Gfemtkre Urmtrt FUgl
VOtUlI 54 ? No. 17
mikpiiy north Carolina tiiirsday. nov. 19, iM
3c COPY ? I1.SI PEK V t AH
Home Clubs Have
Outstanding Year
Many accomplishments of home
demonstration club members In
Cherokee county for the past year
have been pointed out in the
. ummarized report of work just
stales Mrs Allinp R
King. home demonstration agent.
The roadside market has been
one outstanding phase of the
*ork. It was open from April
through October and sold over
$1000 in farm produce. It operates
r?Kularly each Saturday morning.
Fifteen club meetings were held
tp.ch month. Sixteen women had
perfect attendance records: nine
missed only one time: and seven
had spccfcal records. Mrs. P. A.
Arrowood has a four-year perfect
attendance record. Mrs. J. H.
Morgan missed only one time in
four years; Mrs. Edythe Cook
missed only two times in four
years, and she has seven children.
Mrs. Gilbert Stiles missed only
twice in three years. Mrs. Cecil
Clove hM a two-year perfect at
tendance record.
Outstanding work has been
done in preserving canned food,
drying fruits and vegetables, cur
ing meat, in providing storage
space, and in improving diets of
the family. Whole wheat proteins
and soy beans are being included
in diets.
The club women have made
133 Red Cross garments. They
did their part in contributing to
the scrap campaign.
Hall Says 1943
Plates To Be On
Sale December 1
According to J. L. Hall, branch |
manager for the Carolina Motor I
Club. 1943 automobile, truck, and
trailer license plates will go on
sale on Dec. 1. Mr. Hall empha
sizes the fact that applications
for 1943 license plates will be sent
out only to the motorists who
have 1942 licenses and in order to
u-new such licenses it will be re
quired to present and surrender
1942 pocket cards with new ap
plication before renewal tags will
be issued.
Young People Will
Have Charge Of
Church Program
The young people of the Me
thodist church met at the church
Sunday night at 6:15 with Harriet
Pulliam in charge of the lesson.
Mildred Wells led the devotions
and Shirley McQUffin led the
singing.
At the request of the Rev. Mr.
Taylor the young people are to
have charge of the evening
church program once a month.
Contests scores as "announced
by the young people's group are:
Jerry Beatty. 659: Bobby Alex
ander. 6340: and Paul Hill. 5600
Open house was held at the
church Saturday night.
Group Discusses
Meat Sharing Drive
Representative citizens met at
the ration office Tuesday after
noon to discuss the share-the
meat campaign which is being I
conducted as a volunteer move- j
ment. Miss Anna C. Rowe. district
home demonstration agent, parti- j
cipated in the discussion, to which !
the school heads, welfare workers. 1
farm and home agents, agricul
tural workers, health officials, and
P. S. A. and W. P. A. officers
were invited.
Youths Ordered
To Register For
Army, Dec. 12-31
WASHINGTON. Nov. 18 ? Re
gistration of youths turned
18 since July 1 was ordered bv
President Roosevelt as seclective
service director Lewis B. Hershcy
cleared the way for induction
probably within 40 to 60 days?
of 'teen-agers already enrolled.
The next registration, the sixth
ordered by Mr. Roosevelt, will be
the first since congress authorized
the drafting of 18 and 19 year
olds for military service. It will
be spread over the last three
works of December. following
this schedule:
Dec. 12-17 ? Youth born be
tween July 1, 1924. and Aug. 31,
1924.
Dec. 18-24 ? Those born be
tween Sept. 1, 1924. and Oct. 31,
1924.
Dec. 26-31 ? Those born be
tween Nov. 1, 1924, and Dec. 31,
1924.
Continued Registration
The executive order also pro
vides for continued registration of
youths attaining their 18th birth
day after the first of next year.
They will be enrolled on their
birthdays.
