VOI I Ml I ? NO 23
MI Kniv NORTH < AKOUNA IIHKSDAV. .IAN. II I^J
I OI'Y S! I't ll t ?
rm vch zor.wvs i im \
Comity Boards i 0 Plan
Farm Mobilization Day
\ ictory Garden
Campaign For '4
Starts his Wet
"1 week, Jonuur; 1?
Victoff pi > nun its
Cutv \ : : ?? .' .uc Coiio
piV| ai ? ippl> Informal a
Mrtqr md ? ? ? ? t
I he VHory . ord n ... ?
lor 1043 A;ts til All ,
nut tit:, o. t:?- . un:y a . . ;
council la id .? viffici < <t Cut
Atun. A. Q K< in r M >:j<
evenin A:i? inline the nu t
were reproeniu :ws of lie A-\
iommi:t?, welfare dcpuimic
l;biaja >. womin s ? lubs, b#:.
laticn b-'.ird. iualth depart mt
farm security tarme* s* fcdcratia:
tin press and other groups mtc
i-.uU in niakin tli drive a >
cess.
Prank H. Jeter, agricullir*.
editor at Stau College, announ'
that two new garden publieatie:
are just off the prear.. In addi
tion. .supplies of bulletins prev
iously issued liave been built up
One of the new Extension puD
lications on gardening Ls Wa:
Series Bulletin No. 14. titled
"More Garden s for Victory in
1943." Jeter said that 300.000
copies of this bulletin have been
printed to provide a copy i .
every farm family and prospec
tive urban gardener desiring in
fo. mat ion.
Another n*?w publication is Ex
tension Circular No. 261. ca; d
Garden Guide " It is an illustra
ted pamphlet, showing in pictires
the step-by -step procedure of
growing a Victory Garden. iAp
ioo 000 copies of |hi=J
circular are available.
The Extension Service also . as
available for free distribution
The Farm and Home Garcen
Manual," Extension Circular Mo. I
122. and "The Victory Garden
Planting chedule." Miscellaneous
Pamphlet No. 60.
Any or all of these publications
may be obtained free by writtng
a card or letter to the Agricultital
Editor. State College Station.
Raleigh." Jeter stated. "Just a?k
for the desired publication by
name and number. Copies of
these same publications are also
available free in the offices of
county farm and home agents of
the Extension Service."
Bryson Visits
Relatives In Cherokee
Pvt. Henry L,. Bryson. 41, ol
Marble, one of the youngest
g:andfathers in the United States
army, recenetly spent several days
visiting relatives in Cherokee |
county.
He visited his daughter.-.. Mrs. !
Guentia Sneed and Mrs. Royce j
Poster of Murphy, and his bro
ther. J. M. Bryson of Marble. He
Is stationed with a hospital unit t
?t. Port Benjamin Harriso:; Ind.
Prior to Joining the hi .y he
was employed by a box mi afac
turing concern at Aurora, n< i.
J
?i* i? from s .?
nJDn. daih Mom
? Siitunl <\. It r|t.s
"0 to !:??? till lull
A ; n?es Public
I t Refrain fcrom
I "asnro Drivinu"
v/r- ? against pUa.->ui
din may have his ration b<
rev or i ij\ thi local laitonin
boa;* Cli i.imaii Fivd Johnson, ol '
the r lerokee County VVa; Pric
and lonuw Board. said today
in. u tin- public m this vicini
ty rain ::v?m pleasure ci: i
log*
C. in i- ..nson's .-,ta;emen*
was joi! > with L W. Dri
coll laii-ti \ district OPA
man.t ! .?. i o\v . . '* receipt of in
form.' i . >m .V a s h i n g t o :
poin.. ? .? '.ruvity of tii
fuel rt. n the Easten.
Seab< ?.
