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Uncle Sam Gets Tough With Army Deserters; Heavy Penalties Sure Mencjr toward de ucccrd t? Oi ii. J. < : Se at i. )ri tii s have and change e mane pen >n. however.) - lose j tin- U. s jseaship. They also will it ? t>u martiaied, and probacy' ;mpr >n.. * >*m.-\ in a F?hI ??r.il ;?< ri ' - r/:..' \ rhe iu t m :or desertion. in| va; its? > yea Under aggra- < vatiiu* fJrfnm^anpoc *?>??? , may hi death. ~o \ngel of Death Takes J .L. King on Xmas Day Ilir iv-:k Aiuii-l visited the honn ' >f Mr anil Ml J. L. Kins on Ct&lstmas r.iorn'.nsr. ami took Mr. i Kim gS r,..su, some day At. wtt meet o rt 110 nu i\ that beautiful home 1 1 heavei ? loss is Heaven's j gain. ~ IX r: -griB muI ih county is survived by his widow, Mrs. Cord i a King: two broth ers. M. s. and Jim King of Belmont: one :L-;lsr. Mr Hester Roberts, of! Tennessee. and a host of friends. ? ? o I MARYLAND Maryland has been selected by the ! * Bureau of Industrial Conservation of the OPM for launching its pro gram to increase salvage of waste paper, rags, scrap metal and rub- j ber. ! t ,.a SAFE The millionth toil of American /<MXi shipped to Oreat Britain under lease-lend law has arrived safely, 'he British Pood Ministry lias in formed Secretaiy of Agriculture < .'lautle Wukard. LIGHTS Nearly 1.400.000 ol tin- nation's forms have substi uite* electric lights lor the iraditiun.il oil lamp during the past six ana uoe half years, according to the Rural Elec r.rificat'on Adminisl ration. atholic Services WaynesvUle, every Sunday 11:00 a. m Bryson City, every 1st Sunday 8:00 a. m. Franklin, every 2nd and oth Sun day 8:00 a. m. Cherokee, every 3rd Sunday 8:00 a. m. "Murphy, every 4th Sunday 8:00 A. M." Sincerely yours. Rev. A. F. Rohrbacher BOWL! ?FOR? HEALTH - FUN - EXERCISE MURPHY BOWLING ALLEYS FREE INSTRUCTIONS Saturday Afternoons FOOTBALL SCORES Saturday Evenings Navy Will Hold Back News of Sub Sinkings MH'J* *'Ht t? tills IWW."ptl * Navy Department request n > ? ; ? : . it can Quickly pln? rmeiit \: o. . moianve n:a!: *hi * n m wvrr y. and thus !p ? ixrcuk down lib moral' . Robert I ee Nicholson Dies on New Year's Day : a; si -rvux-.- .vcr* he? Jsst iturday. Jan. 3. for Robert Lee : en \\'<uy died on New Year's day at \is home, near Blairsville. He ts 71 years old. Nichi'i" "r. v.'!.*-. \v '.ri ciy imcnr? i iiouuiiimt iiiA ."sfcliun a. juhk! : t ami a church worker. He had :: .i mi'nuHi of t!i Baptist church m.r r :hnn Half a century and ? many v. rs ??.- .. Bible School 'r. L i ?? rites wen conducted n the Baptist church in Blairsville. Hi- !- .urvived by his widow, the >rmr-:' Miss May Sullivan, whom he na-ried in 1903. and six children. Ihree sons ind three daughters. He ilso is mourned by a number of irand-children and a host of friends. TIMELY VERSE The Scout doe!, not make a prao ice of prin :>" verse. However, an xceptio.i riiu: t be taken in tht case or Mr r:. t Ccinwell. of Granilview, because the I're? lie has written are i) singularly appropriate to the ' food-for defense campaign now be .ns pushed ;:i tnis county. The wrses follow : "JN NINETEEN FORTY-TWO" Hark. America! one and r.ll Defense Ls calling you: The Japanese must surely fall In Nineteen Forty-Two i Our ships now plough the seas. I Our planes soar skies so blue: We'll lick those Japanese In Nineteen Forty-Two. Let's all grow gardens, strong ? ] That's something all can do ? While our boys right our wrong In Nineteen Forty-Two. o I These T en Questions Probably Will 'Stump' ; The Wisest Wise Man "A fool can ask a question a wise man can't answer", says an old maxim. A child can do the same tiling, as is proven by these questions. ?? liU II .JJI V UlllU a '*>:?