Our Aim:? g 4 4 a ?o?? i ? ?>t s^5 Snf (EbfrDkff ?rout THE LEADING WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN WFMr.i: NORTH CAROLINA. COVERING A LARGE AND POTENTIALLY RICH TERRITORY YOI. I ME 54 ? No. 7 FSA GETS SIGNAL TO "GO AHEAD" FOR 1943 CROPS Emphasis will be Laid on Loans For Production r? *1* 1 ror vrar nctus The "green light" has been given Farm Security Administration by Secretary of Agriculture Wickard to proceed with necessary loans and larming assistance to small farmers lor "1943 food and fibre production," according to E. F. Arnold. County FSA Supervisor. Murphy, who has just returned from a two-day area conference in Asheville. Mr. Arnold said that plans and procedures were worked out at the lonference to help the small farmer ,nake the best possible contribution to food for freedom within the limit ed funds allotted. Following the Secretary's directive, the first con sideration in making all loans will be the production of food and fibre necessary to win the war. he pointed out. Farmers desiring loans necessary lor assuring this maximum produc tion should make their applications early this fall", the supervisor said, "in order that sound farming plans may be worked out." Farm Security assistance, as heretofore, will be limited to farmers who are unable to xeure necessary loans and assist ance from normal credit channels. Supervisor Arnold quoted Secretary Wickard's current instructions as. authorizing and directing the FSA, "within the limits of available funds ... to bring into full production the :n.uijnjwci and resources of all farm operators who are unable to achjeye their full output through their own efforts, or through existing normal channels of assistance." Definite things Farm Security has iaid out to do in order to help bor rowers in this county to take theii full part in the war effort were out lined by County Supervisor Arnold as follows: 1. The immediate job concerns, (aiming, storage and marketing food that has been produced must not go to waste. Supervisors will '.each families how to do this. 2. Help families plan production of food for next year's use, and next year's market. 3. Lay stress on fall and wintei cardens, seeding of small grain and seeding fall pastures. 4. Study 1942 performance to as certain the degree to which families and communities have attained the goals set up. 5. Get next year's farm plans pre pared right away in order that families may be getting acquainted with next year's practices and en terprises. 6. Prepare to fight disease, to be healthy, both as individuals and as a community. 7. Help farmers to make substitu tions necessary on account of war shortages ? plant legumes to save fertilizer, save and grow out calves and pigs, improve and enlarge pas tures to feed these extra cows and hogs. 8. Repair and use discarded ma chinery and equipment to increase food and feed production. Exchange use of machinery and equipment with neighbors for labor and other services, purchasing Jointly, for Joint use, where practical, new equipment which must be bought. 9. Help farmers lmprrove their tenuie, as a step toward a better Job of farming. 10. Aid USA families through su pervision to use Improved practices recommended and approved by County Agents and Extension Spec ialists. WANT ADS PAY Murphy Boys Are Placed In Defense Jobs Two Murphy boys. Horacc J. and Ernest W Odell, who were given training at the Asheville NY A Resi dent Center, were pUced in defense industries the past week. Horace Odell goes to the Norfolk Navy Yards, while Ernest Odell goes to the Firestone Rubber Plant, Aires, Ohio. Both young men were trained in the Machine Shop at the Resident Center. Burger Mountain Is Scene Of Religious Ceremonies Monday Bishop Tomlinson Leads Assembly In Prayer For Victory in War Rain, which fell intermittently throughout the day. failed to damp en the ardor of several hundred per sons who gathered atop Burger mountain Monday to attend the six hour world prayer day ceremonies at the place of prayer on the mountain peak. The attendance for the services on the mountain was considerably increased by delegates from all sec tions of the United States who are attending the 37th annual conven tion of the Church of God at the tabernacle 'on Central avenue in Cleveland, Tenn., which will be in session through this week. The bishop prayed for victory for the Un.ted Nations and for President Roosevelt as the worshippers pros trated themselves about the massed flags of the United Nations, with more than 200 members and their families in the armed forces kneel ing nearest the banners, with these words. "We thank Thee that he stands before us in Thine appoint ment." After tne conclusion of the prayer the crowd sang "Onward Christian Soldiers." now being called the Bat tle Hymn of the United Nations." Scripture mottos and banners were hung from trees about the impro vised altar. With but a few exceptions the en tire assemblage went to Cleveland to participate in the general assembly of the ch irch there. Telephone Users Urged To