Coleman Wins
National Honors
M. S. Coleman ' >ilando. Fla..
son of F:ank Colom. if Murphy,
was one of four to receive
the kdison Elr^tri itute me
dal for assistance ving the
life of a fellov ? recently
Last May nea: Pla., a
crew were worki; a high
voltage pole whei. . Dease. j
a fellow worker, slipped and fell
near the 33,000 vol' linv \ Th?
current made an arc to his head,
an electrocuted him. He was un
conscious and not breathing. Tlit ,
men working together, on the ?
pole, were able to resuscitate him
him ar.d save his ift. The heroic!
work brought national honors to
the men.
Ralph H. Bnice
Ball Chairman
The tenth annual infantile
paralysis campaign, sponsored in
connection with the President's
birthday, is being conducted Jan
uary 15-30. Ralph H. Buice of
Hiwassee Dam has been appoint
ed chairman for Cherokee County.
He has not yet announced whe
ther a birthday ball will be held
here.
HOTEL OWNER HERE
Howard L. Dayton, owner o!
Hotel Regal, and his mother. Mrs. |
"Wilbur Dayton, both of Albany.
Ga.. arrived Tuesday to spend a |
few days here on business.
Murphy Lions club vot< the
meeting held Tuesday ev s to ,
Increase Its membership ti nax
Imum of 37. The club s 33
members at present, and acti- j
cally all of them attend the i
meeting this week.
The following visitors \ in- '
troduced by their nosts I. 1?. |
Dayton of Albany. Oa? b; <. C
Wright; Ieon Axley. tc nlca! )
sergeant. U. S. Army, by r-Yank j
Forsythe: Rev. A1 Smith, Amos |
Cash and Frank Calhoun, l y Joe
Ray.
It was announced tha the ,
scout committee has app
the Rev. A1 Smith as scoutmaster
to succeed FSarl Harbeck. Buel
Adams and Carl Whiteside are
assistant scoutmasters, and Frank
Lions' Scovt Committee
Appoint* Rev. A1 Smith
As New Scoutmaster
Ellis, W. A. SheiTlll and Joe R.?
are members of the commitu
The club sponsors the scout troo
President W. A. Hoover request
ed the members to assist In get
ting employment for the unem
ployed so far as possible, in re
sponse to request from the em
ployment service.
Doyle Burch was appointed to
make a study of the sugar beet
industry and make a report.
I Carl Whiteside reported that
with $100 loaned by the club to
4-H club toys and girls to pur
chase pigs, a total of 15 pigs have
1 bem bought, and placed.
I Robt. S. Baull ;zr. given a vote
, of thanks for making the dime
I board which the club used to raise
I funds tor Christmas baskets.
i >A War Board ,
N^i:. i Carolina have
n : w : ? ; i the ;iMionsibi
h:\ ? ..:tv.!2ir preparations for
di National Farm
Mobilization Day in individual
cc unties.
National Fa: in Mobilization
Day was proclaimed by Presld
? nt Roosevelt with the request
at fanners meet with reepres
? of the U. S. Uciiai't -
meiu of Agriculture and other j
? : cultural agencies on tha* do>
? '11-scus.n ways and means of in
irins? maximum production of
.?! food crops in 1943. County
Boards are made up of re
? rr.atives of each of tfie Dc
?:ne:r. a^enci- operating in the
ounty.
In 1 : proclamtion. the Presi
said. I should like Farm
M utilization Day to be a symbol
:i free America: a symbol ol
? miyiit and productivity of our
? K.ii : and a symbol of our un- j
..Uerabie determination to put to
' u.<e our agricultural resources,
i .veil as other resources, in the
.lievement of complete Victory."
North Carolina's food produc
tion goals for 1943 already havt
been presented to County USD A
War Boards in a series of district
meetings sponsored by the State
War Board. Following Nationa5
Farm Mobilization Day. county
and community AAA committee
men and others will begin a can
vass of individual farmers to ob
j tain pledges for growing war
crops next year.
