May Every Day Be
Prosperous
And Every Night
Full of Peace
WHITAKER BROS. STORES
Fishing Should Be Good
For Next 10 Days Say
Expert Forecaster
Over Third Of Farms
Now Have Electricity
To Speed Production
in. spite ol cold weather. fishing
will be good during the first ten
days of January, according to a pro
fessional forecaster, who says he
studies the moan, and all the "signs"
tliAt have any bearing on when the
Jinny ones will bite.
According to this expert, fishing
will also be fair on January 11, but
will get poorer dally until the 15th.
After that, he says, there will be no
?--oort until the 13th. after whlnh Dm 1
fish should bite fast aod furiously
for the remainder of the month.
The above forecast does not apply
if the day is windy, or If the w litems
are muddy.
rami people c: rierrn '.T!?;? -?
In a better position to answer the
call for "Pood for the Fighting
Forces" because of the rural electri
fication program which has been
conducted since 1935. The cumber of
electrified farms in the State has
Increased 900 percent in the past
six years.
More than 100,000 farm families In
North Carolina now have high line
thiiil ui aii uie /arms in the State.
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When the destination is desirable,
expectation speeds our progress. ?
Mary Baker ESddy.
May The Most
You Ask Be
The Least
You Get I
JOHNSON'S MARKETS
Murphy and Andrews
Glenn Mehrin French,
26 Year Old TV A Aide,
Dies Christmas Eve
Glenn Melvtn French. 36 year old
TV A worker who came to Murphy
(rem Montana Jess than two months
ago. died Christmas eve In a local
hospital from pneumonia which fol
lowed an appendix operation.
Funeral services were held Satur
day morning In the Methodist church
in Murphy, with the Rev. C. B. New
ton officiating. Ivie Funeral Home
was in charge o farrangements.
Mr. French is survived by his pa
rents, Mr. and Mrs O. E. French
who came here from Traverse City,
Mich, for the laat sad rites, by his
70 Year Old Patriot
Enraged at Rejection
As Home Guard Soldier
Prom Ball Ground Georgia comes |
the report that E. C. Simpson is i
' "stomping mad" because the author- |
lties in Atlanta decided he is too old
to shoulder a rifle and mow down
a bunch of "them damn Jap and
German Fifth Columnists". Mr.
Simpson is 70.
The aging patriot went, to A ?!=?>?? ]
? to tlj and enlist ili uic Huuie Guard.
He figured that older men ought to
guard water-works, bridges, indus
trial plants, etc. and so reUw-?" the
younger men for the army.
Told that the age limit was 55 he
went back to Ball around declaring
it a "crying shame that a man can't
have the privilege of shoo tin' Fifth
Columnists when he wants to shoot "
"Uncle Sam" Kilby Dies
In Unaka; Rites Sunday
j Mr. 3. Ij. Kilby, known by his
I many friends and relatives as Uncle
9am, died at the home of his son
Saturday morning after several days
of illness. He was 85 years old. Fun
eral services were conducted Sunday
morning at the Unaka church by
Rev. Ellis, of Coker Creek, Tenn. He
was burled In Unakla cemetery. He is
survived by two sons: Albert of
Unaka and Cleve of Coker Creek, and
several grandchildren and great
grandchildren.
May This Be A Year
Of Prosperity,
Contentment
And Peace
CHEROKEE FURNITURE CO.
Teacher Shortage
Seen If Living Cost
Exceeds Pav Scale
w
The National Education Associa
tion has Issued a statement declar
ing that increased living costs are
forcing qualified teachers Into other
lines of work. "This loss of capa/ble
and experienced teachers," state
ment "can be prevented In your
tOuuuuuicy only if you and the other
snesnSsrs of your tonrfl tike izuss
diate steps to make adequate salary
adjustments.
A survey just completed by the
National Education Association was
quoted to show that an acute short
age of teachers already exists in at
I least thirty-four states.
"Teachers are not leaving their
school positions," says the National
Education Association, "because they
wish to. but because they have to.
Prices are going up and the valu*
ol the buyer's dollar is coming down.
The cost of living has Rone up 11
percent since August 1939. Pood
prices are up 19 percent.
"A dollar at the grocer's has de
clined to the value of slightly more
than 80c."
The Association oolnta to the faot
that during tlusc two years the
twelve million factory workers have
received an inerwwe nf in percent
In average weekly earnings, thart
litaAriitc Iruuu mrai ixuuucui has feooe
up 45 percent, but ttiat teachers' sal
aries for the most part have remain
ed static.
A recent Associated Press storr
from Georgia announces that more
than 1,000 school teachers in that
state have resigned since July 1.
May There Be Music
In Your Heart
Every Day
DAVIDSON McIVER
Still Christmas
ith These Give-Away Prices!
1 LB. CAN PRINCE ALBERT TOBACCO 69
1 LB. CAN GEO. WASHINGTON TOBACCO . . .59
i Hez
FRESH EGGS (GUARANTEED) .... .48 DOZ.
STEW BEEF (EXTRA CHOICE) 25 LB.
RIB STEW BEEF (LOTS OF MEAT) 15 LB.
A Whole Store Full of 'Other Bargains!
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Sylvester's Grocery & Market