We're All Needed
Looks like a busy summer for us
>11. No utu idling on shady poichea
even for home bodies" * Lio u^ed to
htvr hours to spend as they plexsed
No: >o many fishing trip-, for father.
Periiapj. le-io time off f jr John or
Marv
The time:, are badly "on: of ioint."
all oyer the world The president lias
declared a national emergency. Our
army is gathering in camps all over
the country .ind Industry is work
in!! as it never had to work before.
F.r^t there ?ere ordr-< for a few
billions of dollars worth of defense
niaiet .a^.> to be produced iciicklv
xs possible. But it soon became evi
dent that this would not be enough
to make this great, broad peac*
loung land safe. And still more
plane > and guns and ships and tank,
were ordered First we were told by
government that our comfortable
way of lnm? wouldn't have to b*
upset: that we could produce ill we
needed few defense in addition tc
normal peace-time production. Then
we began to realize nothing could
stand in the way of manufacture
of needed defense materials. New
shif:.-. were added to enable factories
to lunction 24 hours at day and *
priority rulirv: concerning basic ma
ter uL. for defense production was
passed.
T.idav .?li ovei America people are
working a-. they liave never worked
before More than a million young j
men must follow the straight rules
of military training- Millions more
are at work in the industrial pl.nto.
of the country ? men who had been
letired. women who have special ,
skill >r aptitude as well as our vast
"regular" army of skilled laboi and
m inagement.
But even machines anc aim: -
essential xs they are. aren't all.
There's the question of mjiale mil
thousands more of us must work to
keep alive a burning belief in the
American way of life. Other-; must
see to it that the boys in camp have
place, to go, and things to do in their
time off. Still others are occupied
organizing the women of the country
for home defense activity should that
be needed.
It's a tense, busy, anxious time.
Rut for anyone who can contribute
to the common cause of the country
there Li something <iiu!>in? about
it. We're *1! needed once more to re
vive :ue old ipi.it o I Amer.ca. Thjt
.pir;t. to quite Walter D Fuller of
?lie National As>ociation of Manu
:acturers ' winch turned a wilderness
.nto the liwtcst, richest and hap
nest nation on earth . the spirit that
{Uidea the plowshares ? thit moves
a! Jti{ the assembly line? that brings
iuel from the ground iendi ships
:j ?>?.!. and filU the iky with planes
This ta tile American industrial iy?
.ejii. today keyed to a tempo never
fure icno?n."
Fewer Farms in N. C.
But This Section
Shows an Increase
North Carolina has 1.412 fewer I
farms than it had ten years ago. ac I
cordirw to U. S. census figures just'
released In the mounta-n section,
however, the number of farms has in
creased.
The total number of farms in the
State in 1930 *a- 279.708. Now there
are only 278.276. Decrea-.es were re
ported in 51 counties, which more
?.han offset gains in 49 others.
Haywood County had the greatest
increase, with 46 8 per cent, from
2.125 to 3.119. Yancey was a close
second with an increase from 2.039
j 2.884. Buncombe had the greatest
numerical increase, but rallied only
third in percentage gain. In 1930 it
had 3,895 farms: it now has 5.42S.
Clay County toppod this immedi
ate sect:oa jnd stood tenth in the
list, its farms increasing from 8Do
> 1 097. Graham County ranked
j fourteenth with an increase from
632 to 813. Cherokee County stood
twenty-third, with an increase from
1.958 to 2.182.
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A ring lost by hi.s w::e ::i 1918 was
found when Conard Schwartz of
Hessville. Ind.. plowed his orchard
A draft registrant in Tampa. F".a..
his faithfully notified his local board
each of the four times he has moved
.since March, but has failed to tell
his location.
THREE SUGGESTIONS FOR PERSONS
WHO LOOK TO THE FUTURE
1. SAVE SOMETHING, each week or each month, lay a little
aside, ni matter whit the sacrifice.
2. CREDIT. Take ?ood care of your obligations. If you can'5 clean
them up now. pay as much as you can each time you receive a pay
check.
3. MAKE A BANKING CONNECTION. The Citizens Bank & Trust
Co.. welcomes you to financial and business advice and Invites you
to open an account.
Citizens Bank & Trust Co.
Murphy, N. C. Andrews, N. C.
Capital and Surplus $100,000.00
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Draft Board thief
Sends Out Warning
To Work Or Fight
Officuit notice 'Jut. union or no
union, defense employees must work
or fight" has lust b?n received by
Srcre-? ? V-r"* Walker, of the
Cherokee Counfy Drift Board The
notice u signed by Br.*. Gen. Lewi
B. Hershey acting National Director
of Selective Service It bluntlys wirns
would-be strikers that if they quit
work, they automatically lose their
deferment The notice, in full, fol
lows:
"The President haa proclaimed a
state of National emergency. Th?