Hershey. moving to set in mo
tion machinery of the new "teen
age draft law signed by the presi
dent only last Friday, issued dir
ectives to state selective service
headquarters to guide local draft
boards in carrying out its provi
sions. He ordered:
Distribution of questionnaires j
to 18 and 19 year olds who will |
be called up according to their !
birthdays, obviating a national ?
lottery.
Deferment of high school stu- 1
dents on request, if they are in
spring school year.
Farm Workers Deferred
Hershey's directive also calls for ]
deferment of farm workers of all
age groups who are considered
necessary to. and regularly en
gaged in. essential agriculture.
Two new draft classifications
were set up for such workers:
1I-C for men without dependent
wives, children or other depen
dents, and III-C for those with
dependency.
The directive made it clear that
draft boards will have the last say
on induction of farm workers. It
said local boards mby seek ad
vice of the agricultural depart
ment and county agricultural
boards as to essential farms and
'necessary" jobs but that actual
deferment wil rest solely with
the boards.
Hershey also instructed state
headquarters that all men who
registered tfcfone attaining the
age of 45 and who since have
passed their 45th birthday should
be deferred. Exceptions nVay be
made, he said, where men con
sent to induction.
Students eligible to request post
ponement of induction are those
atending "any institution giving
the usual courses of study in the
9th. 10th. 11th or 12th grades of
education . . It does not em
brace the 9th and 10th grades in
junior high schools but includes
the 11th and 12th grades of jun
ior colleges and colleges.
The new registration will be
held in the United States. Puerto
Rico and the territories of Alas
ka and Hawaii "between the
hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m."
Union Thanksgiving Service To Be
Held At Baptist Church November 25
The annual union Thankarivlnir
sendee will be h?d W3<toesd^
=W ?t 7:sn ?t the Baptist
Church, with all churches co
operating Dr. H. L. Paisley. p*s
tor of Presbyter Urn church will
deliver the sermon. The Baptist
Choir will be In charge of the
music.
The offering at. this service
will be used for the needy of
the community, and will be ad
ministered to them by the Minis
terial association.
James S. Lance, fright), who is on diuy with the Air Corps at
Waller Field, Trinidad. B.W.I.. receives congratulations from Lieu
tenant John H. Baker, the commanding officer of his squadron, upon j
his promotion to Corporal. Corporal Lance, was born in Marble. 1
where he formerly lived with his father. Lee Lance. He has an
important part in "Keepin em Plying" at this outlaying post. Colonel
Walter W. Gros is the commanding officer of Waller Field.
Women at War Week
Is November 22 - 28
Robbinsvlile, N. C., Nov. 18.?
In every state in the Union
women are talking about The
Big Week" ? Women at War
Week. During the week of Nov
ember 22-28, the women of Amer
ica are responsible for the sale
of the November Bond Quota.
In Graham county, as else
where throughout the country,
the women are putting their heads
together talking. telephoning,
plotting, and planning. Every
where you hear them saying.
"Lets show them what we can
do."
Miss Elizabeth Craft. Home De
monstration Agent, is County
Chairman. Women's Division.
War Saving Staff, and as such
will direct the campaign in Gra
ham county.
The following women have been
appointed to organize the schools
listed with their names: Miss
Amanda Roberts. Robbinsville;
Mrs. Prank Colvard. Fontana;
Miss Ola Harwood, Stecoah; Mrs.'
C. A. Bales. Tapoco: Miss Icie
Kirkland. Cable Cove: Mrs. Lillie
Hollifield. Snowbird; Mrs. Agee.
Snowbird Indian School.
Junior Victory Girls of Rib
blnsville School. Hhe Women's
Club, the Woman's Society in ?
each of the churches and a com- !
mittee to contact the business
firms of the county are all organ
j izcd to help in this drive. Mrs.
C. E. Blee. wife of the Project
Supt. of Fontana. has been asked
to serve as vice chairman of the
Woman's Division. War Saving
Staff and head the Woman's
work at Fontana.
