isrSy ?br (Ehprokpp ^rnut HsL THE LEADING WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN WESTERN NORTH CAR OLINA. COVERING A LARGE AND POTENTIALLY RICH TEURITORY VOL 53 NO. 24 Ml RPHV. NORTH CAROLINA Till RSDAV. JANUARY 8. 1942 ~ , Uie ocuut goes to press his condition is reported as grave. o State is in Finest Shape of aii Time, Declares Governor BY J. MELVILLE BRODGIITON In many important respects the year 1941 has been on, ot the most notable in North Carolina history. Production has reached an all-time high; more plants are operating at full time and more people are em ployed tltit at any previous time in our history. Our farmers are in the most hopeful position they have experienced in many years. The outstanding has been the Slate's participation In the Defense Program. Over thirty million dol lars was expended at Port Bragg, the largest artillery post In the world, and employment was given to nearly 25.000. Subsequently, Camp Davis the first anti-aircraft establishment to be constructed in the country, was built at a cost of approximately 25 million dollars, giving employment to about 20,000 of our citizens. A great marine base, destinted to be the largest and most complete in the world, is now nearing complet ion on New River in Onslow County. It has given employment to 15.000 ! more North Carolinians. An air arm I to the Marine Base is now under con struction at Cherry Point on the Neuse River, at a cost of 21 million dollars and giving employment to thousands more. All of these projects have come well within the scheduled time; and not one of them has had a day's interference or delay on account ot strikes. Nowhere else in the entiri j nation has such a record been at tained. Shipbuilding enterprises are boom ing at Elizabeth City, New Bern and Wilmington. Sub-chasers are being built at Elizabeth City, m ne sweepers at New Bern. At Wilmington a great new shipyard has been constructed with nine ways, and contracts have already been let for the construction there of 37 steel cargo vessels of i hove 10,000 tons capacity- The first of these, the ZEBULON B. VANCE, was launched Just a few weeks ago. At Charlotte great storage ware houses have been outfitted and con structed, and a base for Army bomb ers established Naval repair stations are In pro cess of establishment ait Morehead City and at Southport, and indica tions no ware that a great new mili tary camp will be constructed in the state within the next few months. Practically every industry in the state is working full time, three Shifts, and many previously aband oned or inactive plants have been rehabilitated and put into full pro duction. There are more first class cattle In our state than ever before, a revolving fund of (25,000 has been established for the purchase of pure 1 livestock la (ha cattle-grazing counties of Western Carolina for Ustrltrutlon on virtually cost basts. In the Eastern counties. While the operation was not intended as a money-making plan, it has shown a net profit of (900.00 for the year. Conttoned on hack Page COUNTY LINES UP TO HELP SCRAP AXIS WITH SCRAP Intensive Drive Starts > To Collect All Junk; P*v A^Jl ' I nnlc Sornt' forty odd county leaders and ' business men met at the Court house in Murphy Tuesday afternoon and mapped, with County Acini Quay Keiner a three-fold defense nun I piign The first aim will be to gather up 1 all the scran metal In r?hernV?.? | County, that it may be remade into : planes tanks and gun."1 This will be accomp' shed bv a drive starting it j once, and ending Saturday. Jon. 17. Scrap will be turned over to the ! Pnri CrOSS whn rril! v oH ?? i help the War Relief Fund as well as the armament program. Urgent need of scrap metal was stressed by J. L ! Lynn. District Farm Agent, who : ca me to Murphy from Asheville for i the meeting. The second aim of the local cam ! paiqn ? which is part of a nation i wide ptin ? Is to increase farm pro j duction generally and to increase, ! especially, th ? number of small home ' gardens. It is hoped to have a small | garden in every back yard large j enough to allow one. even if the plot ; is only ten feot squtire. The third aim is to insure an ' ! adequate supply of farm equipment. ! A statement by the State Agricul- ; tural Extension Service says: ? "Place all orders for farm equip- j ment at once. This does not mean : talking it over with the dealer. It \ means actually placing signed orders. | "This Is the most important Im mediate step In the entire Food for Defense program. Manufacturers will not be given priority for metal ex cept upon dealers' orders, backed up by signed, bona -fide orders from con sumers. "The usual practice of waiting un- J til just before a machine s needed in ? the field, and then going to town for the repair part, will not work. : There wont be any repair parts there 1 unless the order is placed at once." Farms are urged to check ev ery implement for broken, worn or weak parts, ar.d to repair or replacc , them immediately. As to new equip ment. farmers are urged to buy only if absolutely necessary. This last ad \ k e wil! not be hard to heed, for new equipment probably will be al most as scarce as the proverbial hen's teeth. The drive to collect junk will have j the cooperation of Sam Kay, Elbert i Totherow, and Mercer Fain, all lie j Continued on back Page Havesville to Hold Its "Birthday Ball" ! On Night of Jan. 23 Round and square dances, starting at nine o'clock and ending when the | last couple are too tired to keep stepping will be staged In the Hayes vllle Gym on the night of Jan. 23 In celebration of the President's Birthday. The date is set early so ps not to conflict with other birthday balls. Tickets will go on sale within the next few days at filling stations, dnig stores and mercantile establishments, o rthey may be obtained from mem bers of the committee in chargc. Tl'e price will be $1.50 per couple, and for that price tho dancers are prom ised an evening packed with jive to the strains rt music by Jlmmte smitn and his Melody Aces. TV A workers luvo promised to attend, in large numbers. Continuing her splendid service in the put, Mrs. Fred Pass again heads 1 the committee In charge of arrange- j menu. She Is being ably assisted by Mrs. RObeoc* Scroggs and Mrs. Nan- ' cy Station. Portable TVA Houses May be Shipped Away Before Being Occupied Sixty portable houses have nfnv teen erected In Bealtown, alonvr the Valley river in lower Murphy, a:.d three of them now are occupied. Removal of the Construction jn.l mainti nance force to the Fontaiv. project, however. h?