VICTORY
?UV STAMPS S. BONOS
VOLUME 54 ? NO. 28
>11 K I'll V NORTH CAROLINA Ult'RSDAY. FEB 4 19?
5t C OPV?41.50 I'fclt VEAH
New Regulations
In Mail Announced
According to Uie local past of-'
flee, there have been some changcs
made In regard to the Postal
La\.o and regulations of the mail
sei . ou-tidc of the United States
u he soldiers.
Ttie rate of postage on matter
carried by airplane to nncl from
t ho pcisonel of the armed forces
of tlxe United ?states stationed
outside the continental United
States. Including transportation
of the mall to and from the air
mail routes, shall be G cents for
each half ounce or fraction there
of. This rate sliall apply to all
air mail sent to or by such forces
when deposited at any place
?adhere the United State* mail
service is in operation addressed
to any other place where the
United States mail service is in
operation, but this shall not ef
fect the present air-mail rate to
tu*! from Alaska.
The following are the new res
trictions on overseas shipments to
Army personnel:
1. No parcel exceeding 5 pounds
in weight, or 15 inches in length,
or inches in length and girth
combined, shall be accepted for
dispatch to A.P.O.'s overseas for
individuals. (It is contemplated
that there will be no exceptions to
the weight and size limits for
parcels to individuals).
2. Except as hereinafter pro
vided. no parcels shall be ac
cepted for dispatch to A.P.O.'s
outside the continental United
States unless they contain such
articles only as are being sent the
speficic written request of the ad
dresses, approved by the battalon
or similiar unit commander of the
addressee.
3. Individual copies of news
papers or magazines shall be ac
cepted for dispatch to AP.O.'s
outside the continental United
States only where subscriptions
are specifically requested in writ
ing by the addressee of or which
subscriptions arc now in effect.
Such copies to individuals shall
be accepted only from publishers
who shall place on the wrapper,
or on the publication when a
wrapper is not used, a certificate
'which shall be regarded as suf
ficient to authorize their accep
tance) reading as follows:
"Mailed in comformity with
P O D. Order No. 19687."
4. No circular matter of the
third class should be presented
for mailing to A.P.O.'s overseas,
as the War Department advises
that it will not be dispatched
from the ports of embarkation.
5. V-mail will be transmitted,
either when microfiled or in its
original form, to all A.P.O.'s over
seas and transported by airplane
where such facilities are available
Although letters prepaid at the
air mail rate of 6 cents per ounce
will continue to be transported
by airplane as far as the ports
of embarkation. the War De
partment advisos ithnt no as
surance can be given that such
letters, other than V-mail, will
be dispatched by airplane from
port? of embarkation to localities
overseas served by V-mail.
No matter addressed to mem
bers of the armed forces of other
persons receiving such mail
through the A. P. O.'s overseas
.shall te accepted as insured or
C.O.D. mail.
Liquor Still Is
Found In Clay
lurry Dowell and Zelmon Nel
1 : f Tiuquitte?- la Clay eOUDty
\m r given a hearing before the
*1 S. Commissioner in Bi yson
City Thursday and placed under
bonds of $300 each for appear
ance at Federal court, on a
charge of manufacturing liquor
They were arrested when offi
cer: John D. Norton. Pritcliard
Smith and Neil Kitchen located a
20-gallon still on Ben Branch. The
officers found 160 gallons of
mash and six gallons of synip.
WAAC Recruiting
Booth Is Opened
In Murphy Store
The Army Recruiting and In
duction Station in Asheville. an
nounces the establishment of a
Recruiting Booth for the WomenV
Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC>
in Candler's Department Store.
The Booth has been pro video
complete application files and gen
eral information on the Corps for ,
the convenience of applicants in
the Murphy area.
The Murphy Booth is one of
eight such establishments recently
plaoed through "Western Ndrth I
Carolina. Other Booths have been
located in Marshall. Henderson -
ville. Rutherford ton .Forest City.
Sylvia. Spruce Pine and Frank
lin.
Sgt. Thornton of the Asheville
Office explained that the Booths
are part of a chain which will
within the next few weeks, extend
throughout WNC. thereby enabl
ing applicants all through the
mountain area to make their ap
plications without difficulty.
