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.

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