?%? tflpriikee ffanit ? ? VOLl'ME 54 ? NO 33 M1RPHV NORTH CAROLINA TH1 RSDAY. MARCH 11, 1^13 ^ COPY?*1.50 PER YEAR Group Of Young Men Leave 17th The following young men will' leave on Wedne*day, March 17. at 6:30 a.m. for an army camp lor wwiMBon: Grady H. Hamby, Ralph Henry Baker. Floyd Dockery, Aster Edgar Trull. Willard Axley Row land. Paul William Holloway. Ernest Allen Dockery Burl Wal lace Chastain. Charles Aaron Wor ley. Calvin Warren G. Payne, j James William Cross, Robert Jack son Reedy, George Rice. Smuuel Hutchinson, Paul Gilbert. Henry Ford Adams, Earl Young Baine, Homer Poley Floyd, Ralph Wil liam Radford, Quion Joseph Allen, Harry Lee Moore, Howard Wil lard Johnson, Gilbert Floyd, Guy Derreberry, William Ernest Gib son, James Woodrow Coffey, Charles Edwin GulJey Benjamin Gudger Crawford, Willard Fort ner, William Ray Anderson, Claude Leonidus Stalcup, Clyde Martin Stak-up, Homer Carrol Hurst, Roosevelt Billy Harris, Samuel Ralph Rogers, Doyle Alex Hol land, William Andrew Bullard, Clinton Lonnie Payne. Homer | Henry Cole, Clayton Winslow Stiles, Thomas Clay Beaver, Ralph Payne, Fred Herbert Mashburn, John Edgar Mundy, Herbert Hoo ve." Hall, CSjrd? V/. Ashe, Edwin Thomas Williams, Robert Vincent Owens, George Washington Swan son, Willard John Satterfield, aRy Birchfield, Charles Kermit Kee num, Edward Melvin English, Frank Morgan, Sidney Davis, Tom Edward McClure, William Bern ard Phillips, Jack Herbert Lloyd,, Harold Davis Garren. Whichard Asks Help In Control Of Disease "Whooping Cough has become more or less epidemic in and around Andrews." says Dr. M P Whichard, district health officer "Whooping Cough is a serious and deadly disease among young children, one case having died to the personal knowledge of the Health Officer. "TTiere is no health depart ment that can control the spread of this disease without the co operation of the people of a com munity. As your Health Officer. I am pleading with the people in the vicinity of Andrews to kesp tlieir young children at home from the age of one month to five years- While it is dangerous to older children, after the age of five years it is not generally as fatal. The complications of Whooping Cough, such as Bron chitis, and Pneumonia, are moro serious than the disease itself So. parent*;, if you love your little children* please keep them at home in order not to expose them to a dangerous and deadly disease Those reported to have violated the quarantine law will be prose cuted SHIELDS AT MEMPHIS I Aviation cadet J L- Shields, who has been stationed at Miami Beach, Fla with the Army Air Corps is now stationed at South Western University. Memphis. Tennessee. FRED JOHNSON JR AT WILLIAMSBURG Seaman 1st Clr?s* Fiod Johnson Jr . left Saturday for Camp Perry Williamsburg Va, after a short visit here with his parents Mr and Mrs Fred Johnson He vol untered for service in ScpU-riiU and was sent to Camp Periy Sinee receiving his basic training there with the 78th Batallion ho was transferred to Ships Co., where he is getting addition. 1 training Robt. M. Fain Dies Monday At Age Of 87 Funeral services for Robert M Fain. 87, who died at Murphy General hospital Monday, were [held at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning at the First Methodist church with the pastor, the Rev I Ralph Taylor, officiating, assisted j by the Rev. A- B. Cash, pastor of i the First Baptist church I Mr. Fain had been ill with a I heart ailment for more than a year [and was taken to the hospital on his 87th birthday, last Friday. Born in Murphy, he was one of the oldest residents, and has lived here possibly longer than any other person in the town. Hlis wife, the former Miss Mary Josephine Singleton, preceded him to the grave nine years ago. just after they had celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary- Mr. Fain owned and operated the Mur phy Mills for about 40 years. He was a member of the Methodist church, in which he had been steward and trustee for many | years, and was a Mason. Surviving are three daughters Mrs. R. E. Hambright of Grover, Mre. K V. Weaver and Miss Lula ? Fain of Murphy; eight grandchil dren. Robert Weaver of Murphy, Edgar