North Carolina Newspapers

o" VOUME 54 - NO. 34 Ml KI>IIY NORTH C AROLINA THUft8DAY. MATCH 18. 194.1 5c COP*??1.50 PER YEAR People Vaccinated Against Smallpox i smc<- last RMMi csUns'.rly 2000 people in Cherokee and Clay counties have been inoculated aguinsl smallpox by the local limlth department and physicians. Thir. resulted from the smallpox epidemic which originated in a section of Clay county last week. Twelve cases had been reported through Wednesday. Ttv* health department is con ducting clinics for smallpox vac cination in various sections dur ing the next few days, to make it possible for everyone desiring to take this preventive step to do so. Hie work is being done by Dr. M P Whichard. Mrs. Ola Hamil ton Williams. Miss Eldra Sneed and T. J. Ellis. Following is the schedule of work: Thursday. Murphy schools: Friday. Martin's Creek school. 10 a.m.; King's store. 1 p.m.: Mooas sion Creek church. 3 p.m.: Satur-, day morning, health office in Murphy: Sunday. Andrews, health office. 10 am. to 12 noon and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m; and Monday. | Peach tree school. 1 p.m. Home Clubs Make Sleeping Garments For The Red Cross Mrs. R. C. Mattox. chairman of the Red Cross Sewing, Mrs. L. E. Bay less. Mrs. B. L. Badgett. and Mrs. R. A. Akin cut forty-five sleeping garments one day last week. These garments have been pitals. of the Hume Demonstration clubs in the county. Soon Mrs. Mattox and her committee will be cutting night shirts, and anyone who will make some of these will please get in touch with Mrs. Mattox. The Red Cross makes these night shirts for use in government hos have moved to Marble. Food Conservation i School Is Held A nutrition school, to train, leaders in the food conservation I program, was held at Murphy ( school Tuesday and Wednesday, with Miss Mary Corn well, nutri tion chairman, in charge. Miss Sarah Burton Jenkins, with the Staie Department of Public In- , struction. was here to. give de monstrations on food conserva tion. PIJ LP WOOD Selective cutting in many farm woodlands will yield a large sup ply of pulpwood. which is in great demand, and will also help the general production of the woodlands. MEATS Meat racketeers and chiseling operators have made a "Pcrrr.it System" of slaughtering necessary for all those wh sell meat. No permit is requireu for farmers un less they deliver meet to others. Third Sunday Sing To Be Held > The thud Sunday afternoon I singing will be held at Calvary | Baptist Church Sunday at 1:30 p.m. Frank Coleman announces that a lance crowd is expected ' Attending and participating in the program will be the trio of Eto wah. Tcnn.. and the Simonds quartet of Coppcrhill. Tenn. All singers and those who like good singing are invited. Last Rites Held For Mrs. Millsaps Mrs. Mattie Sawyer Millsaps. 54. died March 9 at a local hospital. Funeral sereviccs were held March 10 at 4 p.m. at Hayesville Baptist Church with Rev. J. H. Wilson officiating. Interment was in Hayesville Methodist cemetery. Mrs. iuuLaap^ is survived hv h#?r mother. Mrs. J. C. Sawyer: three daughters. Mrs. Grace Ledford and Mrs. Violet Burch of Hayes ville, Mrs. Rena Bristol of Watts Bar. Tenn.: one son. Gardner, who is in service and unable to attend: five sisters, five brothers and six grandchildren. Pallbearers were: Happy Jolin son. Allen Bell. Jr.. Bobby Tiger. Hugh Anderson. Robert 3croggs. and Harold Sauder. I vie funeral home was in charge. Gladys LFricks Is In The WAACS PORT DES MOINES. Iow<a ? Auxiliary Gladys I. Prick^. of Murphy, has begun training at the First Women's Army Auxiliary Corps Training Center here. She was immediately assigned to a Receiving Center company for a week of elementary train ing. Here She was issued cloth ing and equipment, instructed in rudiments of drill, and given Army classification tests. For the following four weeks, she will be assigned to a Basic company for more detailed train ing preparing her to replace a man in a non-comb* t Army job. Norman J. Roberts. 23. son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Roberts, formerly of Marble. Rt. 1. is at home visiting his parents who now live at Busline 11. His father is with the TVA at the Fontana Dam. Sgt. Roberts received his training at Fort Knox. Ky. He entered the armed forces Sept. 10. 