. t :{; :u. or m of Murpliy and Cher
County. N ?rth Carolina
V- ill InIIKI) KVKKY THURSDAY
Kill ?\i In in Post Office at Mur
? . N ?itn Carolina sfcond class
?? ? 'uui<r Act o : March J. 18i?7
\ >r ( (Hmstisl Editor-Publisher
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V. 1* Hythc Associate Editor
?Vi >.ira Mcroni*> Social Editor
-.1 list KIPTION PKU i:
! V ir. in North Carolina $1.50
ti V.?s? in North Carolina 75
Y *ar. Out of Slate 2.00
I*ayable Strictly In Advance
v t )- >f hanks, tributes of respect
individual- lodges, .hurches. or
? ?!i 'tons or wietie will be re
i ? (ltd ;u> ? i.-ins4. Such notices
i " .ulv." :ti compliance
a. i' ii .i xstal regulation.-.
SELL THAT SCRAP!
>'.v miterial shortages arc bc
.mui't in i: s< nous day by day. The
i nvn: '1 A.:: u.t'iif lias ask
?-? the farmer.-. throughout this
v ? :try to i -oiled and to sell tlieir
. i 1 ;) :rm for t-i in dHense pro
? ' i.'.ion
" i<- Office of Production Man
> . nun lias or; uuzitl several drives
? ? increase the flow of scrap metal,
iiuminum. and iron from ine cities
? ?> defense industries Tliis Office
? . now asking the farmers to join in
Cicm drives.
f would seem that there are three
io.nl reasons why every farmer
.. mid cooperate. Fir..t, we must re
??i-mber that modern taimini: de
mauds modern machinery and that
f'rm implements take a great do.ll
? ? iron and steel. If we are to have
h n uninterrupted production of farm
"iip'.ements, we must have more
iron. A scarcity of iron and
, scrap may curtail production
? necessary farm machinery. Sec
ii nt. the farmers can make a lit
' I ?? extra money by selling scrap
in.-l.il. The Department of Asricul
( i ? t i.i.'. asked state and county ag
.??iti to cooperate with farmers in
i 1 1 is endeavor and to keep them in
f ?lined on the prices of scrap metal
Third, the b.irny ird and fence corn
?i.. look much better when broken |
? iov. n implements and discarded i
! >o!.s ara picked up and .sold.
<s -veral weeks ago a certain farm
" ? in this section collected over a
t ? i.isand pounds of scrip iron. Some
- t it had been rusting away for
, ??r.. H' >.iid he made A little mon
<- an f '.he "place" looked much
?r ??.?.out the junk" lying
-:.a
r . ;.j se m tlwt this is an ex
< ? i for every farmer not
i"' i :? ?.;? ins government, but al- j
i i '.i-'lp himself. It sounds like a>
? d idea ' i
TAKING A BEATING !
T: :.?? country is ju.st oeginnmg toj
(??I oun'.cr .omc of the bisge.it and,
? .... difficult problems that a milt- 1
(uy economy makes unavoidable.
The arms program Ls getting into'
id-v Oar aircraft production is at I
i ? rate of about 25.000 planes a
a ? ir. Production of tanks, machine
oj'is, army trucks and other vital
?i<- essities, is increasing last. The
t ? >-ocean navy will be completed far
? Vad of the original schedule. In
I' ? r.ext two year:;. unless something
t expected occurs to change the pic
t ? e. we should become the foremost
m.litary power on earth.
rhis doesn't mean that we are do
"i : our theoretical utmost. We
? fn't Liabor troubles continue to
i " >unt and undermine production
Governmental red tape, delay and
indecision still hamper industry. A
f "v segments of industry have not
??e n able to get away from the
business a; usual" point of view.
There is plenty of politics in the
-J -. ?!**? set-up. and there is too
mveh divided responsibility wtilch
?ns>':es for passing of the buck and
-ral disorder. Even so, the gl
ean ic AmTimn production machine
is . wing forward. and it is success
full making the Immense change
fro:, a peace-time to a war-time
ec or. imy
T > 3ome, thU change means prof
i'.s ?nd ?"<?,) i ndfd opportunity. To
oMi re 'he change means possible
r-iin In that sorry category fall
thousands of businesses which have
no', been given a place in the defense
picture, and which are now unable
to continue their normal, peace
time ways.
I TIi: .m- art- tin- bunivvie* whirl i arc
j by I>'i irities N.> one without
i .1 hir.ii priority rating ran now ob
? tain tin1 > ii- itietal< No out can
j build a h .ini' cost in:; more than $t?.
: ikh). There ai t* short ages of (Kiper,
,loth. rubber, chcnucah, clranin :
: fluid commodities which in nor
I mil pel i od s are excessively ah tin -
' dant. Anil legions of businesses, cm
' pining trillions <>f people, depend on
such commodities is these for their
' very Iif?*
I* -? mists believe that this defense
I pro: : am may mean the virtual death
! if ! la- buMiit .s in this nation. That
1 may b" an excessively dark forecast,
j Htil the lurd fact remains that 110
j one has yet been able to formulate
I a program under which we may ob
tain maximum military production
and at the same time preserve our
busincv. system more or less intact.
