Volume M ? No. 18
MI RPUV. NOttTH CAROLINA Thur^,, Nov SS. m.
5e COPY? SI S? PER TEAM
Lions To Sponsor
Xmas Dime Board
Plans for a dime board to
In installed on (he streets at
certain hours daily on busi*
iit'ss days December 10-24. for
I.'.v purpose '?:f Cunils
for (".hrstmas baskets for the
needy, were made at the meet
in# of tbe Lions club held at
Hie Methodist church Tuesday
evening- Dr. L. T. Htissell. jr.,
Ihtke Whitley, and V. M. John
son. who compose the finance
committee, were delegated to
in. ike assignment of members
for supervising the hoard col
lections.
Announcement was made
that a ministrci from McCays
\ i lie. Ga., will be sponsored in
Murphy in December, the
(|?ie to be announced later.
Ilarve Klkins made a report
: ;f 'he cabinet meeting hold in
Dillsboro Sunday. He said
that the Murphy club received
more recognition than any
oilier club in the district. It
was described as one of the j
outstanding clubs in the state.
The members voted to give
a road sign received recently I
lor organizing a new club, to
the MaCaysviile, lia.. club.
Mrs. W. L. Garren
Dies At Her Home
On Wolf Creek
Funeral services for Mrs. Jose
phine Morgan Qarren. age 63. |
who died at her home on Woll j
Creek Thursday at 9 P. M.. were
held at Macedonia Baptist
Church Friday, at 4 P. M. Elder
J. R. McWilllam of Atlanta. On. |
sssliled by Frof. a. W. Ughtnah
of Postcll. was in charge of the
services. Music was in charge of j
the Swain Trio of Postell.
Active pall bearers were: S. D
Horton. J. C. Morgan. Henry Bur- ;
gess. Robert Davis, and J. O. Bal
lew.
Flower girls were: Betty Mc
Guire, Joyce Simonds and Jewel
Davis.
In early girlhood Mrs. Garren
joined "the Bethlehem Baptist
church near Isabella, Tenn., and
remained a member until 1901,
at which time through study of
the Bible, she became a keeper
of the Seventh Day Sabbath and
was a character member of the j
Wolf Creek Seventh Day Adven- ,
tist Church which was organized j
in 1918. She remained a faithful
and active member until her j
death, holding a 13-ycar record
for weekly attendance at Sab- !
t*th School and Daily lessor, i
study.
On August 28. 1898. she wai. '
united in marriage to W. L. Gar- ,
ren. To this union was born four |
children, three sons and one
daughter. Herbert and Howard of
Copperhill. Tenn.. Rt. 1 and Mrs.
Rynumn J. Stepp of Henderson
ville were at her beside when the
end came. One son. Homar. died
at the age of six years in 1908.
She is also survived by her
husband. William L. Oarren; two
brothers. Riley Morgan, of Cop
perhill. Tenn.. Rt. 1, and Roscoe
Morgan of Murphy: two sisters.
Mrs. Addie Mason of Hayesville.
and Mrs. Poley Wilcox of Tturle
town. Tenn..: five grand children.
Warden. Ruth. Fred. Hazel and
Lois Oarren. and several nieces
and nephews. Burial was in the
church cemetery. Townson Fun
eral Home was in charge of ar
rangements. I
October Births
Most In History
The 8.937 babies born In North
Carolina In October comprised the
lamest number cvct reported In
this State during a single month,
it was announced by the Vital
Statistics Division of the Board
of Health. This figure was 1.906
in excess of trie number of births
reported in October. 1941, and
2,196 higher than the average
number of monthly births during
the past five-year period.
Murphy Bulldogs
Close Season
With Hayesville
The Murphy Bulldogs will bring
i the football M-a&on to a close
Thursday afternoon at one o'clock
when they entertain ihe Hayes
ville eleven in a Turkey Day
| < lash on the local gridiron.
Hayesville will be seeking re
venge for their only defeat of
the season, while the Bulldogs
; will endeavor to finish the sea
son with but one loss to their
! account. Murphy defeated the
Clay county boys at Hayesville
early in the season by a 12 to 7
! score and the visitors are wnxious
to even matters. In the meantime
| Murphy dropped a contest to Cop
I pierhill but latar defeated the
Copper Basin boys in a return
match.