1940. and sailed for oversea serv ice in December and was there 15 months. He will be stationed some where in Kentucky for awhile. MACHINERY Paced with n labor shortage, j growers are carefully checking and repairing all farm machines. for a full job in the busy season. Legislature Passes Bill Requiring Collection Of Taxes In Cherokee The two bills introduced by Mrs. O. W. Cover, in the General As sembly which adjourned last week, directly affecting Cherokee coun ty. were as follow: HB 741 ? Introduced by Mrs. Cover. February 27 (Andrews City Administrative School Unit trus tees). March 1. bill reported favor ably by House CommtUce: March 2. passed 2nd and 3rd readings; March 3. passed 1st reading in Senate and sent to Calendar Com mittee. reported favorably, passed 2nd and 3rd readings; March 5. ratified. HB 755 ? Introduced by Mrs. Cover. March 1, Requiring the County Accountant of Cherokee County to collect delinquent taxes." (Accountant made ex offlce dcltaqurnt tax collector, to be bonded in an amount fixed by the Board of County Commission ers. Upon ratification of the act persons having tax sale certifi cates and tax receipts represent- i ing delinquent taxes for 1941 and prior years ore required to turn over such certificates and receipts whether in suit or otherwise. In subsequent years when the Sheriff and Tax Collector make settle ment with the Board on current i taxes, the Board is required to immediately turn over to the County Accountant for collection | all delinquent *axes> Sent to Oa- ' lendar Committee. March 2. re ported favorably by House Com- j mittee: March 3. passed 2nd and j 3rd readings; passed 1st readinc j | in Senate and sent to Calendar I Committee; March 4. reported | favorably: March 5. passed 2nd I and 3rd readings; March 6. rati I fled. ?SWING' C IK. Patricia Collins of Chicago lllus t rates how the new kind of "swing" girl?who must sleep daytimes be cause she works the swing shift ir. 4 war plant ? helps the victory drive by pulling down windovt shades. This not only provides bet ter sleeping conditions but con serves fuel. By keeping shades completely drawn at night and in unused rooms at all times, Ameri can families can save 9,000,000 tons of coal and 10,600,000 barrels o! oil a year, according to figures compiled by th? Armour Research Foundation, f ? Tournament At Murphy Gym Thursday - Friday The Tri-County douUe elimina tion tournament started in the new Murphy gym Thursday after noon with four teams scheduled lor play. The entries are Robbins vilie. Nantahala. Hiwassce Dam and Murphy. Murphy high's boys will meet Nantahala at 3 o'clock and an hour later the Robbinsville five will battle Hiwassee Dam. The afternoon losers will clash at 7 o'clock tonight and the afternoon winners will play at 8 o'clock. Two defeats fere necessary to eliminate a team from Mie title race. Finals of the event will be offered Friday. HUTCHINS TO PREACH AT METHODIST CHURCH The Rev. W. L. Hutchins, dis trict superintendent of the Way nesville district of the Methodist church, will preach at the First Methodist church here Sunday evening at 7:30 o'clock. Blackout Is Successful "The blackout held Tursday niclii from 7:50 until 8:22 p.m. ?a.H the m o?, t Miirrwtful one Murphy has had." stated Dr. L T. Rover I? <i\ili4n de fense chairman. Practically every licht went out at the first signal. Many Man Hours Worked In Red Cross Project Those who worked at surgical dressing workroom the week of March 8 through 12 and the hours were: Mesdimes C C Richard son. 2's: W. A. Hoover. 1 >2 ; Ed wina Hagaman. 1 _? Evelyn Pat ton. 3; J. W Davidson. 2 Si; Roy Cooke. 2lt; Reuben Cooke. 2%: IW. a. cookc. 2%: j n Hill. 4H; | Harry Miller. 1H: M W Bell. 5?u: R. s. Parker. 8',: T. A. i Case, 5*2 : C. W. Arnold. 2: J. L. 1 Swage. 2: Henry Hyatt. 2: Paul Hyatt. 2; E. J. Darnell. 2; A. B. j Cash, 2 % ; R. D. Chandler. 2 \ : T. J. Mauney, 2 Vi : P. H. Leather i wood. 1: S. D. Akin, l^i: J. C. Ammons. 1 4 : Lucile H McDuffic. Ed. Barnett. 2':; J W. Bai ley. 2H: C. A. Btaity. i\ H. D. Duncan. 2: Leon Prase h, 3: Don Witherspoon. 2V4: Misses Mildred FanJoW. 5Vi: June McCoy. 1: Roberta Henson. 1: Edna Ram sey. 1; Willie Belle McKinney. 2; Mary Jo Lloyd. 2: Gillie Martin. 214: Anne Leather wood. 1; Addie Le?therwood. 2; Dora Ruth Parks. 