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VOLUME 55 ? NUMBER 43.
MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1944
EIGHT PAGES THIS WEEK
Says America's Hope Lies In
Purity, Political Sanity, Integrity I
The R?'V. A. B. Cash, pastor ol
Fl.-St Baptist church, on Sunday
morning preached on "The Hope
of America", taking his text from
Maik 12:13-34. He declared that
the h< p.' of America lies in her
moral pit' i:.v. her political sanity,
and her religious integrity.
?The Christian's duty to his
countr:. and his duty to God go
and j 11 hand." he stated. "The
critics of Jesus thought they
would ap Him when they put
their questions to Him. He let
them know immediately that eit
irenship ? related to two worlds.
Chri an patriotism has ever led
the way to t e highest civil hop s
of humanity. Of this, our own
country is a shining example.
There are some things of
which we need to remind our
sdv< In which the hope of
Ami ' an does not lie: 1. It does
no: lie in her illustrious past.
Past, greatness does not guaran
tee future hope. 2. It does not
lie ir her politicians. Woe unto
thee O Land, when thy king is a
child. EcoeleWastes 10:16, It
may be said. Woe unto thee,
when thy statesman are mere
politicians. He who sells his vote,
seils his birthright and is not to
be trusted. If he will sell his vote,
he might just as quickly betray
his country to the enemy. So it
is with the one who buys a vote.''
The minister then read the poem,
God Give Us Men".
America's greatness does not
lie in her great wealth and cul
ture he stated. "Witness what
happened in Egypt. Babylon.
Greet c Rome, and Germany.!
Men blind themselves to lessons
of history.
"WVe'-ein lies America's hope?
Tue ope of America lies in her
moral purity. When will we
cease to debauch the youth of out
land vith strong rfHnlr? When
will we cease to glorify criminals
and make a laughing stock of
our courts? When will we no
longer spend six billion dollars
a year for strong drink? When
will to free ourselves of the threat
to our womanhood of a million
three hundred thousand young
women employed in selling liquor,
to 450.000 young women in our
colleges?
Th ? hope of America lies in
her political sanity. Political
sanity calls for American idealism
with its free schools, separation
of Church and state, adjusted
differences between capital and
NEVER ABSENT Mis, Neil;.
Ric!\ of Culberson, pictured
above, graduated from Murphy
high school May 2 with an ex
cellent record. She started to
?school in 1935 at Ranger, and fin
i ished grammar school in 1940.
, She entered high school in Mur
( phy and in the nine years has
never been absent nor tardy. She
made top grades in both grammar
and high school.
Miss Rich, who is 16. is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C?. E
Rich of Culberson.
i Miss Kich is to be commend d
for her excellent record. (cut
courtesy Copper Ctiy Advance*.
labor, and freedom of conscience
"The hope of America lies in
her religious integrity. Mod
ernism has robbeci religion of the
supernatural. Religious integrity
calls for the arousing of America
from her religious indifference.
The churches today are not op
rased, they a:? '?r ? ed. L*i this
day. Mother's day. call us back to
the altars of our fathers, back to
the Christian faith of our moth
ers. the faith that laid deep and
strong the nation's foundations,
there to light anew those holy
fires of allegiance to Jesus Christ,
the only Lord and Savior, and de
votion to human freedom till
'from the least of them' of all
the earth.' unto the greatest"
shall know the Lord and 'the
mountain of the Lord's house
shall be established in the top of
the mountains and shall be exalt
ed above the hills: and all nations
shall flow unto it'."
District Scout Camporee Is Held
At Joyce Kilmer Forest Entrance
Over this last week-end. May
13-14. the annual Nantahala dis
trict ramporee was held at Jacob's (
Camp, near the entrance to the .
beautiful Joyce Kilmer Memorial |
Purest, in Graham County. This j
district includes Clay. Graham
and Cherokee counties.
More than 95 scouts and lead- 1
ers attended the camporee and
the leader's training session which
was held in conjunction with the
other activities.