This will be the last game for
several of the 3uldogs and thely
will be out to make a good show
! ing. In the line Beatty. Hill, Alex
ander. McDonald. Oraves. and
Palmer will be singing their swan
song along with D. Kcphart, who
looks like a surprise starter for
the final engagement. In the
backfield Crawford. Christopher.
Wilson, and Simonds will repres
ent Murphy for the last time on
the gridiron.
In keeping with the record of
the season the Bulldogs will start
an eleven different from any that
has started any previous contest.
In fact, the same team has not
started two games during the
entire season. The probable line
up ".ill show Cock and Palmer
at the ends. Graves and ephart
a tthe tackles. Lloyd and Alex
ander at guards. Beatty at center.
The opening backfield will, in all
likelihood, be Culver and Simonds
at the wings. Smith at full and
Crawford at the tailback.
County Sends 64
Men To Induction
Center Saturday
?>
Cherokee County selective serv
ice board sent 64 men to Camp
Croft, S. C.. Saturday morning
for induction into the military
service. Those passing examina
tions will be inducted into the
army enlisted reserve corps and
will be allowed to return home
on a 7-day furlough before Cak
ing up active military service.
Those leaving Murphy Satur
day morning were: Joseph Miller
Elk ins. Homer Napoleon O'dell.
Mackie Derreberry, Frank Mc
Lean Reagan. Elisha Craig. Zeb
Vinson McTiger. Leonard Hubert
Stiles. Glenn Preston Green. Dan
iel Oscar Davis. Garland Tother
ow. Claude Earnest Amos. Roy
William Dockery. Mirchie Davis.
Keener Thomas Staurt. Edward
Fred Welch. Verlin C. Anderson.
Maynard White, James Earl Cok
er. Jim Tweed. William Marvin
Wilson. William Sherman Grant.
Charles Mllson Roberson. Clifford
Le Roy Pratt, Eugene David 1
Beaver. George Benson Orton.
Jacob Martin Teague. Frank
Eugene Plemons. James Kibrell.
Gilbert Alex Nelson. James Dewey
Hensley. Frank Lee Groves. Fred
Elmer Jones. Elisha Montgomery
Thombs. Jewel Kilby. Howard
Andrew Ballew. William Charles
Henry. Andrew Young. Roe Ver
non Ellis. Lee Roy Baldwin.
Charles Deverow Wilson. Allen
James. David Hamilton Morrow.
Cecil James. John Alfred Hal.
Denlver Herman Radford. Charlie
Rastus Radford. Jack Guffey.
Cecil C.?rl Derrefr ttv. John Ves
ter Stiles. Billy Hug Ingram. Paul
Wayne Davis. Rankin Lowry Gen
try. Warren G. Harding Farmer.
Warren Harvey Stiles. Allen Earl
Tabor. Luther Collins Cornwell.
William Glenn Morgan. James
Wllburn Golden. Leffel Campbell.
CHarlea Deverow Bradley. Dallas
Austin Dye. Wayne Owen Pal
mer and Earnest Ouinn Beaver.
^ L^oesn t Look Like Sugar, But ?
THESE are sugar btets. now be
inn harvested on nearly ? mil
lion acres in 19 Western and Mid
die Western states. The sugar they
contain which is identical to that
from cane -is an absolutely depend
able supply, for it is grown and pro
cessed entirely within the borders
or ihM rnltrd States and Is. there
fore. free of the hazirds of war
time shipping. This year's crop or
sugar beets, it is hoped, will pro
vide enough sugar to supply an
eight-ounce weekly ration fo^ -v
[persrn lu the nation for twelve
mouths.
When growing, these silvery
beet* have n long taproot, which
extends six or seven feet into the
ground, and wide. green leave#. The
combine water, air. and ann*
light to form sugar by the process
of photosynthesis*, anil the root
then acts ax a storehouse for it.
Uy products of the beet are fed
extensively to ?h?ep and liv? took
and thus contribute to our meat
supplies.
Boy Scouts Have
Court Of Honor
The program opened willi
Hit' singing of "America", fol
lowed by pledge of allegiance
to Hie f?ag. The Hev. Grant
Folmshcc led a prayer. Mr.
Harbeck made a welcome ad
dress and explained the pur-,
pose of the court of honor.
Tenderfoot awards w e r e
presented to the following by
Troop Committeeman Joe Hay :
Frank Calhoun, Amos Cash,
Kill Portwood. Hobby Alex
ander. (iordon Sehmitton, and
Nick Howell. Second class
awards, presented by Troop j
Committeeman Frank Ellis.'
went to Hud Alexander, Carl
Meronev, and Marry Maunoy.
