels, curator
of the Minerals Division of the
Smithsonian Institute said that
Kermlt Martin of Bryson City
brought the stone to the Insti
tute recently for appraisal. Dr.
DeSautels said that Martin told
him that It was the same stone
that had been In all the news
papers.
Dr. DeSautels said, "We tried
to let him down as easily as
we could so as not to hurt
his feelings. But when he
asked directly the stone's value,
we had to tell him that it was
worth about $50.
"We ?leo told him that we
had no use for It and could
not offer him anything for It,"
Dr. DeSautels added.
Dr. DeSautels spoke tnAshe
vllle Saturday, January 13, at
the banquet meeting of the Sou
thern Applachlan Mineral
Society.
During this meeting In a dis
cussion with Dr. George Size
of Murphy the subject of Mr.
Martin's reported sapphire find
was brought up.
Dr. DeSautels mentioned to
Dr. Size, "Did you know that
Mr. Martin brought the sap
phire up to the Smithsonian
Institute for appraisal." Thus
the story of the stone owner's
efforts to have the correctvalue
placed on his "fabulous find"
came to light.
Dr. Size said, referring to
recent edl do rials in Bryson
City and Andrews newspapers,
"Truth Is The Issue, And It
WU1 Rule."
Letters To The
Editor
The Editor:
The North Caroline Little
Symphony coming to Murphy
Is to some maybe an
extravagance. But for our
children It la a chance to see
and hear a part of culture that
needs a deeper understanding
to be really enjoyed.
Only the adult community
can make It possible for them
by their financial stfport.
For the sake af the young,
who are still In the process
of forming their likes and
dislikes, we should ha proud
to be able to glee them this
for ana of the finer I
life.
And tot us not
i thatwlll Justify letting
children and our com
iwltv down.
We an still planning ?> try
id raise toe 9900 we naad.
Red Cross
Reports Blood
Shortage Critical
Because of the snow storms
and general bed weather
during the month of December
the BloodmobUe has been un
able to make Its usual number
of tripe in western North
Carolina; as a result there is
a critical shortage of Red
Crosa blood now available.
This was the statement re
leased yesterday by Holcombe
McDaniel, Director of
Recruitment and Educatlonfor
the As he villa Regional Blood
Center. In addition, McDaniel
said, the number of donors
reporting to give blood was far
below average.
Murphy has been made the
object for a special appeal for
extra blood, and all persona
who are physically able ere
asked to make every effort to
donoate their blood on Thurs
day, January 18,1962, the next
visit of the BloodmobUe here
in Murphy.
As usual, the BlooAnobUe
will be at the Power Board
BuUdbag form 12:30 ? 340
P.m.
H. L. McKeever, Chairman
of the Murphy Blood Program
has etna tail that Gallon
cards will be pre sen tad to all
l ""M who httto given at
least a fallen of Mead.
lu
Eye Witnesses Toll
Conflicting Stories
Of Corringer Death
Eye witnesses to the fatal
shooting last Thursday night
of Dallas Cstringer by Glen
Beavers have told conflicting
series as to where the dead
man was shot. Dorothy Car
ringer, slster-ln-law of the
daad man said he was shot
while standing in the bathroom
door. Glenn Beavers and his
wife, Reba, say he was shot
in a bedroom. Sheriff Clauds
Anderson said he could not
tell whether Carrlnger was
shot In the bedroom or the
bathroom.
Due en the conflicting
testimony and evidence pre
sented at the corner's
Inquest Friday, Jan. 12, the
coroner's Jury recommended
that Glenn Beavers be held for
Grand Jury action at the next
term of Superior Court in
April.
Glenn Beavers, 40, charged
with murder in the shotgun
slaying of Dallas Hugh
Carrlnger, 23, Thursday night
Jan. 11, was released under
$6,000 bond Tuesday.
Beavers' bond was signed by
Hoyt Waldroup, Robert J.
Rhodes, Robert Beavers, and
Reba Beavers.
Beavers, a Murphy (dumber
and construction worker, ad
mitted shooting Carrlnger at
his home on Old Hospital Hill
around 7:30 p.m. Thursday,
Jan. 11.
Cherokee County Corner J.
C. Townson stated that the
time of death was set at about
10 minutes before 8 o'clock.
Beavers testified that "I
was laying on the couch
(In the living room) when
Dallas came up and started
beating and kicking on the
door. 1 told him to go away
and he said he would bust the
- t - - - - door down. He
forced his way in and hit me.
He grabbed a bottle and hit
me with It. 1 got loose and
grabbed my shot gun. I told
him to get out and he said
- - - - - - you, 1 will
kill you and started at me,
so I shot him."
Beavers further testified
that the gun was In the kitchen
and he was In the hallway by
the door when he shot
Carrlnger. J
"He (Carringer) was com
ing towards me. He was in the
bedroom, I was in the hall."
Beavers added. "I was about
10 feet away when I shot
him."
Beavers said he hit
Carringer a time or two with
his fist after he had been hit
with an empty liquor bottle by
Carringer.
Sheriff Claude Anderson
said Carringer was found lying
in the bedroom and Beavers
was in the front room when he
arrived with Murphy Police
man Gletm Bates.
Sheriff Anderson said that
Beavers admitted shooting
Carringer, after he
(Carringer) had broken the
door and entered the house.