VV;uOitn?:on. of course, has given
attention to this small business prob
lem There has been an effort to
farm out contracts, under a sub-con
tracting system, so that small and
middle--iized concerns may obtain a
fair share of the orders. So far. how
ever. little progress has been made.
The bulk of small businesses luven't
the equipment or the personnel
which ire needed.
If this trend continues, it is ap
parent that a revolutionary change
will take place in the Amerio.ui
economy. Whether that change will
be for tlie better or worse is a mat
ter of argum- lit
In the meantime, it is an ironical
fact that hundreds of thousands of
men are being thrown out of Jobs
during a time when htere is a short
age of suitable labor ? and thousands
of businesses are in danger of being
shut down during <a time when con
sumer demand and consumer pur
chasing power for all manner of
commodities, is extremely high.
The figures indicate that there
simply isn't sufficient supply of
many basic materials to meet the
war denund and the normal demand
at the same time.
And the smaller enterprises of the '
country, which aren't able to pro-'
auce the tools of war. are taking the
beating.
O ?
BOOMERANG
A now-forgotten authority on
government once said the only dil- j
ferencc between statesmen and poli
ticians was the decree of integrity. |
If tlwt definition is correct, and J
there Is every reason to believe that
it is. Governor Talmadge's adminis
tration must be loaded down with
politicians.
The lack of action of the Georgia,'
Slate Highway Commission on the
Blue Ridge Highway, has been a typ- j
ical example of the dirty dealing
which has so characterized the evils j
of machine politics.
Whenever approached by repre- j
sentativcs of townships which would i
benefit by the improvement, Mr. ]
Talmadge used the salving, soft- i
soaping methods of the old-fashion- !
ed, baby-kissing political boss.
The road would get. to use his
own words, "the immediate atten
tion" of the Highway Department.
When it failed to get that atten
| tion. he explained that it was be
J cau-e t!i> State eould not get Uw
highway ' >'ed era I used "
The protest me delegates went
iu.iv noMutt. trusting 111 tin- prom
i is of a promise-laden admiulstra
lion.
Upon Invest igation. it was found
that no attempt l<id been made to
obtain money from Unelr Sam for
improvement of the roud.
Th-' Taimadge promises proved ta
be little less than a political iiar
c >'ic. administered is a soporific for
t lie votinjr sense ? of Northwest <?eor
nia
U ii> issue of the Blue Ridge Roaci
> beginning to throw some light on
the political chicanery of the Tal
madgc Administration, and we be
lieve that light is g;>ing to eliminate
u lot ol the darkness which lias
shrouded so m ay of the Georgia
State Highway Commission's actions.
Fortunately, a Oeorgla guberna
torial election is approaching, and
the Talmadge machine will have as
one of its opponents, the incumbent
attorney-general.
The attorney-general has announ- I
ced his determination to make the I
Blue Ridge Road one of the main
issues of his campaign.
Whether he will be successful de
pends on the Talmadge machine's
support in other sections of the ,
state', and whether that support will ,
be strong enough to over-ride what
appears to be certain d-feat in
Northwest Georgia.
Whatever the outcomc. the State
someday will realize that it is ? to
u.sc an old cliche ? "cutting off its
nose to spite its face."
Buyers in this section who under
ordinary circumstances would make
their purchases in Atlanta, now are
buying in Chattanooga. Knoxvillf.
Asheville. and other cities which af
fni ci hpltflr npfwy:
o? ?
Lions Club, Health Dept.
Hold Eye Clinic Here;
27 Children Examined
Under the sponsorship of the Mur
phy Lions Club, an eye clinic for
indipent children was held recently
in the Cherokee County Hospital.
Dr. Schnoor. of Duke University
Hospital, was in charge of the ex
aminations.
Of the ?7 children examined. 13 j
wen- found ti need classes. and tw ? ,
other, will ri quire minor operations.
A Hilar < lime \\ is conducted In
K ' H . i ; i \ He <m October 'J? and 30
tli .i. rn County children wire ex- ,
itmin.d.
-o
Jessie Calvin Swanson,
Aged 85. Buried Sunday
Funeral services were held last :
Sunday for Jessie Calvin Swanson 1
? in> died at his home near Hayes- I
v'lle mi Nov 8 Mr. Swanson was;
?v idely known throughout this area, j
The last rites were held in the i
Haycsville Baptist Church, where he
had served as a dojcon ror v)tw
f If tv yew*. *'Hh tin- Rev. j h Wil
son olflclaling InU-rmen' *as in the
Huyesvlilf Cemetery. *ith Ivlr p?.
iral Home at charm-. M. Arthur
Colcmuil. Lee BurlaiMt C. W o?r
ltnser. J. \V. Winehe.-tcr. Ed Murray
and Ouy Burland ?? re jmUi '.arm.
Mr. 3wan?on is survived by three
daughters, and eight sons Mrs. Alice
Earn rd. of Andrews; Mrs Edna
Belong. of Underw Kxi. W.1..1 Mrs.
Ocia ScroKBS, of Richmond. Vircmia.
John. Charles. Glenn. Itay and
Foster Swanson. all of Hayi-.ville;
K. S. of Filer. Idaho; P.< d C.. of
Charleston. Tenn.: and Wayne. of
Ashcvillc.
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