* can't k'. his printed in the Griffin <0*.> Daily ? News: ' How come a fudi can't smile?" 'How comi' a cat in a fur coat gets cold?"' "Hon nue w men's .mt balil headed?" 'How ?on i? vorm aln i *:ot n< ? n lows and a ?*n ca-.*k?: ??" H ? some V ??! Pliant is so b'si .11 i i a <o little?'* B "How ' ' sujr.tr sweet and vine - i:ar sour?" "II - v on.: i > eyes, two t ars and c?!u? !r? se->" o HHMffig n:~:^ r.^ ot ; A flltlu wrtVAV X** ^ 1 ) Is Dead. At Culberson h?5S u. EJE i nvu Df^mlwr 31.1 anil was Imri'd next day from the Iiadv Grove Baptist Church, with' i he Rev. \V. T Truett officiating In-< : :nint v. ;- in the church ceme wirh ToCTSftn P*mf> ra! Hnmo ?n ?hnr*p. The decea>ri! was 'J1 years o'd. and is mourned by a host of friends -o Chambers, 56, Dies, Rites January 3 Goorge Chambers. 56. well known r :mor end rock mason of Clay; County died suddenly at his home in the Crawford's Creek section on ; Monday. Dec. J9. and was burled Saturday. January 3rd with Townson Funeral Home in charge. The funer al was held over to uwait arrival of two of Mr. Chambers' sons from the far West. Mr. Chambers is survived by his widow: by three daughters. Mrs. Opal Howell, of Murphy; Mrs. Be- ' atrice Masst>. of Brasstown and Miss Houstine. at home; and three sons; If; 11 of Ogden. Utah; Blake of Bsrkeley. Cal. and Carl, at home. A brother, the Rev. H. W. Chambers. ! and four sisters also survive. War Work to Improve N. C. National Standing Pacts stated by Gov. Broughton in his article found in another column of this paper arc expected to change ; the status of the State in the Na- ! tional set-up The Census of 1939 showed North Carolina as being among the "low income States" with an average per capita income of only $312 as com pared to a national average of $543. In that census North Carolina stood 41st in the scale ? only seven from the absolute bottom. o Judge Alley's Portrait Unveiled in Waynesville Judge Felix E. Alley, almoGt as well known in this section as in Wlaynesville, where he makes his home, was honored by Transylvania County a few days ago when an oil painting of him was -unveiled In the Court house. A large crowd attend ed. State Pushing Work On 33 Road Projects Thirty-three construction projects are now In progress on 22 higli ways of the North Carolina network, according to the State High-way and Public Works Commission. Of these projects, it has been ne- | cessary to close tho highways on ? only five short stretches. o Mitchell is Restored To Rank of Brig. Gen. Years After Death A few yoars ago Brig. Gen. William L. Mitchell, then head of the Army Air Corps, declared, in print, that ' a single airplane costing less than $100,000 could sink a battlesnip costing $10,000,000. Higher ranking officers in both army and navy declared Mitchell not only impertinent but crazy. He ?was court-martialed, reduced In rank to a Colonelcy, and literally forced out of the service. He died a short time later, many said of a broken heart. On Tuesday the Senate Military Affairs Committee recommended that the rank of Brigadier General be restored to the dead hero Meal Tickets Issued To Travelling Soldiers A soldier can t:uvrl tin* length and brrucitli of the country without u iint of ca ll under a new plan dopli I I'V ;he Quartermaster Corps. >!iul tickets aiv l^-ued, with cach ?