Beavers testified that the door
was notunlocbed "Itwill come
unlocked when you keep
shaking it." he said.
The sheriff took Beavers to
the hospital after he put the
two women (Reba Beavers and
Dorothy Carringer) in jail.
Dorothy Carringer testified
that she was in the bed asleep
in the Beavers' son's room
when the argument between
her brother-in-law and Glenn
Beavers started.
"When I woke up, I started
into the kitchen. Glenn was in
the hall with a gun in his hand.
He dropped a shell and I picked
it up and went on into the
kitchen and the gun shot."
Mrs. Carringer testified
that she had been at the
Beavers home since "night
before last." (Wednesday
night.)
Store Has
Baseneat
Upstairs
A Murphy dsparonant tor*
now has ? tmnim tgwtalra.
Collins - Crsln
Stnrw on Vallay Rlvwr Aw
ops nod is Bargain Bass man t
?i ta aocood door of tha asra
January 15. at 9 ajn.
first
tha aocood floor In Murphy
" Tha
tan of 00a naw <
hold eo Monday. Proof
boing glwon away all Oda wook
aa 0s puhUc cams s aoo Oils
Collins - Crain mat afar,
Wally Williams, sold that ha
win bo
GLENN BEAVERS, charged with murder In the death of Dallas Hugh Carrlnger, Is shown
shortly after he was treated at a Murphy hospital for wounds he received in a fight with
Carrlnger prior to the fatal shooting. (Scout Photo)
i n n?? 1
BEDROOM A
BEDROOM B
BEDROOM C
FRONT ROOM
HALL
KITCHEN
BATH
SCENE OF SHOOTING? The diagram above shows the layout of the Glenn Beavers home
on Old Hospital Hill. Beavers was asleep on a couch at the (X) mark In the front room when
Dallas Carrlnger came to his house last Thursday ni;v?>- Beavers claims he shot Carrlnger
In bedroom "B" while he was standing In the hall. Dorothy Carrlnger, sister-in-law of
Dallas Carrlnger, was asleep In bedroom "C" when the Incident started. She claims Car
rlnger was shot while standing at the basin In the bathroom and that she tried to get him on
a bed In the bedroom. Sheriff Claude Anderson said he found Carrlnger's body In bedroom
"B".
She stated that Carrlnger
was in the bathroom when
she came out of her room,
and that he was shot In the
bathroom. She said she tried
to get her brother-in-law onto
a bed and went to call an
ambulance. "I helped him into
the bedroom and tried to get
him onto the bed," she said.
"Glenn was standing in
front of the bedroom door
facing the bathroom. Dallas
was standing at the basin in
the bathroom." "Just ss I
came out (of the kitchen the'
shot went off." When asked
at the Inquest "Was Glenn
drinking?", Mrs. Carrtnger
replied, "I don't know. We
were all drinking. Dallas had
left when I went to bed. I
don't know when he came
back."
Beavers' wife, Reba, told
the coroner's Jury, "1 don't
know what sok place at my
house last night (Thursday).
I was passed out on the couch.
The shot or something woks
me up. I saw Dallas on das
March Of Dimes
Basketball Game
Andrews ? Andrews All
Stars will sponsor a basket
ball game on Saturday night
at High School Gymnasium
at 7KB p.m.
The price of admission is
strictly a donation to the
March of Dimes and pi ocas da
from gama will go to 1962
Chorohoo County
Bwary ona la urgod to an
Girl Scouts
Plan Cookie Sole
Tht Girl Scouts Troop of
?his area hold a moatfmt In
Fit
floor. Glenn was In the hall
with the gun In his hands, his
bead was bleeding."
Mrs. Beavers added that
Carrtnger was In the bedroom
where the sheriff found him
when he was shot. She said
Carringer was mad because
he wanted to get In the bed
and Glenn said no, and that
he would have m leave.
Calvin Stiles, testified that
Carrtnger was shot In the
back bedroom following
efforts by Beavers to get
Carrtnger to leave. Stiles said
he called law enforcement
officers to the house.
Carrtnger died from the
blast of a shotgun at close
range. The #5 shot entered
his left shoulder above the
level of his arm pit.
Reba Beavers and Dorothy
Carrtnger were released from
Jail Immediately following the
Inquest Friday.
Surviving are the parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie
Carrlnger; four brothers,
Ralph of Montgomery, Ala.,
Broadus of Murphy, Jerry,
and P atC arrlnger of the home;
four sisters, Mrs. Wallace
Arrowood and Mrs. Andrew
Green Jr. of Demo rest, Ga*
Mrs. Herschell Hayes of Port
Bragg, and Miss Mary Grace
Carrlnger of the home; and the
paternal grandmother, Mrs.
Margaret Carrlnger of
Murphy.
Services were held Sunday
at 2 p.m. In Little Glade
Church of which he was
a member.
The Rev. Ham Coffey and
the Rev. Lee C has tain
off Id a led and burial was in
New Martina Creek Cemetery.
Ivie Funeral Home was In
charge of i
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starting In February. Resi
dents erf Murphy will be ebie
to has* their paper delivered
a> ibelr homes If they so desire
ratter than have the peper
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will start wttt the first edition
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holders that would like is have
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