Clarence A. Bales, scoutmaster
of Troop 1, Tapoco. and also dis
trict camping chairman, was the
Camporee Director and Prank W.
Swan, district advancement com- ;
mittee and member of the Troop 1
Andrews, led the demonstrations
In the Training Course the fol
lowing men gave Instructions: C.
L Brownell of Pontana Dam: O.
W. Kochtitzky of Pontana Dam,
Prank Lockery of Fontana Dam: j
W. P. Elzey of Robbinsville: C. A.
Bales of Tapoco: with Francis V.
Smith, Assistant Scout Executive,
as advisor. Other men who at- 1
tended the Training Course in
cluded: P. B. Anderson and Clyde
Ayers of Tapoco: D. W. Bennett |
of Robbinsville. W. K. Seaman and
Rfv. G. o. Folmsbee of Pontana
?am and John Stanley of And
rews.
Every Scout unit In the dis
trict except two had at least one (
Patrol. For participation In the
Camporee each Scout received a
1944 Emblem to wear on his shirt
and many of the patrols won ad
ditional citations as follows:
Panther Patrol, Troop 1 ? And
rews. Whit Davis, Patrol Leader,
?on the Participation and the
Pioneer Citation.
Plying Eagle Patrol. Troop 1?
Andrews. Gene Stewart. Patrol
leader, won the Participation and
the Pioneer Citation
Black Panther Patrol. Troop 8 |
? Pontana Dam. Charles Sanford, !
Patrol Leader, won the Partici
pation Citation.
Cobra Patrol of Troop 8 ?
Pontana Dam. George Russell
Smith. Patrol Leader, won the
Participation Citation.
Bob White Patrol of Troop 8 ?
Pontana Dam. Charles Mullinax,
Patrol Leader, won the Participa
tion Citation.
Wolf Patrol of Troop 8 ? Pon
tana Dam, Donald Lockery, Patrol J
Leader won the Participation Ci
tation.
The Explorer Patrol of Troop
8 ? Pontana Dam. Norman Little. J
Patrol Leader won the Participa
tion Citation.
Eagle Patrol of Hayesville.
Troop 7 ? Carl Ayers. Jr.. Patrol
Leader, won the Participation j
and Pioneer Citation.
Bear Patrol of Troop 7 ? Hayes- !
ville. Howard Palmer. Patrol Lead- ]
er. won the Participation Citation.
Wolf Patrol of Troop 7 ?Hay
esville. Joe Johnston. Patrol Lead
er. won the Participation and
Pioneer Citations.
Wolf Patrol of Troop 4 ? Rob
binsville, Burl L. Orr, Patrol
Leader, won the Participation
and Pioneer Citations.
Lion Patrol of the Troop 4 ?
Robbinsville. Billy Shaheen. Pa
trol Leader, won the Participa
tion and Pioneer Citations.
Horse Patrol of Troop 1 ? Ta
poco. Hugh Allen. Patrol Leader,
won the Participation and the
Pioneer Citations.
Poultry Specialist
Visits Producers
C. F. Parrish of Raleigh in
charge of poultry extension, spent
Tuesday in Murphy and Chero
kee county with A. Q'. Ketner.
farm agent, to visit and make
checks of demonstration flocks
and other poultry producers: also
to discuss the broiler production
and hatchery program. One of
the main objects of his visit was
to work out a poultry improve
ment program with J. H. Gibb
on his hatchery here.
Mr. Parrish was well pleased
wiih the poultry production work
of market eggs in the Peachtree
community. He visited the farms
of A. W. Barton. Carl Stiles, Law
son Lunsford. Clarence Hendrix
and Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Roberts.
Mrs, George Fvans'
Funeral Thursday
Mrs. George Evans. 72, died at
her home at Ranger Tuesday af
ter a long illness. Funeral ser
vices were held at Shady Grove
Baptist church today 'Hh.inls
day) with the Rev. Paul Lovin
good officiating. Burial was in
the church cemetery with the
Townson funeral home in charge.