A total of 150.000 women will
be enrolled in the WAAC to per
form one or more of nearly 100
different types of jobs. The pur
pose of the Corps is the relief of
able-bodied men from all jobs
which women can satisfactorily
perform. The Corps is non-com
bat. although enrol lees may be
stationed anywhere Army units
may be located. Choice of work
is permitted all enrollees. in keep
ing with their natural ability to
perform the job they choose.
Many trade schools are already
in progress, and many others will1
bo established as the Corps con- j
tinues to expand. The WAAC is
the first woman's Army in Amer- I
ican history, and it is destined to
play a vital role in the winning
( of the greatest of all wars.
Similarly, letters or packages,
containing money or other arti- |
cles of value except valuable j
papers addressed to members of,
the armed forces at such over-!
seas A.P.O.'s. or to other persons j
receiving mail through the!
A.P.O.'s shall be refused registra
tion. However, letters containing
valuable or important papers may
be registered. The public is
warned that it is not advisable
to inclose currency in ordinary
letters and {-he use of money
order service for remittance re
commended.
More Workers Are Needed In Red
Cross Surgical Dressing Room
The Cherokee County Chapter,
as well an other larger chapters
of the American Red Cross, is
m akin? an urgent appeal for
mjcJre workers in the surgical
dressing workroom. With boys in
action on so many battlefronts.
the need for all types of surgical
dressings is increasing. This is one
tangible thing that each can
plan ahead as a patriotic duty
rach week ? to plan to spend as
much time as possible making
surgical dressings. Murphy has a
small chapter to be making these
dressings, but it met the auota in
the fall months and expects tc
do so this time.
At present the Chapter Is work
ing on the last half of the De
cember quota, which was 9000-4 '
by 4 sponges. Waiting is -the Jan
uary quota of 9000 more 4x4 spon- j
Kes and 7200 of 4x8 sponges.
The Folk School at Brass town.'
which Is a branch of the Cherokee
County Red Cross, is helping on
the 4x4 sponges
Last week the following women
worked at the Surgical Dressing
room: Mrs. C. C. Richardson. Mrs.
W. A. Hoover. Mrs K. C. Wright.
Mrs J. H. Wilson. Mrs. Leon
I Frasch. Mrs. L. E. Baylcss. Mrs
jB. W. Whitfield. Mrs. T. A. Case.
[Mrs. Evelyn Pa 11 on. Miss Mildred
i Farrow. Miss Elizabeth Ann
i 83* im. 3lr?. T?m W#5*i?nXK>n.
(Mrs. B L. Padgett. Mrs. R. S.
i Parker, and Miss Dora Ruth
I Parks.
BOY SCOUTS MEAN BUSINESS
??Toughen up. Buckle down, and Carry on to Victory", Is the
Boy Scout major task this year. Their 1,570,000 members are in the
conflict to the hilt on the home front, doing everything boys of
Scout a^e can do to help win the war speedily and * ?iwt peace
?^rrr..:;cntly.
4-H Club Mobilization
Week to be Held Feb. 6-14
North Carolina's 100.000 4-H
Club members will observe Na
tional 4-H Mobilization Week,
j February 6-14, during which time
i they will plan their part in the
I Nation's 1943 food production
| program.
L. R. Harrill, 4-H Club leader
| of the N. C. State College Exten
sion Service, says one of the main
objective of the week is to or
ganize to help meet local farm
labor shortages. The club boys and
girls would accomplish this by
working themselves and by taking
into their clubs and helping to
train city youths who will work j
on farms this summer.
Spurred on by a message from'
President Roosevelt, the club
members will pledge themselves,
in their 4-H projects to produce
more meat. milk. eggs, and im
portant wartime crops.
In addition, they will make a
determined drive to enlarge their
| enrollment by asking all farm
Doys and girls between the ages
of 10 and 21 to join them in this
\effort. During Motolization Week
last year, the 4-H enrollment in
North Carolina jumped from 60.
000 to 100.000.