"Every farmer in North Caro
i lina will have his war job to d
in 1943." Scott declared. "We
J must increase our production of
I certain food crops above the re
r o ci levels of 1942. Mobilization
Da> is the time for every farm
family in the State to resolve to
tin a its entire resources behind
the 1943 production program
Noi'-'.i Carolina farmers have
nc\ r failed their State and Na
tion. and they won't fail in this
job."
Scouts Sell
$3000 in Bonds
From Tuesday through Satur
day of last week, tb* Murphy Boy
Scouts .sold a total of $3000 worth
of war bonds and stamps, accord
ing to Joe Ray. member of the
Scout committee. The boys will
continue selling the bonds and
stamps for the remainder of the
school term.
Classification
Cards Must Be
Carried Bv Men
Be*-* inning February 1 ai; n
Carolina men between th- . .
o! !8 and 45, fho for six n:
? mor> been subject
rust ration under the Selective
Service Act for possible military
service will be required o car. y
their classification cards- show
ing whether they arc in A-l. 4-F
etc.. to prove they have been in
communication with their local i
draft boards and have been cl si- j
fied a< to availability for military '
service. I! you've lo^t your clas
iication card you should get in
touch with your local draft board
a: once After February l ir.e?
not carrying the classification :
card will be subjr^t to a $10. 000 j
j fme or five years imprisonment ?
oi both
WM. C. STALCUP
QUALIFIES AS
RIFLE EXPERT I
! FT. McCI .EI .LAN. Ala. ? Pvt.
William C Stalcup. son of Mr.
and Mrs. Horace Stalcup of Mur
I phy, qualified as a rifle expert
| here at the Replacement Train
' ing Center. Private Stalcup scored
155 points out of a possible 175
to win an ex peri medal. He was
indue led Nov. 1 and is attached
to Company A. 11th Battaltion.
He was .stationed at the Branch
j Immaterial Replacement Train- j
I ing Center, which gives a course j
of basic military training to con- !
dition each trainee, physical! v j
and mentally, for advanced work |
in the particular arm or service
of the Army to which he may be
assigned Men are sent from this
camp to all branches of the serv
ice. according to their qualifica
tions.
Fort McClellan is near Annis
ton. Alabama, northest of Bir
mingham. in the southern lip of
the Appalachians Its layout of
ranges foi firing machine
guns and automatic rifles at
ground and aircraft targets is
one of the most complete, for re
p.ardles^ of his place in the Army,
the American soldier must learn
to shoot and shoot straight.
Large ?! umber oi Boys To
Leave Monday For Army
?In1 ui; hi
Over i
In Be ?
I liernki'i <
Bond Quota laniian is
S 59.09 1. . :i ^
hor%>iii
I fir It.
>11. 100 a i ,U1|1> V(|1(
far over t v?u!; lot .1
vul,s- 1,1 ' id ,, ,s
of $66,356 I his was a total
Salev lot (his month al
ready have U i n cood. th?*
hank rejKirt. and ix r\p, ( t
?*d thai tii*. Jaiiu.i.y
will be e.\t ????deed.
Miss M. Whitaker
Dies At Andrews
M: Mary Wli . , ,,
dittl Dec.
pits!.. Her ? ijnjraJ "
?>i on fuday aftem n J.m i
?v:. at Valley i Bu;i
"Hie Revs. A t W" i
F.<1 Willex were in i . .
B ? ? ? 'n Valley Riv< !
cemetery.
Ms Win take
I . M: Belli Whit.
r.i i M. B A I kett.
Cherokee Can
Save Steel For
1457 Mt chine Guns
erokee mn:y housewives
car. ^ave enc steel for 1,457
mac. le guns \ply by replacing
one v ii of fru; or vegetables a
week ci ring the ning yea with
fvesh t home-p;t -?d produce, a
leading od distri. 'or estimated
today.