Mrs. Craft says: "Listen. Wom
en of America! Think for a mo- t
ment how you will feel when the
men come home from war. if
you have to say. 'I was too busy,
too careless, too selfish to save
you and our children and our
home. It was no sacrifice at all:
only a privilege and yet I failed.'
"We .must not-we dare not fail
this week, or in all the weeks to
come. Remember Women At War
Week is only the opening gun in
the war that the women of Amer
ica will wage until Victory is
won.
"Women: let's sell more bonds
than in any week since Pearl
Harbor. We know the men will
help us.'
Scout Offices To
Close Thanksgiving
The Cherokee Scout, will b<"
printed one day earllcT next week
in order for thp employees to
have a holiday on Thanksgiving.
Both the business office and plant
will be closed all (lay Thursday.
November 26.
Bill Whichard Is
First Alternate
For West Point
Bill Whichard. son of Dr. and
Mrs. M. P. Whichard. who is a
student atThe Citadel, has been
notified by Congressman Zebulon
Weaver that that as a result of
a recent examination he has been
designated as first alternate for
a West Point appointment.
In a letter to Whichard recent
ly. Congresman Weaver stated
that designations will be made at
an early date.
John Moore, Jr.
Goes To Texas
Sgt. John B. Moore, Jr.. and
wife spent a few days last week
with his parents. Mr. and Mrs.
John B. Moore of Murphy. Ser
geant Moore was on his way to
Camp Houze. Texas, where he
was being transferred from Camp
Blanding. Fla. He enlisted as a
mechanic in the Army at Fort
Benning. Ga.. in June. 1940. and;
was sent to motor school in Fort
Knox. Ky. He is now motor in
structor.
Baptist Sunday
School Ass'n
Will Redistrict
The baptist Sunday School as
sociation has been organized and
doing good work for many years,
but since gas rationing and short
age of tires, it was decided re
cently to rcdistrict the territory
in order that all people might
attend and get the benefit of
these asociational meetings. And
rews was made head of one dis
trict and Murphy the other.
The Murphy district met Sun
day afternoon at the Murphy
Baptist Church to elect officers
for this district. A. Adams
was elected district superinten
dent and W. C. Kinney. secre
tary and treasurer.
Folmsbee To Lead
Discussion Group
The Rev. Grant Foimsbec will
| lead a discussion ttroup at the
Youth Institute of the W. N. C.
Diocese which meets Friday and
' Saturday at Trinity Episcopal
Soldiers Leave
For Service At
Fort Jackson, S. C.
Fifty-four Cherokee county re
servisists are leaving Murphy last
week for Port Jackson. S. C-. to
begin active service in the Army.
Those leaving Thursday were:
I Henry W. McAbee. Claude J
Hampton. Ernest G. Guaais.
! Gaines L. Luther, and Henry R.
j Brooks. Ernest Gaddis was lead
er of the group.
I Leaving Mdl7 were: Tom L.
! Rape:*. Grady A. Gibson. Roy C.
! Chambers. Frank A. Sxalcup. Hugh
H. Jones. Mack Lovingood. Roy
J. Wilson. George Tweed. Roy
Mar. Clyde E. Stiles. Wiiiiaui D.
Bruce. Sidney C. Morris. Robert
L. Sneed. Earl L. Beaver. Earl T.
Postell. Robert H McRae. Wilford
Beavers. James W. Helton. Rich
ards G. Moore. Leman McDonald.
Jesse C. Grant. Devid M. Bailew.
William C. Stalcup. Cecil J.
Shields. Ros G-irett. Clyde Hen
son. John R riv>v Ocovjf' j.
Wilson. Charles J. Ware. Guv C.
| West. Cley W. Head. Cecil W.
I Stiles. Alfred B. Hartness. Joseph
! F. Bailew. Henry L. Martin. Mar
ion C. Bryant. Dillard H. Sword.
Cornelius Harris, and Nathan L.
Curtis. Roy C. Chambers were
the leader.