Aside from their production
projects, the club members will
make plans to enlarge their acti
vities in fire prevention, nutritious
meal planning, first-aid and
home-nursing, farm machinery
care, and other wartime activities.
Special county agents meetings
have br#?r? held all o\*er the State
to acquaint these Extension Serv
ice workers with details of the;
program.
125 Pints ABC !
Liquor Found
Mr. and Mrs. V. H. Campbell
are under bond of $250 each for ,
appearance at the next time term
of Superior court, for illegal pos
session of ABC liquor. About a
week ago their place. The Oasis,
better known as Bloody Bucket. I
was raided by Deputy John Strat
ton and Patrolman Pritchard
Smith, who found 135 pints of
ABC liquor.
Lovingood Store
Is Moved Monday
Mrs. Roy Lovingood's grocer'
store has been moved from its
location on Hiawassee street to
the former Ross Lovinuood store
on Tennessee street. The stock
was moved Monday, and the store
is now open for business.
Dr. J. Clyde Turner. Pastor
First Baptist Church. Greensboro,
who ?-ill speak the first tliree
Sunday mornings in February
on The Baptist Hour program.
Dr. Clyde Turner
Speaks 3 Times
On Baptist Hour
Dr. J. Clyde Turner, pastor
Fir.s i Bapti: Church. Greensboro,
will be the ;>eeaker on the Bap
tist Hour for the first three Sun
days in Fi bruary. the general
theme of his messages being.
"Christian Ivcsourccs the
Crises." as .?nnounced by S. F
Lowe. Chairman of the Radio
Committee of the Southern Bap
tist Convention. These programs
are carried by an independent
network of 35 station?; at 8:30
EWT Sunday mornings. Beautiful
printed eopirs of each message
can be had by writing each time
to THE BAPTIST HOUR in care
of the station over which you
hear the programs.
Mr. Lowe further states that
Dr. Turner is one of the most
popular speakers among South
ern Baptists, being in constant
demand a* a speaker for assem
blies. colleges and Church meet
ings throughout the Soutiv This
is a return engagement of Dr.
Turner on The Baptist Hour, the
first engagement being in the
1941 Series.
The Radio Committee reports
that fan mail responses to The
Baptist Hour programs over the
35 stations on the network in- ,
dicate that the Audience Is tre
mendous. 7! * pr?f?S!S? *>?rd i
in North Carolina over Stations <
WBIO of Greensboro and WPTF j
of Raleigh.
Andrews Club
Makes Loan To
Four-H Clubs
Andrews Rotary club recently
voted to approp:iate $100 as a
loan to 4-H club members of the
county to increase the number of
pig project- The Murphy Lions
club also tinea a loan oi muu re
cently. making a total of $200
available to the club members
for purchasing pigs. Tlie Andrews
lean will be used to purchase pigs
for boys and girls in Valley town
township.
Through Monday of this week.
? total of 27 pigs liad been plac
ed. and applications for 28 more
had b* cn received by assistant
agent Carl Whiteside. However,
only about three more can be
placed with money loaned by the
two clubs.
W. M. Anderson
Funeral Is Held
On Wednesday
W. M. Anderson. 69. died at his
iome in Shooting Creek scction
it 7:00 a.m.. January 26. after
Ein illness of only a few days.
Funeral services were conducted
from Bethabara Baptist church
on Wednesday afternoon at I
o'clock. The Kov. Giuvei Lculuru.
of Cleveland. Tenn.. assisted by
the Rev. Ode Rogers, conducted
the service.
Mr. Anderson was a prominent
farmer and dealer in livestock.
He had been a member of the
Baptist church more than 601
years.
He is survived by his wife. Mrs.
Samantha Davenport Anderson:
two sons. Perry and Ed; seven
daughters. Mrs. Keefer Garrett,
Mrs. Neal Ledford. Mrs. Leonard
Burrell, Mrs. C has. Hog sod. Mrs.
Tally Anderson. Mrs. Earl Craw
ford, Mrs. Maiden Hogsed, all of
Clay county; 43 grandchildren;
eight sisters, Mrs. Jim Ledford.
Mrs. J. M. Cowart. Mrs. Mary
Neims. Mrs. Pearl Hogsed. Mrs.
