(The (I* her o k cc ^ruut Official Organ of Murpiiy and Cher okee County. Nortit Carolina. Pl 'JMSlIKU EVERT THT7B8DAY Entered In the Post Office at Mur piiy. North Carolina as second class matter under Act of March 3. 1897. Victor C. Olmsted Publisher I'. It Duiiit-I Business Mer. 1I.I.II.V Williamson Editor Barbara Meroney ... Social Editor SI ASCRIPTION PRICE One Year $1.50 Six Months 75c Payable Strictly In Advance .. Legal Advertisements, want ads. reading notices, obituaries, cards of thanks, etc.. 5c line each insertion, payable in advance. Display rates furnished on request. Obituary noticcs, cards of thanks, tributes of respect, by individuals. 1 dues, churches, organizations or j societies, will be regarded as adver tising and inserted at regular classi fied advertising rates. Such notices will be marked "adv." in compliance with postal regulations. A Little Coming In He'd been worried. Collections were slow and family demands were heavy. "No." he to!d his son. "A new car is out of tlv question.' Ho asked his wife. Can't you get along with the old stove another year?" And told his dauc-liter lie thought ii was un reasonable for her to want new clothes. Then. or. > evening when he came i home from the store for his supper he walked with a new sp; Ing to his step and there was a cheerful sound to his voice when lie called. Hello . . . anybody home?" When his wife and daughter hurried in saying "Why of course and supper's most re.idy." they exchanged relieved glances Father had '-tood news of some kind. \fter -upper when he pushed back from the table and lighted a cigar? another su-e :t?:i of Mir weather? he be in You >:now that stove you were akin: of i few weeks ago? Yon mignt i '.ell c.tII Jim up to night. Tel! him you'll tike it. . And B^ll. I ? n thinking it over and ma\ 1; - it would be an economy for v. . > . ' ? In the car this fall, after all. . And Sailv if you still want tl>H dress I guess you can liarve it. "You see." he explained almost ap ologetically. There's a little money coming in and I guess we might as well spend some of it" Almost since the beginning of thus country it's been like this. Along in the fill when the crops are liarvested -if business as a whole Is goorl? there's ' jr little monoy coming m." Not only to the farmers but to the innumerable business men who are directly dependent on agriculture for their sncrr?. it needn't be much but it must be over anil above that need ed for sheer necessities. Money that can be spent for extras of living? new equipment, new clothes, some ! times a new car. It's one of the things that makes | the Amer'rtm way of life what it Is. I And as lonr; as "a little money" from individual business keeps coming in to million; of American families, that way of lif ? will endure! A Flv in the Milk Prospccts are reported bright for tl>? best Christmas trade since 1929. Two factors are contributing to this ro.-iv picture. First, a part of th"? defen* ? nrisrnm money is slowly bir surely finding its way into the I retail trad More men have been put to work a" 1 at higher wages than they have rec- lved for many years. second. farm income will exceed rine billion dollars and may surpass nnv year since 1929 Wholesale merchants in Chicago i the center of the wholesale busi ness of this country estimates a Christmas trade of between two and three billion dollars .They also say people will buy more luxuries than for some time. Wholesale houses are urging re tatlc s to have ample inventories pointing out that it mav be difficult 'o re-order stock just before Christ mas. Consumers are urged to buy early and have the advantages of a good selection. All to!d. this should be the best Christmas season for years. It would b? even better though, if this section could get some of the defnv ? projects that are being handed out so lavishly everywhere else. Over in Tennessee. Senator Me rc ilar and his colleagues have got ten appropriations for the direct be- j nrfi' of thr constituents. In Goor i Senator George. Congressman ' ?Rob" Rampseck. of Atlanta, and o?h"-s have ?Tten still move millions. ! Carolina. Alabama. Florid?., j Missis ippi- all have gotten a goodly i share. With the exception of relatively : small construction work at Fort ' Pragg. North Carolina has gotten j little or nothing. The mountain sec tion has been completely ignored? despite the fact that our natural terrain makes this the safest section Citizens Bank & Trust Co., Auto Financing Plan: Low Cost Convenient Whether or not you are a depositor of Citizens Bank & Trust Co.. come here before buying your next car. Let us arrange to finance it. simply and prompt!