Leaving Saturday with George
A. Martin as leader, were: Robert
G. Frankum. C J.. Brown. Eulice
Lovingood. Charlie Decker. Wil
liam H. Fuller. Erwin W. Dock
ery, George R. Walsh, and George
A. Martin.
Marion G. Bruce left Sunday
and Arnold D. Ledford. Monday.
State Recognizes
Work Done Here for
Civilian Defense
The current Civilian Defence
bulletin sent out from Raleigh
! states the following concerning
Cherokee counl;*: "The farthest!
west county of Cherokee is forg
ing ahead rapidly. It now has 340 j
defense corps volunteers in train- 1
rer. and control center and aii
raid warning system completely
installed.
The volunteers have taken first
aid training and signed up to be
used in any place to which they
are asigned. E. O. Christopher,
town clerk, is on duty as air raid
warden during the day and mem
bers of the police force at night
John Odell is county chairman of
civilian defense, and H. Bueck is ;
co-ordinator.
Machine Given To
Andrews Church
The Rev. E. A. Felker attended
a meeting of the Western Confer
ence of the North Carolina Synod .
last week at Taylorsville. He was
in charge of the devotions Wed
nesday morning.
As he returned he brough with
a mimeograph machine which
was given to the St. Andrews in
! the-Mountains congregation by
I the St. Marks congregation of
Asheville.
110,495 Books
Read In Region
' Last year 110.495 books cir
culated in the region through the
| regional library at an average
i local cos: of 8c per capita, and at
an average state cost of 12c per
capita.
The innual report for the Nan
i tahala Regional Library consists
of maps of each county on which
j all bookmobile stops are indicated.
By virtue of the appropriation
I for libraries by the state and
county, any one livinp in Chero
kee. Clay and Graham counties
may borrow books from any of
the 98 points of service in the
region. Service points include fil
ling stations, homes, schools,
branch libraries, stores, hospitals,
and prison camps .
church In Ashcville. Dele sates
from here will Include: Miss Ma
xine Graham. Hiwassec Dam.
Miss Joyce Pranks. Andrews, and
Doyle Burch. Murphy.
Cherokee Over Top
In War Bond Sales
SEAL SALE DRIVE
STARTS MONDAY
The Tuberculosis Christmas
seal sale will start in Murphy
and surrounding comunitles on i
Monday. November 23. according j
to Mrs. C W. Savage, chairman.
The goal of the local organisation |
this year is $100. Sale of the seals I
will be conducted through the !
school, ttiiii Mrs. Joe Kay as j
school chairman.
Five Men Bound
To Court For
Election Assault
A pi cliiiiinary bearing was held
before Judge Pnillpo in Cherokee
county superior court here Friday
for five men who were arrested
on a bench warrant by the jurist
on charges of assault on A. W.
Mclver. chairman of the county
board of elections, while in the
discharge of his duties on the
night of the general election on
November 3rd.
Tlie five men are listed as Her
man Bandy. Elbert Totherow.
Lloyd Ramsey. Charles White,
and Buddy Medlin.
Charges also included in the
bench warrant are intimidation
of an election official and conspi
racy.
Following the preliminary hear
ing. the five men were placed
under $3000. bond each for their
appearance at the next criminal
term of the superior court here.
Following the Armistice day
recess there were some civil cases
disposed of:
Floyd Helton vs. Louise Ben
nett Helton, divorce, granted.
Lige C. Shelton vs. Catherine
Moore Shelton. divorce, granted.
Vienna Solcsbee vs. Gaston
Solesbee. divorce, granted.
Addie Dcckery vs. Raymond
Dockery. divorce from bed and
board.
Thanksgiving Day
Services At Free
Methodist Church
A Thanksgiving service will be
held at the Free Methodist Church
at Natural Springs. Murphy, at
10 a.m. Thanksgiving day. The
public is cordially invited to this
service.