Government of the United States
is exerting every possible effort to
place this nation in a position which
will insure its self-preservation
'Congress has enacted the Selec
tive Training and Service Art for
the purpose of securing adequate
men and has appropriated funds fur
the procurement for essential inn;
?nd equipment for the armed forces
Men by the hundreds of thousands |
have been selected and are now in
training under the Selective Ser- ]
vice Act.
'These men are giving their whole
effort to become strong in body. :
disciplined in mind, skilled and 1
trained in the methods by which the
Country will be defended. These
citizens soldier* have been promised :
that arms, supplies and equipment ?
will be furnished by their fellow citi
zens who are engaged in the product
ion of ships, airplanes, tanks, guns
and other necessary munitions and
supplies. They know that other re
gistrants have been deferred from
semce in the jrmed forces to ac
complish that pupose.
"They demand that no citizen he
sitate to do his full share in the
strengthening of he defense of Ame
CL
O'it citizen soldiers have menial
?."??ir :ndLiid-Lil desires in the :om
Oi objective. The citizens who have
oeen deferred because they ire neces
,i:y tn the production of defease
supplies and equipment auj not
refuse to do likewise. The basic prin
ciple upon which Selective Service
operates is to keep the man on the
job where he can render the greatest
service to liis Government.
? The citizen who has been defer
red because of the pofc he is per
forming in the Nktional Defence
Program cannot expect to reosin the
5taMi? of deferment when he ceases
to work on the job for which he wa?
deferred. The status of deferment
and the responsibility to perform the
necessary work are inseparable.
"Theefore. I hereby direct all
agencies of the Selective Service
System to take the necessary action
to reconsider the classification of all
registrants who have ceased to per- I
lorm he jobs for which they were
deferred, and who are, by such failure
impending the National Defense Pro
gram "
Signed: James B. Herslly, Brig
Gen. U. S. A.
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N. C. Births Increase;
Also Accident Deaths
Prom January t. through May. this
year, there were 34,444 babies bom ir
North Carolina, which wa^ just 1.973
in excess of the number bom during
the corresponding period of 1940. the
State Board or Health reports. Births
exceeded the 14.424 deaths in the
State by 20.020.
Maternal deaths were shown to be
on the decrease, there having been
only 161 during the first five months
of 1941, as compared with 188 for
the same period last year.
Prom January through May, 709
persons were accidentally killed, as
compared with 543 for the same
period a year ago. Most of these
dents.
PEACHTREE NEwT*
Tic Penlitnt Horn ?
on club met V Vie hum- j; v;..
Jim Donley Thursav
June IS. i*. 3 o'clock fjr ;;;
monthly session Mr > Bnira Ciid
well presided
Mrs. A'. line Xui;. host* M'-y. ti
suCed by Mrs. Julia Weill. ;i- x 4?_
uionstration on yeast bread :i
A-i the roll wats called eac ? rr.-civ
answered with a new recti*- Ik :?*
:ng vegetables.
After the business sessiin : >.e .? u-_
ess served ice cream and -ii- ?_>
following :
Mrs. Brown Caldwell. Mrs Juu,
Wells. Mrs. Bd Barton. Mrs Nju
Wilkerson. Mrs. Trent Tixir. Mri
Orover Carpenter. Mrs. W U Siaj,
Miss Dorothy Clayton and Uiu A_u
Donley.
Martins Creek News
Mr. and Mrs. Will Pulbr.j.v. of
Gastonia are visiting their daughter,
Mrs. Bob Dockery.
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford KaU and
children spent Sunday with Mr aod
Mrs. J. L. King at Bellenew
Mrs. M. L Hall and Mrs. Elizabeth
Ingram spent last Tue.?l.i7 w:Ui
Mrs. Bob Dockery and family.
M Lid Maud Csrringer Lis
weei end with Mr. and Mr; Jiite
Stiles.
Mrs. Frank Ingram and Mr.;. Jaks
Stiles risited Ml&s Rinda CjrnneU
Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. M. I. Hall spent last Friday
night with Mrs. J. L. Kuu and
Saturdary night with Mr*. SleM at
Bellevie*.
Mrs. Prank Ingram. Mr.i. Jake
Stiles. Mrs. Ben Mann. Cec.: T-jnp
son and Elizabeth Mann a ere visitors
of Mrs. M. I. Hall Sunday
Misses Violet Buchanan and Hat
tie Frankum spent Saturday niiht
with Mrs. Charlie Carringer.
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