D. E. Nichols. Mrs. James Ellis.
Mrs. Ed Ledford; and four
brothers. Glenn. Grady. Link and
Dock, all of Clay county.
Townson funeral home liad
charge of the service.
It Is Unlawful
To Set Fire To
Woods Without
Getting Permit
It is according to North Caro
lina laws unlawful for any per- ,
son. to stan or cause to be start
ed any fire or ignite any mater
ial. in any of the areas of wood
lands under the protection of the
Stat? Forest Service or within.
five hundred feet of any such
protected area, between the first
day of February and the first day
of June, inclusive, or between the
first day of October and the
thirtieth day of November, in
clusive. in any year, without first
obtaining from the State Forester
or one of his duly authorized
aecnts a permit to set out fi"*e
or ignite any material in such
above mentioned protected areas:
no charge shall be made for the
granting of said permits.
Permits may be secured from
the following: L. P. Schaap. Mur
phy: E. S. Burnett. County War
den; Anna Mae Jones. County
Agent's Office: William Notli
stine. Office Andrews: Walter
Calhoun. Station Andrews: Til
don Dockery's Store. Beaverdam;
Dewey Kephart. Owl Creek: Loy
Lunsford. Peach tree: J. W. Mar
tin. Folk School: H. H. David
son. Ranger: Willard Forrester. |
Sunny Point: Fred Jones. Suit:
Allen Br indie's Store. Wehutty:
Grady Waldroupc. Telephone
2202. Tower.
COMPLETES TRAINING
RALEIGH ? Major L. Ben
Prince, who was given a leave of
absence from his post as chairman
of the State Highway and Public
Work?. Commission, has completed
preliminary officers' training at
Aberdeen. Md.. and is now sta
tioned at Ihe school for general
staff officers at Fbrt Leaven
worth. Kansas.
Maximum Use Farm
Manpower Studied
District Scout
Meeting is Heiri
A . i IV y Scout m< ' .IV
ind court of honor were held at
iiiuri n Tuesday CTCSinS- Re
jrc cn'atives fri?m Topoka. Ro?)
jin^vUii' Andrew's, and A.shcviiir.
ind the following from Murphy
Attended: Joe Hay and Rev. Al
frrd Snu'h. Scout executives Allen
md Wall of Asheville were pres
ent Wade R*fcce of Andrews i>
hairman of the district.
Morit badges were presented
o Scouts Swan. Axley and Davis
of Andrews.
Horse And Mule
Clinics Scheduled
In County Feb. 15
Horn* and mule clinics will bo
conducted in Cherokee county on
Monday. February 15. for the
purpose of treating work stock
for internal parasites and o'.her
diseases, and dentai work. D*. M.
M. Leanord of Asheville is to be
he e to conduct tlie clinics.
The schedule in the county is
i a* follows: Feb. 15. at 8:30 a.m.:
Ed Wood's farm. Coalville. 10:00,
Verdie Ledford's store, Feach
tree: 1:00, John C. Campbell Folk
school farm. Brass;own; and 3:30.
Fred Davis' store. Q rand view
Feed should te withheld from
the animals to be treated, for at
least 12 to 18 hours before treat
ing. says County Farm Agent A.
Q Ketner.
All farmers who have horses
and mules that are not in Rood
shape are asked to bring them to
ono of the clinics.
[Final Rites For
Mrs. Frankum Are
| Held On Thursday
Mrs. LiUie Frankum. aged 59.
| di' ' at the home of her son. A.
j L. Frankum. Murphy, Route 2. on
I Tuesday evening, after an illness
! of four weeks. Funeral services
i will be held today (Thursday) at
: 2 o'clock in the afternoon at
Fairview Baptist church. Ranger,
with the Rev. Fred Stiles of
| ficiating. Burial was in the
church cemetery.
Mrs. Frankum is survived by
j three daughters. Mrs. John Kay
? lor. and Misses Edith and Elminn
[Frankum. all of the county: three
.sons. A L. and G. D. ol Murpfy.
and Charles, of the U. S. Army.
Fort u&ckson. S. C : mother. Mis.
Ella Fox. Murphy: two sisters.