First class awards, presented
by Troop Committeeman K.
C. Wright, went to Kenneth
I'anner and Fred Hrendle.
Walter Carringer received a
merit badge for handicraft
and music, Doyle Hurch, for
safety, and Frank Alexander
for safety.
Community service stripes
were presented to the follow
ing: for 50 hours, Doyle Burch,
Fred Brendle: for 25 hours,
Frank Alexander, Gordon
Schmitton, Bobby Crawford.
Carl Meroney, and Richard
Collins.
Demonstrations of scouting
were given as follows: First
aid, fox patrol: signalling,
eagle patrol, and knot-tyng,
panther patrol.
Associational
B. T. U. Meets
Western North Carolina
Baptist Training t'nion :is
sociation held a conference at
Murphy Baptist church Tues
day evening. Associalonal of
j ficers lend discussions and
conferences, and the Bcv. A.
B. ('ash, representing the state
workers, preached I he sermon.
"Demonstration of Failli hv
; Our Works" was the theme
?>f the entire program. Miss
Male Sudderth of Pcachlrec is
associational director. and P.
Ci. Ivie of Murphy associate
director.
Coupons Must Bear
License Number
If you use JK. B. C. I>. or
S-l gasoline rationing cou
pons. you must write your
Stair Hrrasc nnmhrr on the
hark of each coupon used to
purchase gasoline. undrr a
new requirement which be
come effective November 21.
Curtailment Seen
In Civilian Goods
Drastic curtailments in the
Quantities of civilian goods to be
[ m ailable during 1S43 were pre
dicted by Oscar Strauss. Jr., of
Atlanta, regional administrator of
. the Office of P'. ice Administra
tion. during a conference in Ra
; lelgh with Slate OPA officials.
More price control and rationing
will bo necessary to distribute
available goods equitably, he said
Oak Grove Is Host
At Baptist Fifth
Sunday Meeting
The Baptist fifth Sunday meet
ing to be eld at Oak Grove Bap
[ tist Church next Sunday will be
featured by numerous messages
and a round-table discussion. The
program will begin at 10 o'clock
in the morning, with the Rev. E.
A. Beavers conducting the devo
tional. "The Mission of the
Church in Winning the Lost" will
be discussed by the Rev. Ben
Reese.
"Soul Winning Through Per
sonal Work" is the subject to be
discussed by the Rev. Gordon
Thomas. At 11:15 the morning
sermon will be preached. Follow
ing lunch, the afternoon program
will begin at 1 o'clock. After the
devotional, the Rev. W. T. Truett
will speak on "The Duty of the
Church to its Delinquent Mem
bers." The Rev. Paul Lovingood
will lead a round-table discussion
on "The Church Organized for
Effective Work." A business ses
sion will then be held.
Farmers Asked To
Buy War Bonds
More than 6.000.000 farmers,
recipients of Agricultural Adjust
ment. Agency checks, arc receiv
ing a leaflet from the Treasury
Department urging them to con
vert a par! or .ill of the payment
into War Savings Bonds. Mail
ing of the leaflets began late in
October and is to continue until
late winter.
State and county AAA workers
and state representatives of the
War davlrcrs Staff are also to
receive copies of the leaflet.
The leaflet. In addition to
pointing out the benefits to pur
chasers of War Bonds, contains
an order form on its back to
facilitate the conversion of AAA
checks into War Bonds. It espec
ially emphasizes that farmers will
ret $4 for every $3 invested if
they hold their Bonds until they
nivture.
Petition For Recount Votes
Denied By Election Board
Rev. G. Folmsbee
Is Transferred To
Fontana Church
The Rev. Grant Folmsbee is
being transferred from the Church
of The Messiah. Murphy, to be
Pastor of the Community Church
at Fontana Dam. He has been
j Vicar of the Episcopal Church
1 in this area since his ordination
December 28. 1941 He had prev
iously spent the summer in Mur
phy as a student in seminary,
and -after compling his Divinity
I course in Berkeley Divinity
School. New Haven. Conn., he
returned to continue the work ,
, here.
! He organized the congregation
of Episcopalians in Andrews, and
at Hiawassee Dam. At the letter
place, lie held services for the
community twice a month. It
was the success of the interde
nominational fellowship at Hia
wassee that led to the organiza
tion of the Community Church at
Pont an a. to which Mr. Folmsbee
has been called.
While here. Mr. Molmsbtc was
active as Assistant Scoutmaster
of Troop 2. and Home Service
Secretary of the American Red
Cross.
His new duties commence Dec.
1 . The work of the Episcopal
Church in Murphy will be under
his supervision for the time being.
Win, J. Benton Is
Made A Captain
Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Benton, of
Cornelia, Ga., have received ai
announcement of the promotion
j on November 9 of their .son. Wil
I liam J. Benton to the arnk of
Captain. Captain Benton is sta
tioned at the induction and re
cruiting station at Fort Bragg.
He received his basic military
training at the University of Ga.. i
where he was graduated in 1938
and in summer training camp at
Fort McCiellan. Ala.. inl937-38.
After entering the Army in Oct..
1940. he served with the 47th in- |
; fantry as 2nd Lieutenant, then !
was promoted to 1st Lieutenant 1
and transferred to the Station
Complement. He went to the re
cruiting and induction station in
March. 1942.
Capt. Benton is well known in
i Murphy as he has spent practic
ally every summer here with his
grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. W.
A. Savage, and is a brother of
, Mrs. C. E. Hyde
Scout Locates
Man In Ariz.
'I "hi- Scout is sent to many
parts of the world, to men
and women who have lived
or have relatives or some
interest in the county. A
subscriber in California,
rending the October 22 is
sue in which appeared a list
of 2'? registrants* who could
not be located by the draft
board, sent the information j
to one of the fellows whom
he knew to be in Arizona. I
The delinquent in Arizona j
immediately irot in touch i
with the local board.
Chairman Wayne Walker I
told the Seoul a few days
ago that 1 6 out of the 23
young men had been locat
ed. mostly through the ar
ticle that appeared in the
paper.
Claude Hyde Is
Held For Trial
Without Bond
Claude Hyde, 22, of Liberty,
was given a preliminary hear
ing before Magistate 1). M.
tteece here Monday and bound
over to Cherokee county su
perior court without bond, on
;i charge of assault on Mrs. T. I
L. Stanfield, also of Liberty.
On Monday night of last
week, at 11:3(1, Hyde is alleged I
to have entered the trailer
home of the Stanfield* ar?
struck Mrs. Stanfield on her
head with a clock and beat
lier with a stick. She was tak
rn to a l'arner, Tenn., hospi
tal for treatment. Mrs. Stan
field's husband was working
on the night shift with the
TV A at Farner.
The arrest of Hyde was
made Tuesday morning at 5
?'clock by Sheriff Carl Town
son and Patrolman Pritchard
Smith, Jr.
ANDREWS CHILDREN*
GIVE PUBLIC PROGRAM
A public program was held at
the St. Andrews in-the-Mount
ains Luther church. Wednesday.
Nov. 25. at 7:00 p.m. The pro
gram. given by the Children of
the Church group, was entitled,
"A Missionary to North America."
which tells the life story of Henry
Muhlenberg who was an early
I Lutheran pioneer, and organizer.
War Bonds Called
Women's Hope Chest
?War bonds are a woman's fu
ture hope chest." Mrs. Karl
Bishopric of Spray. Chairman of
j the Women's Division of the War
Savings Staff of the Treasury,
pointed out today in urging all
' North Carolina women to partici
pate actively in the Women-at
War Week program to be con
| ducted throughout the State this
week.
The national program is being
: arranged under the direction of
Miss Harriet Elliot, former Dean
at the Woman's College of t'ni
vrtsit.y. who now is A'Vwiate
Field Director in charge of the
Women-at-War Week, women in
.my community can demonstrate
: in striking manner their power in
the wjr effort." Mr.^ Bishopric
said.
In order to win {.his war and
prevent enslavement by the Axis."
Mrs. Bishopric said, "women will
have to take the leadership in
a vert ding unnecci-afy spending .
in conserving food and clothes,
and in eliminating luxury items
from the family budge*. Women
will be impelled tc put war bonds
j as \ first in planninc spend
ing of the family income.
"If you arc a worker Ir- a civtt
ian goods or war plan*, make sure
you are on a war savings payroll
savings plan, 'and that the per
centage of your pay tops 10 per
cent every pay day. If you are
housewife, encourage your hus
band to convert part of his pay
ever y pay day into war bonds.
"Every woman's club should
convert a sizeable portion of its
funds into war bonds. Not only
is this a patriotic act: it is a
good investment."
While Women-at-War Week
is a women's effort. Mrs. Bishop
ric pointed out. "it is directed at
he men in your community as
well as the women. Through your
special promotions you will sell
war bonds to business men. pro
fessional men and men workers
of every description.
Women at War Week will
mhke a :ikinc contribution to
ward equipment of ovr fighting |
fathers. sons. brothers. and :
friends. No American boy must !
be allowed to suffer from lack
of proper equipment "
On, COUPONS NECESSARY
Carl Lunsford. OP A furl oil ,
ration officer. reminded North
Carolinians this week that they ?
csan no longer buy fu?M >oil ?
including kerosene without
tluel oU ration coupons The dead
? line for sales without coupons
was November 23.
Republican candidates for
office in Ihe November 3 elec
tion* petitioning for a recount
<>f absentee ballots and being
denied their petition at a three
dav hearing conducted here
last week, noted an appeal to
the state board of elections.
The Cherokee county board of
| elections, al the conclusion of
the hearing in which affi
lavits or irregularities ami
.other evidence had been pre
sented, denied the petition.
\V. A. Lucas, chairman of
|ho state hoard of elections.
I attended the hearing Thurs
| day. lie made rccommcnda
j lions to the board through
Winslow Mclver, chairman, to
investigate indications o f
fraud and. it found, to see that
the offenders are prosecuted.
He stated that if fraud were
found, the parties would be
prosecuted both by the state
and the federal govern
ment, since a U. S. congress
man was eleeted.
According to Chairman Mc
lver, the board ruled that
there was no fraud involved
in th - balloting, and there
were not sufficient irregulari
ties, if any, to merit a re
count.
The canvass of the votes by
llie board showed that the fol
lowing Deinocatic candidates
were elected : L. L. Mason,
sheriff; ,1. L. llall, clerk of
court; B. 1.. Padgett, register
of deeds, and Mrs. (i. W. Cov
er. representative. The Repub
lican candidates were: J. C.
Townson, incumbent, for
sheriff; Victor West, clerk of
court; Marion Morrow, regis
ter of deeds, and Clyde H. Jar
representative.
Representing the Republi
cans in their petition were:
Edwin Hyde. Claude Love and
Zeb Curtis, o f Asheville.
Representing the Democrats
were: J. B. Gray, and J. I).
Mallonee.
Club Meetings For
Dec. Announced
Mrs. Alline King announces
the following dates for home de
monstration club mieetings for
the month of December, stating
that several changes have been
made in dates to avoid having
meetings during Christmas week.
Tuesday. 8th. Suit, with Mrs.
Walter Anderson, at 1 o'clock;
Wednesday. 9th, Liberty, with
Mrs. O. W. Postell. 12:30; Thurs
day. 10th. Slow Creek, with Mrs.
Dora Queen. 1:00; Friday. 11th,
Wolf Creek, 1:00; Saturday, 12th,
Sunn:/ Point. Mrs. Lonzo Shields,
1:00: Monday. 14th. Bellview. Mrs.
Andy Keasler, 1:00; Tuesday, 15th,
Grandvicw. Mrs. M. E. Mills. 1 :00.
Wednesday. 16th. Beaver Dam.
1:00; Thursday, 17th, Tomotla,
Mrs. J. C. Weils. 2:00; Friday.
18th, Martin's Creek, Mrs. Paul
Martin. 1:00; Monday. 28th,
Marble, Mrs. P. A. Arwood. for
lunch. 11:00: Tuesday. 29th,
Ranger. Mrs. Sam Akin. 1:00;
Wednesday, 30th. Andrews, 2:00;
and Thursday, 31st, Peachtree,
1:00.
Farm Labor Funds
Will Not Affect
Social Security
D. W. Lambert. Manager of the
Asheville office of the Social Se
curity Board. says that persons
who receiving old-age and sur
vivors insurance benefits ma-/
continue to receive such benefits
and at the same time earn maxi
mum wages in agricultural work.
Mr. Lambert ss'd that although
the SocIjI Secuirty Act prohibits
the payment of benefits to any
one who receives wages of $15 or
more per month in a job that is
covered by the Act. this ruling
does not apply to farm labor, be
cause agricultural work is wnt
covered by the Act.