Mrs. Evans had been a member
of the Fairview Baptist church for
more than 45 years. #
She is survived by her husband : j
three daughters. Mrs. James Bea
ver. of Akron, Ohio, Mrs. L. H.
Ross of Oak Ridge. Tenn.. and
Mrs. E. L. Shields, of Murphy;
three sons. Verlin and Floyd of
Ranger and Carl of Sweetwater. 1
Tenn.; two sisters. Mrs. E. M
Bryant and Mrs. Will Sneed of
Ranger and three brothers. Ben
Hayes and Mark Fox of Ranger I
and Lester Fox of Ball Ground.
Ga.
Funeral Held For
J. M. McAllister
J. M. McAllister. 60, of Culber
son died at a local hospital here
Tuesday after an illness of several
weeks. Funeral services were
held at the Shady Grove Baptist
church today < Thursday* with the
Rev. Thomas Truett officiating.
Burial was in the church ceme- j
tery with the Townson funeral
home in charge.
Mr. McAllister is survived by
his wife; three daughters, Mrs. !
Kate Shields, and Mrs. Oscar (
Chastain of Culberson. Miss j
Maude McAllister of U. S. Navy, l
New York; two sons. Olen of
New Orleans. La., and Johhnie of j
Culberson.
IN ITALY ? Pfc Ric aid
Howell, .son of Mr. and Mrs. A.
M. Howell, entered service in De
cember 1942 and took his basic
training at Port McClellan. Ala.
Since going overseas in June,
1943. Richard has been stationed
in North Africa and Sicily and is
now in Italy.
VISITS HERE ? Pvt. Billy
King Howell. who recently
spent a ten-day delayed route,
with his parents. Mr. and Mrs.
A. M. Howell. Billy entered ser
vice in November. 1943. and took
his basic vtraining at Camp Wel
ters, Texas. He returned to Port
Meade. Md.. for advanced train
ing.
94 Men Leave For
Military Examination
Ninety-four Cherokee county
men left. Murphy Wednesday
morning for pre-induction exami
nation for service in the armed
forces. ,
Robert vernon Weaver was
leader of the party and Jack Den
ver Crawford was assistant lead
er. Robert Frank Taylor goes
Into immediate service having
already been accepted. Others
in the party were:
Steve Alfred Dockery. Roy Ar
thur Taylor, Robert Samuel
Chambers. D. L. Swanson. Ross
Ashen Cornwell, Weldon Esco
Davis. Howard Killian. John Her
man Roberson. Williard Gay For- j
rister, George Allen Morrow. I
Charles Higdon. Carl Barney 1
Ledford. Clarence Leonard Payne.
Grady Oliver Postell, Wade Vin- ;
cent Jones, Lester Chastain, Poley
William Morrow, Clarrtice Calvin
Roberts, James Cecil Newman
Carl Dewey McHan. John Emory
Walker. Willard Ernest Radford,
Ernest Cecil Lovingood. Ernest I
Clarence Payne. Lush Napoleon
Prince. Howard Gwin West. Tom
mie Phillips. William Ralph Farm
er, Cecil Willard Verner, Roger
W. Ramey.
William Clarence Arms. Leon
ard Decker, Ted Lee. Herman B
Helton, Fied Vivian Killian, Way- \
ne Lovingood, David Elmo Hyde.
March Monroe Coker, George I
Grant Postell. Floyd Austin Clark.
Lester Newton, Clyde Ballew. j
Donald D. Johnson. Robert Lester ,
Beaver, Clyde Clifton Sherrill, ,
William McKinley Tanner, Will
iam Robert Jones. Benjamin Ar
thur Akin, George Glenn Farmer,
Wilbum Daley, Fred Warren
Mashburn. Roy William Raper,
Troy Sims, Wayne Ben Pace.