Ration Their Calls Still further reduction in long distance and local telephone calls is essential in order to assure vital war calls the quickest possible service. This announcement was made hero today by W. L. Lampkin. Man ager of the telephone company, who revealed that although there is some evidence of the public's effort to vol untarily ration their use of long dis tance and local telephone service in response to the Bell System's nation wide appeal for such help, the re sults are far short of what is need ed. Mr. Lampkin 's statement supple mented an announcement made by the telephone company in the sum mer. The telephone company's form er statement asked long distance users to eliminate the least neces sary calls and to place the really necessary ones at the Jess congested hours; It asked everyone to also make fewer local calls. It is now necessary to request all civilians not to place any long distance calls at any hour unless the call is very urgent, and to ask that every tele phone user voluntarily ration his local calls to at least one-third less each day. It Is urged that long visit ing by telephone be curtailed for the duration. This is essential in order to assure at all times the quick service which military and production men must WASTE FATS TO BE) COLLECTED HERE A campaign is to be inaugurated in Cherokee county it lias been an nounced here by county home and larm agents, for the collection of waste fats to te used in the war ef fort. Tlit waste fat is valuable !or the glycerine it contains, which is used in making explosives. Meat drippings and other waste fats, if not rancid, sire strained into clean cans by housewives, and when they weigh a pound or more they are sold to grocery stores. The gro cers in turn, sell the ?a?te tat they have collected to a rendercr. Grocers will pay housewives three cents a pound for all waste fats. The Consolidated Hide and Metal Co., of Asheville, will collect the waste fats from local merchants participating in the campaign, mak ing two or three trips to Cherokee county cach month. The need for waste fats is urgent. War in the Pacific has greatly re duced our supply of vegetable fats from the Par East. It is necessary to find substitutes for them. More over, fats make glycerine. And glycerine makes explosives for us and our allies ? explosives to down Axis planes, slop their tanks. si?k their ships. We need millions of pounds of glycerine and housewives can help supply them. The following merchants will be glad to buy your waste fats: Murphy Sanitary Market Murphy Supply Co. Johnson's Market A <& P Food Store. Other stores wishing to participate in the waste fat campaign may do so by contacting the home agents of Cherokee county. Social Security Agent To Be In Murphy Sept. 16 A representative of the Asheville field office of the Social Security Board will be at the Postoffice , An drews, N. C., Wednesday, September 16, 1942, 9:00 A. M.. EWT. ? Court Boom, City Hall, Murphy, N. C., Wednesday Sept. 16, 3:00 P. M., EWT. Wage earners who have worked in a job covered by the Social Security Act since December 31. 1936. and have attained age 65. may be eligi ble to file claim for themselves, their wives, or minor children, whether they have an account num ber or not. Surviving relatives of deceased workers, such as widows, children, or parents, or if none of the above, persons who have paid funeral expenses, may be eligible to file claim. In addition, persons who have need of social security account mm- | 'Jjers or other information pertaining I to the Act are invited to meet this I representative at the time and place j mentioned. have. Mr. Lampkin stated. He added that unless voluntary efforts of civilians in general result in suf ficient reduction of calls to keep the lines clear for war messages, more definite measures may become necessary to make way for war calls on the overcrowded lines and central offices. "We ordinarily would relieve over crowded equipment by building more facilities, but we cannot do this now because the necessary materials are going into war weapons. So the so lution Is for all of us to cut down on our personal use of the telephone so that UBcle Sam's needs will come firet and will find clear lines and clear centra] office equipment", the telephone managCT concluded. Injured When Trucks Crash Here Tuesday Jim Dockery . driver ot a track be longing to the Townson Ire and Coal Co.. was seriously injured Tuesday morning when a. track driven by Wade Dekker, belonging to the Coca Cola Company telescoped that of t hp j coai company near the river bridge rfrnw>!iii?; lit* muck. which loaded with coal Dockery was taken to the hospital where he was found to have suffered a crushed left arm.] the lower jaw being broken and shattered in two places, and pos sibly internal injuries. Dekker was arrested and given a preliminary hearing before Mayor i E. L. Shields who held him to court. Officers investigating the accident state that Dockery was not at fault in the accident Last Rites Are Held For Portwood Child Loretta Alice, two-year-old daugh ter of Mr. ?