24. Pre-School Clinics To Be Held Monday ; Pre-school clinics, for examina I tion of children planning to en I ter school next fall for ?he first t time, will be conducted av Murphy { school next Monday. March 22. ; beginning at 1 o'clock p.m. Dr. M. P. Wichard, Miss Elba Sneed. and Mrs. Ola Hamilton Williams, of the health department, will be in charge. Parents who have children who are to start to school next fall are requested to bring them to the clinic. They are asked to bung any younger children from six months old and over to take the diphtheria vaccination. 1'ATRIOTIC SNOW MAN j ."OLSON- PARK." CHICAGO. ILL ?There is keen competition these | day? between war workers in Chi cago to see who can build the best outdoor patriotic display. The girls of the Olson Rug Company think i they have a prize winner in this giant 14 ft. "Uncle Sam" snow man wnich they have been building in their off hours. "And we didn't use any scarce materials because there is plenty of this stuff" laugh ed one of the girls as she tossed n snowball accurately at your correspondent. Navy Tests To Be Given Applicants Thurs. April 2 Qualifying tests for the new, Navy VI2 college program will be , given in schools and colleges to all civilian applicants between 9 and 11 o'clock. April 2. Captain Marion C. Robertson. Director of | Sixth Naval District Officer Pro-1 curcment said yesterday. Students enrolled under the Navy V-l. V-5, or V-7 officer pro I gram> will not be examined at I that time. High school seniors and recent alumni should contact the principal or superintendent of , their schools regarding the de 1 tails of this examination. Those passing the April 2 quali- ; fying test later will be called to , the Offices of Naval OfTicer Pro ! c urement for physical examination and interviews. The results of the ! several examinations will be re viewed by a Selection Committee, composed of a Naval officer, an educator, and a civilian, who will have final authority over these qualifications. AX THE AXIS Town And Farm In Wartime Kation Calendar GASOLINE "A" Book Coupon No. 4 expires March 21. SUGAR?Coupon No. 12. 5 lbs. valid March 16. Must last through the end of May. or 11 weeks. COFFEE? Stamp No. 25. 1 lb expires March 21. TIRES?Class A. first inspec tion deadline March 31. FUEL OIL?Period 4 Coupons expire April 6 in zones C and D. April 12 in zone B.. April 17 in zone A. Period 5 coupons are now valid in all zones. Beef Price Violators Go To Jail "The prison terms of up to seven months in jail with accom panying fines ranging to $5.800 meted out to 13 individual viola tors of OPA price ceilings on beef at the wholesale level today is only the start of our broadened campaign to wipe out the Black Market in meat in this country.' price administrator Prentiss M. Brown said on March 9 in com menting on the sentences and | fines handed out by federal Judge Qodcfcird in United States District Court in New York City. Price of Fresh Vegetables Regional OPA offices may ad Just the maximum price of any seller of fresh lettuce, spinach, carrots, green peas, snap beans, tomatoes, and cabbage when the ceiling price is likely to disrupt normal distribution, the OPA has ruled. Seeds Not Rationed Peas, beans and lentils when bought exclusively for use as seed are exempt from the processed foods rationing program and do not require the surrender of either ooint stamps or ration certificates, according to OPA. Fuel oil users who would be cn | titled to r< r ive auxiliary rations of 100 gallons or moro for heatinr purposes wili not be issued such 'ration/ if y can obtain ;lie extra Ilea: liom coal or wood j stoves. OPA announced recently This order applies to private home owners, apartment house and ! cold-water flat operators, indus ; trial plants heated by oil. and all j others who burn oil for heat. To i prevent hardship, the order pro i vides for certain exceptions. Certificates To Farmrr^; I r?nr. familes who have enlisted , in the huge 1943 food production j program will be awarded a certifi ' catc of farm war service, signed by Secretary of Agriculture Claude R. Wickard. in recognition of their war work. It will t-e presented by | county U8DA boards ns soon as possible after the completion of the 1943 farm mobilization drive Farm Incomc A preliminary review of