Mrs. Callie Wooten. Murphy:
Mrs. Maude Sneed. Sylv.\. ar.d
seven . ram'< hildren.
Tfnvmo.i fineral horn?* m
cl^rge.
trouble
Changablc weath0** Hnrlne the
past few weeks has causcd con
siderable colds and pneumonia
in swine herds, says S. C. Win
I Chester, asistant farm agent of
the N. C. State College Extension
i Scrvice.
*il-- Countv War Boa: d con
sidered the question today whe
ther fullest possible us<* is bcinu
> ;ide of manpower m Cherokee
nmii), iw -n--~****~ wtliwum nnu
a- i- n of food and fibre so ur
gently needed at this time.
It wa. recognized tiiat tin*
lair.':: ?? CliTok?1 County did
r>. ? v p?i- n.illv ?ood Job last
year in incrra&lfig production of
food and (red under many itandi
i ap* With wie increasing short
..Bc of labor it appeared that
further increase would be possi
I ble only if the most careful at
, tention is given to full and ef
. fective employment of all farm
| crs.
A careful study oi the number
aru! sire of farms in the county
levcaltd tliat of 2184 farms In th?*
county, 1000 had an average of
only seven crops acrcs.
There were some 300 with crop
acreage us Muall ? three. If a
family resides on one of the
smaller farms and docs not have
an opportunity for part time em
ployment on his neighbor's farm
or through renting additional
land, it is evident that there
! should be a reservoir of labor in
I these families which should be
put to more productive use. It 7?
stated. For this reason the County
War Board lias requested all agri
cultural agencies represented in
this County to use every effort
to assist these small farmers in
finding a way to utilize more
fully their time by renting addi
tional land, purchasing additional
land or making the labor in their
families available to their neigh
bor farmers.
A study of the programs availa
ble to the farmers in this coun
ty revealed that the Farm Securi
ty Administration is in a posi
tion to lend money to small farm
ers with which to increase tl?eir
production and that loans may be
made even to purchase a farm
oi to enlarge a farm so that tlie
family may utilize its labor in
increasing production.
Loans for both purchase and
improvement and for enlarge
ment of farms are made on a 40
year contract subject to the ap
proval of the local "Farm Owner
ship" Committee. Claude S. Day.
Ben L. Fox. Burton H. McNabb.
members of the committee for
the county.
Applications may be filed with
Ernest F Arnold. Murphy. FSA
Supervisor for the County, who
will furnish additional informa
tion relative to eligibility and
conditions under which these
loans are made.
Want Farmers To
Purchase Wheat
Fa:mer^ who want to purchase
feed wheat are requested to do so
a: an earl:/ date by J. H. Hampton
chairman of the county AAA
committee, who states that when
the present supply is exhausteo
no more will be available until
another act of congress. Orders
fnr practically another car load
are now in the hands oi the com
mittee. and other orders received
soon will be included in the next
shipment..
AX TIIE AXIS
Agents Working Toward Enrolling
1000 Youths In 4-H Club Work
In connection with 4-H club
mobilization wok. the county
agents and assistants will m rot
with all the high schools and
some of the trraded schools in
the county during the week of
February 8-12 to enlist as many
as possible of the students in the
4-H victory program of food pro
duction.
Nine schools of the county have
4-H clubs: Andrews. Murphy, ele
mentary and high. Peach tree,
Marble. Martin's Creek. Rantrer.
HiWAftsee Dam and Wolf Creek.
Last year there were enrolled in
the clubs 170 ?r!rl? 92 boys.
Of that number 81 per cent com- ?
plrted their project work.
The aim for this year is to en
roll from 1000 to 1200 boys and
girls in this county, from 12 to
21 years of age. in the 4-H club
work.
Mrs. Allino R Kine. home
agent: Miss Mar:/ Cornwell. as
sistant home agent: A. Q. Ket
ner. farm agent, and Cart Whit
*ido. assistant farm agent, are
working together in the 4-H club
irocram. placing special emphasis
on production of essential foods
this year.
The agents will encourage the
young people to produce more
vesis?SI?! pouHry, dairy pro
ducts and meat.