>id Mrs. George Portwood died Wednesday night of last week at 7 :30 o'clock following an illness o{ one week due to pneumonia. Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at Macedonia church with the Rev. C. B. Newton officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery with Townson Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Surviving are the parents, three sisters, Margaret Jean. Louise and Willie Bell, and one brother William. Football Season Gets Underway Thursday Bulldogs Open Season Against Ducktown High School Murphy High's footballers will pry the lid off the 1942 season next Thursday afternoon. September 17. al one o'clock on the local field as they engage the Ugly Ducklings of Ducktown high. The locals will take the field with a mixture of experienced and green material. The center of the line is made up of veterans but the termi nals will be manned by rookies. The backfield likewise will be composed of veterans and green hands alike. The Bulldogs have been hard at work for the past two weeks under the tutelage of Coaches Pitzer and Smith. Smith has taken charge of the line and fans are in for a sur prise as far as line play is concern ed. Little is known of the strength of the Ugly Ducklings, but in the past the Copper Basin boys have always given the Bulldogs a full afternoon's entertainment. Funeral Services For Z. V. Lovingood, 82, Held Wednesday Funeral services were held Wed nesday afternoon, September 2 at four o'clock at Peachtree for Z. V. Lovingood, 82, well known Cherokee County resident. He had been in ill health for some time. He married Miss Clara Mc Combs of Peachtree who died about a year ago. The funeral was con ducted by the Rev. C. B. Newton, the Rev. Cash and the Rev. Basil Lovingood. I vie Funeral Home had charge of arrangement?. He Is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Fannie Wells and Miss Florence Lovingood of Peachtree. one sister. Mrs. David Jarrett of B311}ay, Ga , and a number of nieces and nephews. Active pal] bearers were Paul Hyatt. Walter Manner. George Mauney. John OUell. Will Moore, Fred Moore, Dfflard McCombc, Mor ris Moore and Drew Taylor. 66 RESERVISTS LEAVE MURPHY FOR FT. J ACKSON Leave Monday Mornng For Training Center * r. c i i rtllCI I Uliuugll Sixty-six men from Cherokee county who were accc-pted for service Irom among a croup o! 91 sent to Fort Jackson. August 24 and re turned for 14-day furloughs, left Muprhy Monday and Tuesday. Sixty - three men left Monday morning on two special buM-s. and three men left Tuesday morning to begin ac tive service in the armed forces. Charles H. Hyatt was acting cor poral in charge of the group leav ing Monday, while Walter L White was acting corporal of those leaving Tuesday. Those in the group leaving Mon day were: Fled Young, Hoyt Bryant. Fred Breedlove. Carmel J. Curtis. Lee W. Hyde. Nolan Russell. William Mor gan. Von W Cook. David L. Owns by. Herbert H. Roberts. Hoyt H. Johnson, Ralph Dockery. Addison Martin, William T. MalloiU'C, Silas J. Wilson. Tommie Farmei . Car) C. Ledford, Robert T. Green, Ervin E. Carter, Roy L. Patterson. Wayne Anderson. James A. Painter. Lyle M. Robinson, Howard Walker, Jas. A. Griffith, Homer G. Gladson. J. Johnson. William L. Whitmore, James A. Stalcup. Leonard Moore, Everett Kimsey, Pearlie Kephart. Pink S. Evans. Verlon T. Roberson. Major E. Church, William H. Corn well, Ralph W. Adams, Clayton S. Graham. Herman A Green. Harold W. Hall. Wayne C. Roberson, Ralph C. Gibby, Ed T. Guthrie, John P. Mason, Edwin Hensley, Ralph C. Hughes. Dale H. Dockery, Hobbie Whitener, Ed Garland. John A. Swanson. Walter G. Hogsed. Prank P. Wilson. Clyde Henderson, John R. Wilson. Robert H. Rogers, Ray bum Burgess, Willis B. Loudermilk. William E. Chambers, Fred Truell. George Q. Rogers. Charles H. Hyatt. Venson B Watts, Hubert R. Hollo way. Those leaving Tuesday were Willie L. Ledford. Francis B. Arp, and Walter L. White. Eating Establishments Warned Against Using Guests Ration Books Local War Ration Board of ficials ha vp announced that re ports have reached the Office of the Price Administration to the effect that boarding houses and certain other eating places are using the stamps from the ration books of their guests, although the:.' are reg istered as institutional users. The local board warns this is a strict violation of the Sugar Rationing Act. and the practice should be stopped, otherwise it may cause the operators of these places trouble. All such violations are subject to prosecution. CHANGE IN SCHEDULE OF RED CROSS BANDAGE WORKROOM Due to the demand for more work ers. the Red Cross workroom situat ed on the first floor of the Library building will be open the following hours: Every morning. 9:00-11:30 except Saturday morning. Every afternoon. 2:30-6:00 except Tuesday, which is the church after noon. Every evening, 7:00-9:00. except Saturday evening. EDWARD RAT MOORI KNU8T9 Edward Ray Moor* ertltetied Sept. 4. in the ACER for CPT. It lue been announced here by draft board of ficiate.