the date available on farm incomc land expenditures during 1942 in dicates that the net return to farm operators for their labor ; capital investment, and manage ment. and for other unpaid fami ly labor, was about 10.200 million I dollars in 1942. In 1941 the net j return to farmers was estimated . at 6.748 million dollars. The pre vious record net income in 1919. ; amounted to 8.799 million dollars. Total cash income from farm mar | ketings and government payments j during 1942 amounted 16.13? mil ! lion dollars. In 1941 cash income j from marketings and government paymenfs totaled 11.754 million dollars. Stocking Prices Rrduccd Reductions of from 5 to 40 cents I per pair for rayon stockings have been announced by the OPA. New prices, which will be put into ef fect by mid-April at all sales I levels, will represent price cuts !.'\rrjBing 15 per cent Stocking made to the stand ards of OPA. as set for grade A" ] hosiery, will contain features de pned to lengthen the life and i improve the service of the hosiery such as reinforcements in the foot ! and welt top and a minimum (number of rows of stitches in the j Wg to prevent "skimpy" construc j tion. Gas For School Bus j If school authorities cfo not promptly return applications for revised certificates of war neces sity. there may be insufficient gasoline for school bus operations in the second quarter of 1943. the Office of Defense Transportation warns. The minimum necessary mileage for each school bus will be determined on the basis of in formation contained in these ap plications. Gardening Materials Sufficient Supplies of essential garden tools .seed, and insecticides are reported to be sufficient to meet the needs of the expanded Victory Garden program, but. there arc none to waste, the USDA has an nounced. Wasting seeds, tools. f fertilizers, or insecticides is never desirable and in wartime is to be i condemned. Rankers Help On I/>aiw Local bankers will be asked to J <;it with county USDA war boards and other credits agencies of the dcinrtment in considering appli cations for regional agricultural | credit corporation loans to make more certain that the loan pro gram will not be competitive with local agencies extending cre dit to the ftoTmer. Picture To Be Shown For War Fund Drive Rev \l f R'jIIuu '*v "? ."!? V# i/uaiv ?t To Preach Here R< Marvin C. Bail. .v of At i lantu. Oa district elder of tin Free Methodist church, will hold evangelistu- meeting March 19 to ; 30 in the Free Methodist chu:ch formerly the old playhouse in east i Murphy. This will be the sixth time M:- Bui lew has visited in Murphy in series of meeting. Rites Held For B. R. Carroll Tuesday Biicombe R. Carroll. 50. of Mur phy. died Sunday afternoon at I 3 o'clock In the U. S. Veteran's hospital in Atlanta. Ga . following an illness of six months. Funeral was held at the First Baptist church Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. with Rev. A. B. Cash officiating, as sisted by Rev. J. C. Ammons. In tel mcnt was at Rogers chapel. Members of the Joe Miller El kins post of the American Legion tared .is iwlHmmH Mi Carroll, a veteran of World War No. 1. has been a teacher in Murphy high school for approxi mately 15 years. Surviving are the widow, one daughter. Mrs. Dorothy Kirby. of Knoxville. Tenn : seven sisters ?and two brothers. Ivie funeral home was in chargc. Navy Recruiters Visits Schools Chief W. S. Baskerville. Jr.. and Yecman Tom Adams of the Naval ecruiting station in Ashevillw spent Thursday in Cherokee coun ty visiting the high schools and making some other contacts, to give information on the opportu nities open in the navy to young men 17 years of age and up. They also give information on the WAVES and SPARS. They visited the Hiwassee Dam. Murphy and Andrews high schools. They do not encourage anyone to stop high school. THREE SONS AND ONE SON-IN-LAW Mr. and Mrs. I. R. Elliott of Ranger, has three sons and one son-in-law in the services. Pvt. Arlin W. Elliott of Austra lia. entered service July 1, 1941. and has been over seas for more than a year, serving as first aid. Pvt. John B. E. Elliott of Peters burg. Fla.. entered service Feb. 6. 1943. serving in Army Air Corps. Sgt. Samuel C. Elliott of Fort Screven. Ga.. entered, service May 19. 