Weaver, who is with the U S. Army in North Africa. Fain Weaver in the army air corps at Muskogee, Okla., Mrs Mary Tay lor of Oakboro, Mary Frances, Ed na. Bobbie and Fain Hambright of Grover; one great - grandchild. Betty Weaver of Murphy; one sis ter. Mrs. A. McD- Harshaw of Asheville. Burial was in Sunset cemetery under direction of the Townson funeral home, with Masons charge. Pallbearers were: J W Frank-1 lin. H. G- Elkins. Sheridan Dickey. Thos. Axley. L. L. Mason and Paul | Hyatt. Jack B. Akin Mechanics Course KEESLER FISLD. Miss.. March | 10 ? Pvt. Jack B. Akin, son or | Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Akin. Murphy, took his first step toward becom ing an airplane mechanic this week by entering Kecsler Field s huge B-24 Liberator Bomber School, a unit of the Army Air Forces Technical Training Com mand. "NISEI" SOLDIERS TRAIN u-.emwrTrtw r* r tj s Armv Members of the ^ ASHINGTOI*t _r !LlI -v rv. Hnwaiia- Natioft&I tjuarii, SErTfc. d?. ?T^.lrj>.cu^uw.i, l?ctorM on . mo? potent form of oitmt, the h?nd ?"""?You've heard many stone* of how Jap | soldi?*? would rather die than surrender. It ia about as true as the yam that the Jap is a superman. Above you see aome of the Japs eaptured by our boys on Guadalcanal. They could have- died if they wanted, but they choose to live and to smoke American cigarettes donated by the doughl>oys who encircle them at the racifte base to which they were transferred from Guadalcanal. HEADS WAR DRIVE The Rev. A. B. Cash, who chairman of the Red Cross War Fund drive for the Cherokee County chapter, which is now in progress. Mr- Cash's announ ces that people are responding nicely to the appeal. SMALLPOX EPIDEMIC IN CLAY Dr. M. P. Which ard, health officer, an nounces that an epi demic of smallpox, with ten cases report ed, has broken out in the Pinelog section of Clay county. Red Cross Workers For War Fund Drive Are Announced By Cash *lhe Rev A B Cash chairman of the war fund drive for th*? Cherokee County chapter of the American Red Cross, announces the following appointed workers who will canvass the chapter area within ihc Fir A i fcYV days tO SO licit contributions: Joe E. Ray. Chairman of busi ness district, Franklin Smith, Miss Eunice Shit-Ids. Mrs- Had ley Dickey, Ed Studstill. W M Fain. Mrs. Willard Cooper. J H. Gibbs, Mrs. Thelma Dickey. Mrs J. H. Wilson, Mrs Ruth Carrin ger. Mrs. J L Savage, Mrs J. H McCall. Arden D Davis. Mrs Frank Ellis, Mrs. W A. Hoover, Mrs. J. N. Moody, E O- Christo pher, Miss Dora Parks. Paul Hy att Peyton G Ivie, Noah W Hembree, Mrs W. D. King, Dale Lee. B B. Co.nwell, Miss Jose phine Heighway, Mrs. Wade Mas sey. Mrs. E. S- Miller, Mrs. L*. E J Bay less, Mrs. V. M Johnson. Mrs. T J Mauney, Mrs. C. D Mayfield, Mrs- C. L- Alverson. I Mrs Neil Davidson. Mrs. Tom | Axley, Mrs W. M. Fain, Mrs C C. Richardson. Mrs. Buel Adams, i Mrs A. Q Ketner, Clyde Pal- i ton. Chavlos Bowles, Mis- Rob ert Weaver, Mrs- W- A Sherril! j Mrs. T. P Cnlhoun. Mrs. W S | Dickey. R. If Foard, W A Shcr rill. Miss Addie Leatherwood. I K- C. Wright MISS BEKCIIER McMILLAN ENLISTS IN THE WAAC Miss Bccchor McMillan, daugh ter of Mr and Mrs. John McMil lan, of Unaka has enlisted in th WAAC Miss McMillan is with the Civil Service. Morris Field J Air Base. Charlotte THIEVES BREAK INTO FRANK'S PLACE Thieves broke into the drink stand of Frank Taylor last week anil aioiu several dollar's worth of cigarettes, chewing gum. pies, candy and ginger ale Much of tjie goods was recovered next day, but the criminals have not been apprehended Last Rites For J. W. Hyatt On Thursday J. W. Hyatt. 