'Thia s titution. 'ged by the
War Prod ion Bo;. will no:
only save *eel but ilso con
serve food b- tsing ext. supplier
of fresh pick: .-e made vailab'.t j
by increased >duction. annir:
rest: ic lions at: . reduced torag*
facilities
A number twe :in" can ver
ages .235 pounds >f steel p. s
> ma 11 amount of t and a ile
family an save 1J.2 pouncL- o'
f. ! in a .war by the ran-a-w u
ruin :;cn Thus Cherokee Cou;.
4.181 families can ?ave 51.008
pounc;.; of 'eel. enough to mak<
1.457 thirty -calibre mac ine guns
each requiring 35 pounds of stei
for manufacture, he pointed out
Reduced buying of canned pro
duce dcesn't mean reducing food
consumption. Housewives can bal
ance their family diets by serving
more fresh produce.
The program would save 9.633 -
06G pounds of steel if carried ou
by all of North Carolina's 793.694
families, it was brought out On
a national basis. Americas 3i.
000.000 families could save enough
steel to make 5.000 medium tanks
or 38 Liberty freight ships, and
enough tin for 360.000 75mm
howitzers.
WASHINGTON*. P. C.? TIar.l
w? rk is r ;.toj P- ? nti*s M. Hr? \vn.
Item. of M ichitran, who succeeds
Leon 1!? r.-krscu Adminis trat?.r
of I he Offict of Price Administra
tion. Htnderscn resigned from the
P- .-: or. Dec. IT hvcoi.se of n
tiirririp and an im
pairan-nt to his <>*?: tfht which wii:
ntce>- . * iitt- a rot of at least {out
month?.
Suit. James Davis
Home From Africa
S;: J a me.- Davis of Kentucky.
i has been .stationed in the
sh I and North Africa for
ast seven months, is visiting
iter, M: J. E. Price, for
st days. St?t . Davis left Mon
da. a hospital in Massachu
sett 'ere he will recuperate
from nds received while in
action
LEDFORD PASSES
COOK'S EXAM.
Pfc. War:* T. Ledford. son of
Mr. and Mi M. Ledford of
Andrews, has .coessfully passed
his examination as a second cook '
a Port Knox. K>\. according to
word received b\ > parents.
Corporal Ledford
Heme on Furlough
Cpi. James E .Ledford. 19. son
, : Mr. and Mrs. Joe H Ledford!
: Marble, is spending a 13-day
: r i with his parent
i He has been in the service for
23 month* and was lirst stationed
Camp Forest. Tenn. He is now
loned at Camp Roberts. C*'.'
] c. Kenneth Ledford. bro
! i 'ime- is also stationed
| Can: Roberts. The brothers e:
j 11 -ted it the ^ame time.
NAVY PERFORMED M1RACI-E AS SHE SANK
\VA '^NGTON D. C.-? When the 21,936-ton President Coolidgre (above) went down after strikirjA :i
mine tnq Sr.-.: h Pacific, only four men of the estimated fou?- tJisussnd ??ons aboard the trannp'.t
were lost, thanV , to the efficient rescue operations of the Navy'* accompcr.y;r-s craft. Thr liner
jipparcntiy enroute to American South Pacific ^bsises with men and equipment when she hit
?
Stiles, Murphy: AlfX Gibby. And -
11 ? McMillan
Hiw u . t Da.n; Wak-rd mh>
Rt N - *. . -on. Arthur Corn
t.i. ( J . :?v . Prank Ptero
Bry.k- -. m Richard Pi.v
I) . Grandview. Calvin Ha:
Mm;ih>; H.tvmon>'
? '???" ?? F anklin: Mar
Uiazxc*r Radford. Qnmdyiew
G!? : in H.i : .u. Gvandvii ?, Wil
lard Mar. jr. Marb!? Goldman
W? lc\ R Ve s Horact
J ann - O'Di . Rt. N ? 3. Murph\
Qu? ntion John Hyde. Rt No. 2.
Culb?*r n: John Jenkins Am
mou Swunnanoa; Lonme Alien
? iibby Marbli-; He:inan Jonn Ro
be; i.. Rt. No. 3, Murphy; Arthu:
B yii Mulkey, Rt. No. 3. Murphy.