1942 and serving as Techni cian. Pvt. Luther May of Camp Haan. California, has been in service more than a year and one half, serving in the Tank Division. RETURNS TO MARYLAND Apprentice Seaman Vance Wil- j son. Jr.. left Wednesday for Bain bridge. Md.. after a ten-day fur lough here with his parents. Mr. and Mis. Viance Wilson. Approximately $1000 has been recti ved thus far In the Red Cros* war fund ririvt* heins conducted by the Cherokee County chapter, according to the war fund chair man. Rev A. B. Cash. Mi. Cash announces that on next Tuesday and Wednesday ' At ;ne Front .? four reel feature pic t.iti in technicolor will be present ed at Chic Theatre througli co operation of P. J Henn. all pro ceeds for the six performances ?oing to the war fund drive. The picture will be shown once each afternoon and twice each evening. At the Front" Is an official war department film of the American battle for North Africa, being shot on the scenes of fighting by 42 U. S. cameramen Also, a comedy. "Let's Have Fun", will be shown. Advance tickets art? on sale at various places in town, which are listed in the advertisement ap pearing in this paper. County War Board To Aid Deferment Oi Farm Laborers In a move to relieve the short age of farm workers, the Chero kee County USDA War Board has been asked to make requests for deferment of farm workers to local Selective Service officials, according to J. H. Hampton, chairman of the bocird. Under a new program announ ced by Secret? Ty of Agriculture Wickard and Selective Service Director. Lewis B. Hershey. Coun ty USDA War Boards have been asked to take steps to place farm workers in deferred classifications even though the worker or his emp'uye doe? not seek leferment. the chairman said. If a local draft board finds a farm worker ifc not producing enough war units to warrant de ferment, it must refer the case to the local war board and allow 30 days for the worker to be plac ed in another job before calling him for induction into the armed forces, it was pointed out. Cases of farm workers producing an in sufficient number of war units or deferment previously have been referred to the U. S. Employ ment Service. "This latest move by the Man power Commission is designed to keep 'is many workers as possible on farms in order that the na tion's food production goals may be me* 'his year." Mr. Hampton said. The memorandum to draft boards provides that farm workers a:e to be retained in deferred classifications, even though it means quotas for the armed forces cannot be met immediately. The County War Board also has been given vhe privilege of appealing from decisions of local draft boards " He said drift boards also have fceen instructed to classify as farm-deferred, either in Class IT-C or ni-C. any man with farm ing experience whv ? en pased in other work if he goes back to farming before being call ed to appear for induction. Citizens Urged To Prevent Wood Fires And Protect Valuable Pulpwood 1 Norih Carolina growers lose about SI.350.000.00 every year from destructive fires in woodlands. Not; I only can they save money by pre-1 i venting these fires but they can also protect the valuable pulp wood which is so greatly needed by ou: armed services, is the sug gestion of R W. Oraeber. exten sion forester at N. C. State Col lege. Pine trees for parachutes. Pine trees for smokeless powder. Pine trees for blueprint paper. Pine trees for treating sic >nd wound ed soldiers. Their pulpwood and resin find a thousand uses, ac cording to Oraeber. Resin impreg nated kraft pulp is now being moulded under pressure into airplane part*. A cord of pulp wood will maxe enough smokeless powder to fire two rounds in a 16-ineh naval gun. The Nation needs thirteen mil lion cords of U. S. pulpwood in 1943. says Oraebcr. and so great is the demand that kraft paper for a number of articles has been discontinued. Recently newsprint was cut 10 percent, book papers 20 percent and wrapping paper 15 percent. Many otheT types of paper were restricted. An interesting bulletin on pre venting forest fir?s has jusi been issued and copies of it may be ob tained from the county wrni or from Mr. Graeber at N. C. State College. Raleigh. In addition to discussing fire hazards. It out lines the best method* of prevent ing fires and gives pointers on fire fighting in woodlands.