A Bible Prophecy class has been
addtd to the regular services of
the church. This class meets at
7' 30 each Monday evening, and
has an increasing a tendance.
Those who attend are urged to
bring news items and other in
formation found on the trend
of the age and the fulfilment of
Bible Prophecy.
Lt. H. D. Akin Is
Home on Furlough
Lt. H. D. Akin is home on fur- j
iough after being in United States I
hospital in Man Island. Califor- j
nia for the past five months. Lt.
Akin was in action during the
Pearl Harbor attack He is visit
ing his mother. Mrs. S. D. Akin.
Cherokee county went far over
the top in its war bond and stamp
sales for the month of October,
according to figures released by
W. D. Wh j taker of Andrews, coun
ty chairman
Hie quota for the county in
November is $55,200.
Prank Porsythe, war bond
chairman for Murphy, says:
Every time an American work
man puts $18 75 into War Sav
ings for which he or she receives
a bond which will pay him or
her S25 at maturity 10 years
hence, he or she acomplishes these
tilings. :
Builds up a tidy nest egg for
the future when the civilian goods
he or she is denying himself or
herself now will age in be plenti
ful.
Helps to prevent inflation and
ruinous price rises in the cost
of living.
llelpf to equip his or her rela
tives and friends who are doing
the fighting.
Buys any of the following: 950
.45 caliber cartridges, more than
4 steel helmets, a field telephone,
a chemical warfare protection out
fit. almost a thousand rounds of
.45 caliber cartiridges. 2 woolen
coats < 19.58) , 5 pairs of shoes
U9.25). 15 woolen shirts (18.90).
almost 3 wool blankets (20.45). 15
pistol belts < 19.20). 9 twill Jackets.
18 comforters (18.48), 7 cartridge
belts (17.85).
Welfare Officer
Gives Review Of
Child Labor Law
Miss Pauline Neal, welfare sup
erintendent, calls the attention
of the public to the North Caro
lina child labor law, which pro
hibits the working of boys and
girls under sixteen years of age
except in certain circumstances.
The law states that for non
manufacturing occupations for
full-time employment when school
is in session, the minimum age
is 16; and for employment during
vacation or when school is not
in session, the minimum is 14.
Employment certificates are re
quired for employment of any
minor under 18. Minors 16 to 18
may work 9 horns per day, 48
per week, and minors 14 to 16, 8
hours per day, 40 per week.
Night work is prohibited for
boys 16 to 18 after 12 o'clock
midnight or before 6 ajn.: girls
16 to 18, after 9 o'clock at night
and before 6 a.m.: and boys and
girls under 16 after 6 p.m. or be
fore 7 a.m.
For sales and delivery of maga
zines. periodicals and newspapers
the minimum age is 12 for boys
and 18 for girls.
Office Workers
To Take Exam Sat.
Examination for typist, steno
graphers. and clerks for F. S. A.
work will be given at the F. S. A.
office at the courthouse Satur
day morning at 8.30 o'clock. Any
one desiring to take the examina
tion may be present at that time.
Those qualifying will be eligible
for any county, dlstict or state
F. S. A. office in North Carolina.
Those taking typing test must
take their own machines.
Hearing On Election Charges Is
In Progress As Paper Goes To Press
When the paper went to
press Thursd&y. a hearing1
was in progress before the
Cherokee county hoard of
of elections, for alleged Ir
regularities in the election on
November 3. W. A. Lucas,
chairman of the state hoard
of elections, was present at
the hearing and stated that
he was here In no official
capacity. However, he did
give his views on matters
contained in the petition
presented by C. E. Hyde on
behal? of Republican candi
dates for sheriff, register of
deeds, clerk of court, and re
presentative.
The petition contained
charged that various voters
cast their ballots in unlawful
manner on election day and
that irregularities occnred In
absentee voting. Mr. Lucas
termed some of the charges
as "very serious." Ho en
couraged the officials to con
duct a complete hearing on
the matter. Details win h*
given in the next issue of this
paper.