68, died at his home at Culberson Monday following an illness of several months. Funeral services were held at 11 a. m Thursday with the Rev. Thomas Truett and the Rev. G B Benton officiating. Burial was in the Hyatt family cemetery with the Townson funeral home in charge. Surviving are his wife; three sons. Guy and Donald of Cul berson, Ray of the U S. army. Denver, Colo ; five daughters Mrs. Radie Maples of Dayton, O. Mrs Nora Cearley of Burl ington. Mrs. Inez Arp. Mrs Grace Deweese and Mrs Doro thy Mashburn of Culberson: and one brother. G. W. Hyatt of Cul berson. Mr Hyatt was a Mason a former postmaster of Culberson and a merchant there for many years. Town And Farm In Wartime North Carolinian* To Answer Roll Call On the farm production front, the Department of Agriculture, in a roll call be held from March 1 to 20. will caii or. all Norih Carn. j lina rural women to pledge every family to produce as much of the i home food supply as possible. A good part of farm people, espec ially in "one-crop" areas, either I raise only a small part of their ! ?wn garden supply, or do not raise a sufficient variety of fresh vege tables to Rive a well-balanced diet. With canned foods limited, it is essential to improve the diet and health of rural families through home gardens. How To "Spend" Points Here's a way to spread your point "spending" as evenly as pos sible over the full month of March. | says the State OPA. so you won't j run short toward the end of the ; month ? divide March into four shoppinK periods ? March 1 i throuRh 8 . March : 24 through 31 'eight daysV If the 48-point-per-person al- ! lotment is used evenly over these ! periods, the rat/* of spending in ; each period by families of from ] two to eight persons works out i in 12-point multiples. For two In the family, spend 24 points per shopping pei lod, for three. 36 points, four. 48. and so on. Ceiling I'rices On Pork After April 1 On Apr!! 1. 194?. rpilinsr prices will be fixed ?>n all retail sales ol fresh and processed pork Bigger j markups are allowed to indepen | dents stores doing less than $250 - 000 a year than arc allowed to larger ?tores and chains. The maximum prices for five porks products are: sliced bacon ?derin ed. smoked* crade A. 48 and 46 cents per pound: skinned, smoked ham. center slices. 61 and 58 cents: skinned, smoked whole ham. 41 and 40 cents: center cut pork chops 'fresh or fiozcn pork loins). 43 and 41 cents: and salt pork ? dry salt, bellies), fresh, cured or frozen. 26 and 24 cents per pound On and after April 1. a retailer may sell only ? *1) Pork cuts Riven dollars and cent,?? price un der OPA 236. and <2> pork pro ducts whose prices are fixed under general maximum price regulation, including Pork sausage, can ned pork, pork variety meats or offal ?including ? temple meat outlets, brains, chitterlings, liver, plucks, kidneys, tongues, lips, snouts, ears, hearts, cheek and head meat, stomachs, weas and meat and heads, quick frozen cuts which are delivered to the retail er in individual packages 111 which he sells them. Ceiling prices on pork must be posted in each store beginning April 1. and. upon re quest. the retailer jv.ugI give ? customer a receipt showing the date, name and address of re tailer. name and weight of each pork cut sold, and the price paid for 4t. Cookie Prices On Thr KKe North Carolina housewives will soon be paying more for crackers, biscuits, and cakrs The increase will be .small in the case of cakes, but- on crackers and cookies, where Is a larger factor in p;eduction costs, the increase may eventual be great. Because rising soft wheat prices in the East have put a severe squeeze on flour millers OPA has Taised ty approximately 8 per cent the cc Ming prices at which soft wheat flour may be sold by Eastern. Southern and Midwestern millers and blenders. No Clothes Rationing Acting to spike vicious rumors which have nearly cleaned out many stores in NoTth Carolina of their clothing stocks, the Office of Price Administration, the War Production Board and the Office of Wax InloilSUUU?i k umvt joinrtt in stating definitely that no ra (continued on page eight> Lions To Celebrate 17th Anniversary Joe M. Withrow Is Promoted To (orpl Joe Marvin Withrow. son of Mr and Mr-* John Parrish. of Murphy, Route 2 has been promoted from Pfc to the rank of corpocal. Cpi Witluow is stationed at Elgin Field Fla Mrs. Johnson Dies Wed. At The Age 73 Mrs. A. L Johnson. 