< il for $1.00 per meal in i ird 75 cents in rcstau nut xchangeuble in liny but food. Tv,o Officials of TV A Are i .lven Promotions H C. V kin... Construction Suoer intrixicnt of Nottely Dam on the N ' Hi r wove Ranker, Norm Ca: Una hj.s un promoted to ct superintend#-"' c* the Chitilf? Project near Hayesville. North Car >l(na. H V. Sa.-.s has been lansferred from Const- i"- Ion Supcrii tendent of Chatufe Dun, and nude tsopeiiu ?i-ndent at Oco*--> No. 3 IXim near Dueklown. T?nr;.?see. T>?.. WJH A ,! J_. i v ? ? ? ??? 4 aviu- voo Pastor's Conference Three minister-; from this immedi ate cli! n. the Kevs. E F. Baker, A B. Cash md B. F. Shopc will have pnjninriH inwai on eiw pium .un ol the Wi stern North Carolina Min isters' Conference to be held in the First Baptist Church at Sylva on Jan. 12. The Rev. Cash will speak on "The Church's Message and Messengers." The topic of the Rev. Baker will be : "The Outlook for the Church in the j Present Crisis. Rev. Shope's subject j will be: "The Church's Final Hope", W. H. Covert, of Bryson Cit7 is i President of the conference and W. ! N. Cook, of Webster, is Secre*liry . ? "? Beer Licenses Issued To 23 Establishments j Tho State Department of Revenue lias issued 23 retail beer licenses In ; Cherokee County. Figures compiled by the Brewers 1 and North Carolina Beer Distributors T t Committee, as of December SI. dis closed that 4.823 retail outlets have l>ecn licensed by the state for the 1941-43 fiscal year. It Is probable that the number will reach 5.000 before tli t ix year ends April 30. Tile t t r industry pays almost $5. ? td.OOO :i taxi: a year in North Car olina: about -52 per cent of which <? !?> ? state tr easury. ? 4 . who pent the hoi U.4 ? itii hi parcnus, lias r iTi ' hapel Hill where he Is s- ; '???? IM-iversuy of North f iirolina -o ? ? ? State's Aulo Tax Bill Is Over $40,000,000 North. Carolina motorists. farmers, inmnrs ? * ?U;cv own * i' \ui m 194! i record-bi cak in" total of S40.385.000 in automotive taxis t i the slate. An esiimated S31, 266.000 w 's dervled from gasoline in/i nn est?? ted 59,119.000 from registration and other fees. Car owners a:e now paying to the State more money than everybody used fa? xsey is taxes to the state just ago. In 1023 tile State's Total vveiiue was $16. 187,859. More than half of the families in the talc now own automobiles. o C?J I,, I C A 14 P1..U, v* a \^?umo Announced For Month January meetings of 4-H club* throughout Cherokee County have been scheduled as follows: Tuesday, Jon. 6; In the Marble School at 9 A. M. and In the Court House In Murphy at 12:45 P. M., both EL S. T. Wednesday. Jan. 7; in the School auditorium, in Andrews at 10:30 A. M. and in the Martins Creek School at 2 o'clock P. M. both E. S. T. Thursday. Jan. 8: in the Poachtree School, at 10 o'clock In the morn ing. E S. T. o Farmers in increasing numbers are making inquiries concerning the thinning and management of their timber lands, reports J. T. Ricliard scn, assistant farm agent. The big new UNIVERSAL "Wash-White" Washer is just the thing for the family with a big wash. Its new 9 lb. capacity will wash more clothes at one time. The Patented Non-Tear Sterilator will wash them more thoroughly than ever. No over washing or tedious watching either. And the UNIVERSAL is equipped with the famous Time A-Matic Switch that shuts the current off when the washing's done. Additional Overload Protect O-Switch protects the mechanism by shutting off . the current when overloaded. Ask for a Demonstration MURPHY ELECTRICAL SHOP Mrs. H. G. EDdns, Prop. Phone 134-K
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