Ernest Trantham. Francis Bd
win Brooks, Huey Houston Rob
erts. Warren Allison. Verlon
Prank Kephart, William Elbert
Hughes:
William Julius Payne. Robert
Fulton Haas, Gerald Edwin Jones.
Dock George Coleman. Glenn
Noah Pace. Boyd Ray Pace. Eli
jah Bly Padgett. Shelly Edward
Hampton. Harold Max Hall. Clay
ton Alvin Cearley, Jack Coogan
Lunsford. Jack Columbus Guth
rie. Luther Mashburn. Robert Lee
Byers. William Dawes Woody.
Coolidge Harris, Ray Hawkins.
Roy Smith. Clifford Walter Tan
ner. William Carson Ferguson.
Ralph Venson Kent. Hubert Gay
no Stiles. Carl Stanley Smith,
Gilbert Warren Solesbee. Felix
Virgle McClure. Clint H. Lequire.
Albert L. Taylor. Edward S.
Adams. Walter H. Dau, Lewis N.
Stiles. William E. Watkins. Thom
as A. Bandy.
Two men on the list failed to
report. They were : Thomas
Basil Wright, and Aston Curtis.
Church Honors
80 In Service
HAYESVILLE ? A memorial
service was held in the Baptist
Church last Sunday morning,
honoring the eighty men and
women from the church in ser
vice. As the name of each was
called, a memorial rose was placed
in a vase by some member of the
family. The children also pre
sented a Mother's Day program.
Special prayers are offered for
the servicemen at eight o'clock
each Wednesday night in the
church.
AT ENGLISH RECEPTION ? Pfc. Jesse Hamilton
Stalcup. son of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Stalcup of Mur
phy, Rt. 2, is shown in the picture above <No. 28),
standing beside Councillor Edward Olllot, lord may
or of Leicester, England. The picture was taken a
reception and dance for American soldiers and Ens
llsh girls at De Monfort hall In Leicester April 21
Stalcup represented North Carolina at the occasion
Council Appealing
To Boys Not To
Shoot Street Lights
Infantrymen Get
Stiff Training
In England
Headquarters. European The
| utre of Operations ? Thousands
J of American Infant ryment, thor
oughly trained in all phases .of
operations and combat, are now
n England receiving the most
strenuous type of conditioning
f ver given United States troops in
preparation for invasion.
As the Allied air offensive
reaches its peak, role of the foot
soldier ? to close with the enemy
and capture or destroy him ?
nears. Armed with weapons to
do the job. including machine
guns, grenades, rifles, pistols, bay
onets. automatic rifles. 81 -mm
mortars, and anti-tank guns, the1:/
are engaged in maneuvers so real- !
istic that they are sometimes '
more strenuous than the real
thing.
These American boys, some of
'he toughest soldiers in the
Army's history and including
many men who lave already seen
action in Africa, Sicily and Italy
are being conditioned to march
long distances with full packs
and equipment and to conserve
enough energy to fight all night
if necessary They are learning
that to be good at scouting and
patrolling is not enough: that
they must be as nearly perfect
as possible, stepping silently at
night, crawling noiselessly, mov
ing as part of the ground, know
ing map and compass and how to
use each either by day or night.
Among the mer'^ndeig^ns this
conditioning is Pvt. Gordon L.
Smith. 21, Route 1. Andrews.
More Changes
In Business
Busines schanges taking place
recently in Murphy which were
' not included in last week's story
are:
E. E. Stiles recently bought an
ice plant from J. C. Townson and
is operating it.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Green have '
moved into the home on Valley
River Avenue which they purchas
ed some time ago from W. E.
Studstill.
The home occupied by the Rev.
and Mrs. J. C. Ammons has been
purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Claude
King from the Brown estate.
The practice of shooting out
street lights by the boys of Mur
phy was frowned upon by the
Murphy town council in its meet
ing Tuesday evening at the town
hall. The councilmen appeal to
the boys not ? ? be so destructive
and to help make the town more
attractive. Projects for beauti
fication with lights are being
held up because of the common
practice of shooting out lights.