V:; ... Allen. Pairick; Ralph Frank
Payne Suit. Luther Clinton Rich,
Suit Gordon Glenn Robe /is,
Uii ika. Luther Rogers. Mu.phy;
Roy r.esttv Parmer. R!*. No. i,
Grandview: Roscoe Charles James.
Rt. No 3 Murphy; David Antho
ny Mann. Rt. No. 2. Murphy:
Troy James Bycrs, Murphy: Wil
liam Henry White. Pos tell: John
Norvell Corn well, Rt. No. 2, Mur
phy: Martin Palmer, Murphy;
James Buford Cook. Rt. No. 1,
Culberson: Jesse Allen Dean,
Postell, John Arnold Bettis. Mar
ble. Eugene Walter Hall. Letitia:
Gordon Liston Smith. Rt. No. 1.
Andre w. Roy Lee Ledford. Pat
rick. John Louin Beaver. Rt. No.
2. Mu:phy: C. A. Holdbrooks. Rt.
No. I. Blairsvillc. Ga.: Wayne
G: . R\ No. 1. Marble: Dennis
Ma . .t.i Helton. Culberson: Char
les Earl Aiken. Ranger: Harold
l: -a Curtiss. Andrews; Horace
Guirj; Everett, Andrews; George
W:.;.i:n Floyd. Hiwassee Dam:
She nun Samuel Kcphart, Rt.
No. 3. Murphy: Gilbert Parris
Hall. Andrews: Charles Walter
Cavendtr. Rt. No 2. Murphy:
Everett Simonds. Rt. No. 1. Cop
: i : l Tenrs ; Herman Darling
(Continued on back page)
Superior Court Convenes
Here Monday Wh Judge
H Hoyie S ni Presiding
Cherokee Yunty Superior
j Court. for th? of civil cases.
a ill onvene ii vfurphy on Mon
j day. January If v.;n .Judge H
Hoyle Sink pres. ng.
Tlie docket inc les the follow
ing divorce Ida Stanley vs.
J H. Stanley; N. A. Giant vs.
Arthur Ovant; Frances Dalton
| Godfrey vs. Oliver Godfrey: OUie
Wall vs. H F. -Wall; Edna Hall
| vs. George Hull; Iftamic Johnson
Arnold vs. J. E. Arnold: Annie
Stalcup Engle vs. Pj s> on Engle ;
i Clyde Allen Hr.i on Lois Hen
son: Birdell Grindetiuf Johnson
vs. Hoit Johnson Ma* Dewecse
vs. Carl Deweese: Edna F McTip:
er vs. Zeb Vincent McTlgjj Helen
I Harris Waller vs. Will H. Waller:
and Kathleen Wllsor. vs.^jiobert
Wilson.
Other cases set for truu on
Monday are: Woodbus "-Iflafcnry
Lumber Co. vs. C. B. F:xrnarvgn
volvinir a dispute over 0".
of land . Deu itt Kimsey v H?^|.
King and Ben King, suitor
^jpry (9000 for
fu ?-? ? * property; Jose
phL ("la v C. M. Voyles. $300
dam. 1 an alleged unlawful
taking land and buildings; and
Con ley ai vs. Heaton et als.
Cases . t for triel Tuesday are:
Cleveland Trust Co vs. Eleanor
Louise Cozad, indebtedness: "Wat
kin* Company vs. Cole als. al
leged debt for merc handise: Gen
eva Garrett vs. Rot. Garrett, di
vorce: Mrs. Harold Long vs. Ashe
Thomas, auto accident; Mrs. J.
N Moody vs. Smoky Mountain
stares, charging that suitcase fell
from rack and hit her on head,
causing injury; Robert Brown vs.
Town of Murphy and Ezra Price,
charging injuries ir? affray
Motions: 8. W. Myers vs.
Myers, suing for support
children; Tatham vs. State
way Commission,
suit;
A.