73 died Wednesday morning at 2 45 o' clock at her home here follow ing a long illness She is surviv- ' ed by four daughters. Mrs A B Horton, of Manetta, Ga . Mrs E C Moore. Mrs Mamie Arnold, and Miss Cassie Johnson, all of Murphy, and one son. Virgil M Johnson of Murphy, one sister. Mrs. T. E Mashburn of Murphy. Route 2 17 grandchildren ana 17 great grandchildren Mrs i Johnson's great - grandmother I Mary Ball, was closely related to I George Washington. | Funeral services will be held j Thursday afternoon (today) at 4 jo'cock at the First Baptist Church with the pastor, the Rev A B Cash, officiating assisted by the Rev J C Ammons and the Rev Ralph Taylor Interment will be in Sunset cemetery, with the Townson funeral home in charge. Pallbearers are: Allen Howell, Walter Coleman. Jim Franklin, Dale Lee W. S Dickey, and Wal ter Mauney BOOKS ON HEALTH AT THE LIBRARY The following books on "Health" are available at the library and on the bookmobile in Graham county, ami li&U of them have been placed in the stores for dis tributions to customers. It is re quested that people make us o? these books: Klinefelter ? Medical Ocrupa tions for girls; Thomen ? Doctors don't believe . . . why should you?; Norlin ? Everybody nursing for the everyday homo, Shepard ? Textbook of attendant nursing; Bauer ? Health cvlucation of the public; Hardenbergh ? Municipal Sanitation; Mursell ? Personal philosophy for war time; Robert son ? What do we cat now?; Steincrohn ? You don't have to exorcise; Help your Doctor to he* p you when you have Insomnia; Jackson ? Answer i. . . . Your Nerves; Help your Doctor to help you when you have heart disease; Parron ? Shadow on the land. SHOWS RED CROSS MOTION P1CTVRE The motion picture "Since Pearl llaroor." produced for the Red Cross, was shown at Henn Theatre Sunday and Monday and will be shown at Chic on Thurs ! day and Friday of tlvs week April 3 will bo the seven teen t h anniversary of the or ganization < f Muprhy Lions Club *TW_ Anr.l ? (k* ?>hiK will be the special Cherokee county dinner held annually, an anniversary celebration, and the close of an attendance contest conducted for the past thre* month? Several Chnrtrr mem bers of the club will be honored at this dinner The Rev Ralph Taylor chair man of civic improvement com mittee reported that Ms commii tee had investigated the possi bilities of having an air port i*i Murphy It was recommended that a committee be appointed to meet with the town council and county officials and work out a plan for the three organization? to send a representative to Washington to confer with offi cials there before any other ateps are taken Dr W. A Hoover Lion president, appointed such a committee to meet with the board on Thursday e\ening Robert Presley, manager and secretary-treasurer of the Coca Cola Bottling company, and M | F Hensley. of the coolwr and I vending machine department, of | Asheville. were introduced as [special guests of Dutch Kinley City Election In Andrews On May 4th Both the Republicans and Dem ocats of Andrews will hold sepa rate mass meetings on Tuesday, April 27. at 7 30 p. m. for the purpose of nominating candidates for th??_ election to be held on I May 4, for mayor and aldermen of the Town of Andrews- The Republicans will meet at the li brary building and the Demo crats at the Municipal building The officials will be elected for a two-year term Registration books will be open at the polling places from March 29 to Aprii 23 Aii can didates must file notice ot their candidacies by 6 O'clock CWT on April 29 John Richards Jones has been appointed registrar for the elect ion; and Mrs Cleve Almond and W Allen Ashe, judges of elect ion The present officers are: May or. R T Heaton; mayor pro tern Z. L. Whitaker; aldermen. W S Calhoun Z B Conley. W G McKeldrey, and Z- L Whitaker. ANNOUNCE LIST OF WORKEBS Those working in the surgical dressings room last week-end and the hours they worked were: Mcsdames Julie Martin, 3 hours; Mrs. O. K. Erahart. 2; T. A. Case, 5*2; Edwina Hagaman. 1; Mildred Farrow. 3%; Helen Ammons. 1%; Roy Cooke. 1^4; Anna Mae Jones. 2: T. H. Kent. 1^; Evelyn Patton, 3>2: J. W. Davidson, 2*4; Don Witherspoon. 2: J. N. Hill. 3'i; ? continued on page elght> MARINES RELIEVED AFTER GUADALCANAL FIGHTING MARINE CORPS PHOTO?Weary After month* of bitter fighting on wuAdAieana- thoso u. S. Marines are shown as they Arrived At a South pAciftc port, heading for a rest. Even the dogs, some Gt thr men are leading, will get a much needed vAration.