Parents are asked to cooperate
by not allowing their children to
destroy this town property. It is
expensive and puts the town to
considerable trouble in replacing
broken lights.
Mayor W. M. Fain appointed
committees to serve the town
during the fiscal year, as follows:
Industrial and civic improvement.
Dr. B. W. Whitfield, chairman:
A. L. Martin, and E. P. Hawkins:
finance and revenue, T. W. Axley,
chairman: J. B. Mulkey and Rob
ert Weaver: streets, park and
cemetery. E. P. Hawkins, chair
man. Robert Weaver, and Dr. B.
W. Whitfield: water, lights and
power. A. L. Martin, chairman:
T. W. Axley. and J. B. Mulkey:
police and fire. Robert Weaver,
chairman: E. P. Hawkins, and A.
L. Martin: sanitary and health.
J. B. Mulkey. chairman, Dr. B
W. Whitfield, and T. W. Axley.
A. L. Martin was elected Mayor
pro tem. Chief of Police Prank
Crawford ws elected building in
spector. to prohibit any repairing
to be done on wood structures
within the fire zone of the town.
The council voted to have
lights and water connected at the
park site whenever the park com
mission requests that it be done.
Mayor Fain stated, tbat South
ern Railway desires to gi\c the
town its cinders, and the council
voted to accept them, for use on
the streets.
Chief of Police Frank Craw
ford was asked to have all police
men make a daily report of arrests
made and file them daily with the
city clerk.
The council will meet regularly
on the second Monday evening irr
each month.
This was the first regular meet
ing of the council since the new
members took office.
SERMON SUBJECTS
The Rev. Ralph Taylor, minis
ter of the First Methodist church,
will preach Sunday at 11 o'clock
on the subject, "The First Bride",
and at 7:45 o'clock on the sub
ject, "Worry And Its Cure".
Voyles Shot When
Trying To Escape
Plank Voyles, 22, of Letitia,
j and James Collins, who is with j
| the U. S. Coast Guard, were ar
| rested and placed in jail here
Tuesday night. Between the
time of the arrest and being plac
ed in Jail, Voyles gave officers
much trouble and got shot in his
right arm and thigh.
Policeman Arnold Dalrymple
stated in an interview with this
paper that about 11 o'clock he
was called to South End Cafe by
Manager Jim Cearley. who said
that Richard Forrester had been
beaten by Collins and Voyles. who
. had left driving a car and were
drunk. Dalrymple came back to
town and got Deputy Toby Pain
| to pursue them. They were ap
! prehended near the Ranger
Methodist parsonage. With the
couple were two girls from Rang
er. As the officers were bringing
all four back to town. Voyles is
said to have said. "We'll all die
together" and jerked the steering
wheel, causing the car to run off
the road to the left, in a branch, j
i This occurred in front of the
home of J. L. Hall. While this
was happening. Dalrymple said
that Pain shot Voyles in the
l right arm. causing a flesh wound.
Voyles escaped from the officer*
and it was about an hour and a
half later that he was apprehend
ed.
Dalrymple came to town and
got Policemen Frank Crawford
and John Stratton and went back
to the scene of the wreck. Strat
ton brought Collins and the girls
to town and placed Collins in jail,
allowing the girls to return home
by taxi.
Meanwhile. Voyles had gone to
the home of Arthur Ledford and
asked him to bring him to the
hospital. Officers overtook the
Ledford ear and stopped it, when
Voyles escaped again and gave of
ficers a chase through a briar
patch and over a barbed -wire
fence. On this occasion, he was
shot again, this time in his right
thigh.
Collins is charged with affray,
and Voyles is charged with af
friV. assault with intent to kilt,
and driving drunk.
Voyles is said to have served In
the navy for a few months and
was discharged a few months ago.
Last Thursday he was arrested
for drunken driving and was
placed under $500 bond for u>
pearance at the next term of
court.