* rersorci ilvc pressing need. It had been planned to bring 100 houses here, and also 100 trailer , if needrd. Now it is said, some of the houses may b e torn down and moved to Fi>nt.ina. without ever hav ing been occupied. It also is reported that the big serve an expected trailer camp of 100 vehicles, may >?? torn dwn There are no trailers at Bealtoro : Those sent here by the TVA arc p irked at Tent City". New Registrations For Draft Slated In Next Ten Days I A sizeable contingent of Chero- ? kee County draftees will leave Mur phy for camp next week. Censor ship forbids telling the number. ? names or date of dej>arture. It may ? be stated, however, that the physical j examinations conducted by the Coun- ? ty Draft Board have been nude con- I siderably less stringent, and many who would have been rejected are now being taken. Secretary Wayne Walke' . of the Board, says instructions ".re expect ed soon for the registering of young- j er and older men, under the new law. He does not know just what ! ages will be embraced, or just when the registrations will start. It Is like ly, however, that the work will get under way jfithin the next week or ten days. Meanwhile the 1-H class, carrying deferment for men over 28, has been r.bolished. and all other deferments will te 'tigntened up". All registrations will tw 1 andled by the local Board. Questionnaires probably will be sent out, lust as in the case of the regular drafrws, in order that registrants mav state j claims for exemption. It is likely that the new registrants ! will be separated into groups. Under ! this system, men between the ages | of 19 and 21 would be registered first: | then men between the ages of 35 j and 40. and so on. It is improbable that any. save the ; youngest group, will bo ci'.lcd to ac- 1 tual combat service: but they may I be used as Home Guards, or for j special duties. Cable Saves Truck From Plunge off Road Skidding in Murphy's first i eel snow of the winter, a big truck haul ing for the A and P stores crashed Into the protective steel cable, and was partly wrecked. Wednesday eve ning. The accident occurred on the curve just across the Hlawassee bridge. Had it not been for the cable, the truck would have plunged down the embankment. Fenders of the truck a-.id the cab were badly damaged. Thursday morning the truck was still there, tangled in the cable. The driver es caped unhurt. o Allen Ramsey Buys Out Cornwell'# Shoe Shop Allen Ramsey, one time miller and owner ot a. filling station, now hus enlarged his business field by pur chasing the shoe repairing shop from Burton Oorawell, equipped with the latest electrical machinery the anop now is located next to ttee Tanner's Federation. RED CROSS DRIVE ENDS THIS WEEK; SUCCESS IS SURE Donations of Cash and 'One Day's Pay' Pour f i* m aIi ror war fvener Carried :-hrough will: ?. speed and .. driving force that just, about sets rrcord, th ?? Rod Cross campaign Tor $1,000 war relief comes to a lo tin Atck with trie probability 01 oin ? far over the top Ranking high in tin- list of is that of a widow Shr had nn and ehild in the County is giving his or her tit. and finally, ever campaign worker lias contri buted money as well as services. These monetary donations, ia sev eral instances, were considerably more than "a ffciy's pay". As always, the TV A employees were liberal contributors. Led by their chiefs, practically every rant is represented, 100 per cent. Many private concerns followed the lead of the town, school a*d county workers, and pledged a d?7*a pay Among these are the workers in B. G. Brumby's knitting mill. Burton Cornwell's Murphy Laundry, and the Appalachian Veneer plant. Soliciting by the committee will continue, without 'et-up, until Satur day night; by which time it is ex pected that ever possible source wil' have been contacted. All the cash will not be in at that time, Ijv some of the donations will have to wait until "pay days". However, Director Ray believes that when the drive ends he and his committee will have more than the $1,000 quota in cash. When all the pledges have been met, Ray hopes to have more than dou ble the quota. Members of the campaign commit tee who have given such splendid service are: Eunice Shields. Pranilin Smith, Mrs. Alline King, Mrs. Carl Townson, Mrs. Hadley Dickey, Mr. Edd Stud still, Mercer Pain. Mrs. Dot Cooper. Jim Gibbs, Continued on back Pace o Cordell Russell Adds New Furniture Store To Murphy Business Dist. Oordell Russell, who has been liv ing in Canton, N. C., has moved to Murphy, and has opened a new furniture store specialising in the needs of fanners and "working peo ple". The store Is in the Regal Hotel building, fronting on Hlawnmrt street. Mr. Russell, who is living at tt".e Regal, has been In the furniture lr? iness far twenty years. He say* be was attracted here by the pragrw slveness of Murphy and Chankte County.