** is part of our regular banking service. Repayments arranged on convenient monthly basis: 12 or 18 months on new c.us: 12 months on used cars of recent models. Every payment help?; to build *? >ur * nk credit: strengthen**, your relation ship with this bank. Come to the Citizens Bank & Trust Co.. be fore you decide v.hat car you want to buy. Let us arrange the ff nanC'Jig plan '<<> that yon cin close the deal on a c*sh basis! CITIZENS RANK &' TRUST CO. MURPHY - ANDREWS FORMER EDITOR OF JOURNAL IS NOW SOLDIER Dec. 4. iSpeciarl)? Mr. Harry Wind, former editor of The Junaluakn Journal Is now a sol dier of fortune, serving with His MKtcsty's forces, attached to the Canadian Army. When this Is seen in print. Corporal Ward will be far out at sea enroute to a destination which ne thinks will be Egypt He sailed several days ago from Vancou ver. British Columbia, according to a letter which has been received here by his parrnts. Mr amd Mrs. Newell Ward. Mr. Ward "joined up", as the Brit ish say. more than six months ago. For a ime he served as quarter-mas ter clerk. He now has the rank of corpora!. He liars the distinction of being the first Andrews man. and possibly the only man from Cherokee county, tn bo a participant ir. World 1 War No. 2. At any rate he will have to sail half way round the world to find actual army warfare, taking Into considera tion his point of embarkation. The Journal hopes that it may hear from Corporal Ward when he finally reaches his destination. It also wishes for him "Bon Voyage"! John W. Henry Dead In Whitewright, Texas Word wa? received here this week of the death of John W. Henry. 72. former resident of Murphy, in White wright. Texas. November 28. Mr. Henry was born in Murphy i .Tune 18. 1868. a son of J. L. and I Elina Ann Henry. He re?ided in North Carolina until 1906 when he moved to Orangeburg. Texas. PERSONALS Mrs. D. V. Carrintrer. Miss Ro ' >rta Carringer and Jack Carrlnser. : 11 of Knoxville. spent the '.vcek-enri ! ??.-???> with Mr and Mrs. Grady Ca : inqe.v Mi's Kathleen Roberts and Miss t ir.ettrr Dean snent Wednesday in P-pr.irPine They attended the Wn'.- ? Forest-South Carolina foot i jI! fame Thursday. Miss Mary I.ee Roberst and Miss Enla Baker left Wednesday for Ashevllle to attend a bearjty academy. Miss Eunice Shields and Mrs. Eve lvn Shields Lambert were visitors in Cullowhee and Sylva Sunday. o Aluminum Comnanv A ? Abandons Plans For Andrews Plant Hopes for an Aluminum plant at i Andrews this week vanished as a re I ult of two developments: an ex ; tension was announced for the plate j ti d roller mill at Alcoa'. Tenn . and ?T. E. S. Thrope. president of the t ! Nantahala Power and Light company ! : rf Franklin, telephoned from Wash- I ; v 'ton that 'he Aluminum Company I ! | V/.- ' r" Andrews. J . ?.' ? ^v,Cini'iiny of Amnri^ j. i - ^ and '?late pvV ; '? ?>"* pimt AT ? sa. Tenn T1^ ' ' pa: rf 1941. A'1 i''?nca "i l?p o the ??*!? I ,A - , CO'" norvv. T\T? t"""lr-'n, "'. ;,i a much shorter , '' .an ? ?' !)"? re^:::r- rl to ""nstrttc* a new slant from the ""OUrtrl ? "Ti at Andrews. r^ - p.n airplane factory in the en- ! tire nation. Can It. be thit our representatives in Washington are asleep at the switch? And so ihoueh it should be a merry Christmas, this immediate < ction .-ees a fly in the milk. Hiwassee Dam News P. T. A. The Parent-Teachers association save if special program at the Shoal Creek Baptist church Thursday evening. Mrs. Gscliwind presided and Miss Tolbert had charge of the very, interesting program. The people of the Shoal Creek district have asked the P. T. A. for assistance in obtaining repairs for two stretches of road in that section, a 1-mile stretch in the vicinity of Postell postofflce and a 3-mile link in the Bearpaw district. The associ n'ion has promised to work with them and is inquiring into the mat ter now. There are 60 school children in the distrirt who will he denied the op r?ort'in!?y to finish school this year unless the repairs are made in the read. Tn its present condition, it is entirely impossible f">r blisses to eet through in rainy weather. "Surely the edurntinri of 60 child rn Is far mor- important than a ivirr^T of other items for which the state is nipropriatine monev. We feel | that those in authority will come to the aid of these children who are so eager to obtain am education." Bv invitation of Rev. Edgar Willix the next meeting of the P. T. A. will be held in Liberty community at the first. Baptist church, Thursday. Dec ember 5. at 6:30 o'clock. Miss Tol b?rt will hive charge of the program. SILVER TEA The Woman's club has planned a j Silver Tea to be held at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Proceeds will be used for Christmas baskets for the rendv. About forty guests harve been i invited. SQUARE DANCE The Square Danee held on Friday ! evening for the youno people proved j ? pry successful. A large crowd was | ;n attendance including many from Murphv. Copnerhill and Ducktown P. oec ds will be used for needy "hoc' children. PERSONALS Barbara Curtis, seventh grade student, is confined to her home with f r<-verp cold. G. P Tullos. fourth grade student has heen absent from school due to illness. Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Bryant, of Watts Bar. Tenn.. were week end guests of Mr. Bryant's paTents. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Bryant recently. Mr. and Mrs. William Gentry were j guests of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Hic key. Sunday of last week. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Hickey and .son. Peyton, spent Sunday in Chat tanooga visiting Mrs. Hlckey's cou for space occupied. On -?!e daily, return limit 30 days. Two one quarter cents per mile for each mile traveled. Hound Trip Fares arc also available to destinations In the Ea*'-? North. U'pst and Southwest. Purchase Railway ard Pullman Tickets in Advance. B** checked. Stopovers allowed. Air condition^ Sleeping: Cats?Dininir Cars and fcoach*^ '" through trains TIS WEI. Ri TK \IN?SAFE COMFORTABLE F.CONOMI ^ OTIS B. PRICE. Assistant General Passpnepr Afrent, Ashcvillc. N. C. SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM