rultrr < AROUNA TIUKSIIAY. DEC. 17. 1S?. fcOHOS TO* TMftT \0% M Mewwws Sc COPT ? Sl.tt rSK YKAB Women's Salvage Group Organized In Cherokee Mrs. Alline Richardson King has been appointed Chairman of the Cherokee County Branch of the Woman's Divison of the State Sal1, age Committee. Mrs. Tom Rvaris has been aDiwiint^ Chii; m.u: of the Town of Murpiiy Murphy has been divided into sections or streets and Captains have been designated for each sccum. Each captain can call on as many helpers as she needs. They hope that each Captain will be in contact with the families j jr. her section and urge each ; household to save the very nec- \ essary usual waste for the war effort. At present, the Government needs all waste grease, rubber, j metal and all silk or nylon hose. Each household is asked to try to put aside a little of the householo money for war stamps or bonds. The grease will be bought at any of the markets for 4 cents a pound. There will be boxes at Candler's Store. Bowers' Store or Brownings where the stockings can be left. The Government needs these now, especially, to make powder bags. The following have been appointed as Captains in Murphy: Mrs. J. N. Moody. Mrs. Noah Hembree. Mrs. Fred Eair>. Mary King Spainhouer ; Mrs. Doyle Burch. Mrs. L. E. Bay j less. Miss Emily Sword. Mrs. Jin. Franklin in East Murphy with Mrs. Kate Axley. Mrs. Allen Lov- ! ingood, Mrs. Kate Mauney, Mr i. I Myron Jenson, Mrs. Lester Myers j to divide the streets. Miss Gillie ! Martin. Mrs. Edna, Whitney. Mrs. ' Mary Crawford. Mrs. Burton Corn vcll, Mrs. Roy Stiles. Miss Eunice Shields, Mrs. Haze Leatherwood. ' Mrs. A. J. Burns and Mrs. Vance Wjaan. ? In the county, the following have been appointed. Bellview ? Mrs. Lawrence Hatchett. Suit ? Mrs. Jim Wood, Liberty ? Mrs. Clarence Jones. Tomotla - Mrs. John Keener. Martin's Creek ? Mrs. Boyd Cl>astain. Ranger ? Mrs. Jess Wingett. Grandview ? Mrs. Ralph Adams. Andrews ? Mrs. Elsie Taylor. Peachtree Mrs. M. C. Plemmons. Wolf Creek Mrs. Cecn Cloree. Beaver Dam i ? Mrs. Fred Radford, Marble ? j Mrs. Harry Ingram, Sunny Point ? Mrs. Homer Bryant. Slow Creek ? Mrs. Joe Nations. Unaka Mrs. E. W. Bates. Postell ? Mrs. , E. J. Torrence. Registering Of Dairy Cows Pays Prices for registered dairy cat tle are healthy, states County j Agent A. Q. Ketner. The war time importance of greater milk production has caused farmers to look to those methods and thoso dairy cows that have been bred down through the ages to pro duce the greatest amount of milk at the lowest food costs. Prices should continue strong on re gistered animals with reports of more than sixty percent slaughter on all dairy cows in Nazi over run countries. Replacements for these herds after the war must come from America alone. High transportation costs will make it necessary to select well-bred re gistered animals from herds who have been following testing pro grams. There now is a new Special Registration Rate on all eligible Jerseys, male or female, bom pre 'rtous to October 1, 1939. The pur pose of tliis reduced rate is to ^"ow greater numbers of Ameri can dairymen to "cash in" on the HERBERT F. RAWLL Founder and President of Christmas Club, who announced today that members were using $75,000,000.00. about 20'*:, of the entire amount just distributed in Christmas Club checks, to purchase War Saving: Bonds. Arnold Crisp Is Bound To Court For Killing Wife A preliminary hearing was given Bluford Arnold Crisp last Monday afternoon, who is charg ed with killing his wife. Mrs Aloah Crisp, on December 11 Crisp entered a plea ol not guilty. Justice of Peace. James Dula. bound him to court and ordered him taken to Bryson City Jail for safe keeping until the March term of court. Sheriff G. E. Brewer an;; De puty Sheriff H. A. Sinclair ar lested Crisp at the home of Roud Crisp in the Tallulah section Sat urday morning about 10 hours after the shooting took place. Mrs. Crisp died instantly after having been shot twice, once through the heart ard again in the left side. Several witnesses testified for the state, one of whom was Mis. P'annie Burr Sawyer, the eye wit ness to the shooting. Mrs. Sawyer testified that she was with Mrs. Crisp at the time her life was taken. Mrs. Sawyer stated that she and Mrs. jCrisp started across a footlog when they saw Crisp be hind them with a gun. Mrs. Saw yer said they started to run and both fell, she on top of Mrs. Crisp. She also stated that Crisp pulled his wife from under her and that she (Mrs. Sawyer) ran about 10 feet when she heard the re port of a gun. which was follow ed a moment later by another shot. Mrs. Crisp and Mrs. Saw yer had been to a nearby store to see about Mrs. Crisp's son. who had not returned when she thought he should. Mrs. Crisp is survived by seven children. Mrs. Edward Pork as of Ohio: Aleene. Imogene. Dorothy. Virginia Dare. Junior and Harold Crisp; her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Adams; and three sisters. Mrs. Vincent Colvard of Robbin* ville. Mrs. Lon Cearley of Mor gan ton. and Mrs. Burl Cearley of Gastonia. Funeral services were held at the Sweet Gum church last Sun day morning with the Rev. W. S. Rogers officiating, assisted by the Rev. Roy Garland. Burial was in the Old Mother Church cemetery at Robbinsville. values of registration that are in | evidence today and promised to morrow. Man Is Found Almost Frozen "'Tr'nin. who Hm "*?? ?t Kta how la Ike FM ** wtlw, t? ?t Frtrto haa?i ?j rartwlac fPM? exr" "? randlUon i. u wcO as I*14 ** oncM, the kwpi r1 !*rtH Thmdaj wra Mr- ? iT* 'ii i vaa Wifcn ten La <nlh on the ireimi by tlus ?Jde of his heme, where he hu tola *n aifht. M k Uwifkt H- how in *nd ni nuie U ft t into the borne. Be had crawled mcnl feet hot cmM act reach the deer. Be waa bright to the hi^Hil afteraaan. Macon County Man Is Killed In Tennessee Tom Russeell. of the Cullasaja. section of Macton county, was elcwrouctrd in a niccident a*. Earner. Tenn.. Tliursday after noon at 12:3 o'clock. Mr. Russell, employed as a shifter foreman in tunnel work for the TV A at Farner for more than a year, was changing a switch on a pump, without the power being shut off. when he came in contact with the current, it was reported. TV A men worked fcr several hours trying to revive him. but without success. J ester Young, of Ellijay. Macon county, who was helping Mr. Rus sell at the time, suffers slight burns and shock Mr. Russell formerly was a tun nelman in New York. He was the son of John Russell, of Cullasaja. Surviving are the widow. Mrs. Irada Dills Russell: three children. Mrs. John Dalton. of Parner. Carl and J D. Russell, of Cullasaja; his father; five brothers. Dewey, of Franklin, route 2. Fritz of Culla saja. Warden and Simpson of the rmy. and Robert, of Cullasaja. and two sisters. Mrs. Addie Hen son of Otto, and Mrs. Eva Holland of Cullasaja. Christmas Carol To Be Read 22nd Dickens Christmas Carol will be read at the Murphy Carnegie Library on Tuesday night. Dec. 22. at 7:30. Mrs. Jerry Davidson is arranging appropriate music to intersperse the reading The program will be given by candle light and will be an in formal one designed to recall to families the days of old fashion ed Christmases. The program Is in charge of Mrs. H. Bueck. Everyone is invited. ; Porter Mason Visiting Parents Pvt. John Porter Mason, with the commercial traffic depart ment of the Point of Emhark menf. Boston, will arrive this week for a visit with his parents. Dr. and Mrs. W. C. Mason of Murphy. He will be joined here ' by his wife. Mrs. Frances Mooney | Mason, who is on the supervisory [staff of a Decatur. Ala. hospital. Before entering the army. Pvt. . Mason was employed by the Ten ? nessee Valley Authority. Cap:. Edward S. Miller, known h ro as "Bill." of U. S. Army. 45th I Medical regiment, son of Mrs. E. S. Miller, who was last heard of before 3orrigidor fell No. 2 War Ration Books Are To Be Distributed Soon A total of 3,346,316 persons in North Carolina received War Ra tion Book No. 1 during the initial registration for sugar rationing held last summer. W Hance Hof ler. state OPA ration officer, an nounced today. Hofler said that holders of the No. 1 book will be eligible to re ceive the big No. 2 War Ration j Book which will be distributed | soon after the first of the new 1 year. Persons who do not have j their No. 1 book must make ap- ! plication to their local ration board for Book No. 1 before De | cember 15 if they wish to be a bit j to receive the No. 2 book, i A total of 2.760 persons receiv 1 ed the No. 1 book, which is being j used for the rationing of sugar I and coffee, in Cherokee county ] last summer. Hofler announced. School Board Is Entertained At School Tuesday i Food classes of Murphy high I school, under the direction of Miss Ruth Davis Emory, enter | tained members of the school ! board and their wives at luncheon ; last Tuesday in the home econo . mics room. A four-course luncheon was j served. Table decorations were in keeping with the Christmas sea ! son. The centerepiece and place | cardi. w ere made by members of j the art department, directed by Miss Margaret Curd. Guests were: Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Mallonee. Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Dickey. Mr. and Mrs. H. A Mat- . tox. Mr. and Mrs. John Keener and Superintendent and Mrs. H. Bueck. Murphy School Enlists In "Schools at War" Program This program is sponsored jointly by the War Savings Staff of the rreasury Department the U. S. Office of Education and its Wartime Commission This is a program of Action. Its watch - words are SAVE1 SERVE! CONSERVE! No blind, unreasoning obedience Is asked of schools, but willing co-opera tion based on understanding and motivated by devotion to Qod and country, to freedom and humani ty. The Murphy School has gone "Over the Top" In the Salvage Drive and expects to make a suc cess of the "Schools-at-War" Campaign. Mrs. Davidson's 7th grade, with Frank Alexander as President and Elizabeth Ann EUclns as Treasur er is sponsoring the sale of Bonds and Defense Stamps in the school. During the activity period each morning the sevenfli grade pupils, sell stamp and bonds in each home room of the high school and grammar school. On Friday morning. Mrs. Mau r*7 i section presented a "Stamp and Bonds ' program In the audi torium. After the program was Mids Pelmet's "260.75 100 . Miss Varner's " " 108.65 100 | Miss Farrow's " " 3.95 16 ! Mrs. Bault's " " 14.85 100 Mrs. Mauney's " " 34.10 100 j Miss De Hart's " " 9.95 57 | prf srnted Jacqueline Cash ex plained the plan the Government has for stimulating the sale of stamps and bonds in the school. If the purchase price of a bomber, pursuit plane, ambiance, jeep or any piece of war equipment Is reached in sales of stamps and bonds. The school reaching a particular goal has its name painted on the side of the war machine. In the discussion that followed the high school student body voted to buy a field ambulance costing 1335. The grammar school has setocted a "Jeep" for Its objective, in addition to contributing to the Jeep. tJie seventh grade plans to buy the equipment of 36 gob machine mow. 25,090 round: of ammunition and i parachutes. The sale of Stamp* and Bonds Is as follows: High SekaaT Salaa % i Mr. Fitter's home room 8 40 .TO Misc Love's " " 29.00 Mr. Smiths ** 4 40 Mrs. Spninhour's " 9.40 Mrs. Ray's " 112.95 Miss Akin's " " 1.90 H. S. Total $648.90 Grammar School Sales Miss McComb's grade 14.10 Mrs. Patton's " 6.80 Mrs. Shields* " 11.50 Mrs. Mauney's " 2.30 Miss Sword's " 16.90 Mrs. Adams' " 24.75 Miss Leatherwood's " 129.40 Miss Hayes' " 1.70 Mrs. Davidson's " 609.90 100 1 Gram mer School Total S704.45 Total far entire nchool $1453.55 Ad mini *t ration M.W $1503.15 We Serve our covnttxy by put ting our money to work for Vic tory. We Coanerve money and mater ials for the war effort by not spending. We Save for our own personal security. Prank Alexander. President. Ttti Omdt. Fire Destroys Cherokee Hotel Thursday Morning To Make Plans For Giving Christinas Baskets and Boxes It is requested that committees from all churches and organiza tions who plan to give Chriv.m boxes and baskets to the needy meet with the Lions club repres entatives on Monday evening at 7 o'clock at the home of Dr. W. A. Hoover, bringing, if possible, a list of the families that they plan to help. This us being done in order that there will be no overlapping, and to make the donations go as far as possible and do the most good. Hubert Wells Completes His Pre-Flight Course Naval Aviation Cadet Hubert Wells. Murphy, last week com pleted his course at the U. S. Navy Prc-Flight School here and has been ordered to the Naval Re serve Aviation Base at Kansas City. Kansas, for primary flight training. Wells, son of R. H. Wells, rout* 2. is a former student of the Uni versity of Alabama. Since entering the Navy Pre Flight School here three months ago. Wells has had ground school work in military and academic subjects, and has undergone :i rigorous physical conditioning program which is designed to make Uncle Sam's Naval avia tors the fittest and best trained in the world. At his new base he will have more ground school instruction nd begin flying. From there he will move on to three months of intermediate and advanced fly ing. and. if successful, will be uraduated from the Naval Air Station at Pensacola. Florida, or! Corpus Christi. Texas, and win his commission and Navy wings. : After graduation comes Opera - ! tional Training, with carrier based planes or multi-englned bombers, the final lap of a 12 - ; month training period. Complet ing this. Wells will be a full iledged fighter Pilot ? ready to , join the fleet. CHURCH OF THE MESSIAH Services Sunday evening at 7:30. with Rev. Rufus Morgan preaching. Above is Jack Crawford, ace ! lx?ck of )the Murphy Bulldops during the past football season. Playing in the tail back and sometimes in the blocking back position. Crawford led his mates | in scoring for the season. He was ! the spark plug of the backfield, always good for a substantial gain | When most needed. Six feet and one inch tall and weighing 1C5 pounds, it is said Crawford would make some college a mood pros- j pcct In addition to calling sign als. he also backed up the line on defense, besides kicking off and occasionally doing the punting. R. R. Beal Chosen Head of Cherokee Masonic Lodge R R. Beal. well-known as "Uncle Ralph." farmer and long time Mason, has been unanimous ly elected Master of Cherokee Lodge No. 146 A. P. and A. M. of Murphy, succeeding George Phil lips. a TV A employee and former | auto salesman. Others officers clected include: Ben David Palmer, filling station operator and former Junior War- I den. Senior Warden, succeeding W. A. Sheirill; D. S. Davis, retired larmei. Junior Warden: Sam Kave. auto-parts dealer, treasur er: J. Franklin Smith, teacher, farmer, and business man. Secre tary for third year. Hie retiring master appointed tiie following as auditing commit tee: W. A. Hembree. Sam Kaye, Ben Palmer. The Lodge reported to the Na tional War Savings Staff that 90 percent of its members are buying War Savings Bonds. Tins entitles Cherokee Lodge to a special certi ficate of Awards. The Lodge voted to contribute to the Kit Fund to provide kits for those leaving for service in armed forces of the U. S. Cherokee Lodge will install the officers for 1943 at its next re gular communication, which is the first Monday night in Jan. Ingram Assigned To Medical Training CAMP ROBINSON. Ark. ? Pvt Billy H. IngTam, who was induct ed recently and whose address is Marble, has been assigned for training to the Medical Replace ment Training Center here. His training will embrace eight weeks, after which he will be assigned ' for duty to some Medical Depart j ment organization. A louring fire spreading with I incredible speed completely de Utwy~* the :? . Cherokee Hotel on Kiawasee St., I early Thursday morning, as doz ens of guests made their way orderly to safety. The hotel, owned by E. L. Townson. and erected two years ago at a cost of $20,000. was oper ated for the convenience of the traveling public, and had a capa city crowd Wednesday night. The first warning of the blaze was the appearance of srnok< which awakened one of the guests, around 5 o'clock, who arose and went to the room where Mr. and Mrs Townson were sleeping and called them. Mr. Townson went down to the basement where he discovered fire among Lhe rafters. The local fire department was called, but before they could get into action the fire had whipped through the structure and made its way to the roof, and flames scortched nearby buildings. The blaze was not extinguished until several hours after its discovery, due to the fact the firemen were hampered by the intense cold which caused ihe water spilling on the streets and sidewalks to freeze. The only person to suffer in juries was a Mr. Bush. TV A em ployee. who suffered painful in juries when he jumped from a window of his second-story room after returning to get some per sonal effects, and found the exit barred by flamees. Besides the building and fur nishings. Mr. Townson lost a considerable amount of cash and .securities. He stated that his loss would approximate $50,000. No insurance was carried on the building. Prison Lands To Be Utilized For More Food Crops Despite prospects of wholesale food rationing by January and al ready increased dificulty of ob taining certain food, North Caro lina's 8.000 prisoners will not go hungry next year. Prison director, Oscar Pitts is already mapbing out plans by which every foot of land owned by the prison department at its "8 prison camps two prison farms and even Central Prison and Woman's Prison at Raleigh will be utilized in an intensified farming and livestock program. Lions To Give Baskets To Blind Murphy Lions Club will give Christmas baskets to the blind in the county. The baskets will te made up of: a peck of oranges. ' candy, peanut butter, flour, crac I kers. lard. soap, beans, soda, bak , ing powder, a can of tomatoes, a I can of corn and a can of beans. There are only ten totali* blind people in Cherokee county, and j where there are large families the club will give two baskets. The club will give baskets to ] other needy families, also. TEA When tea joins coffee on the list of scarcities. Americans may brew themselves a testy cup from I persimmon leaves, a concoction I which nutritionists describe as be i ing high in Vitamin C. Mountain Slide Holds Up Trains The Southern train and mails dispatched by them wan held tn Msrphy for sev eral kmn Wrdnesday due to a Me on the track at the IT miles past aboat two miles, west of ?dw4. It I* thowht that thr TV A. In Maatinc ? new road M for tlie Rbn ? = - rftOrMC sf?r Fontut Dmm It iiwpiiin n. had probably Inr.nt the ?*rth and rode. A tore ror ttoa ot thi ??ulaUi riMI *?*? <mr the road.

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