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VOLI ME 5? ? NO. 36 Mt'KPIIY. NORTH CAROLINA TIU RSDAY. APRIL 1. I?*I3
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NEXT MONDAY IS RED CROSS VICTORY DAY
TWO MEN SENTENCED
TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT
Two men were given sentences of life im
prisonment at the spring term of Cherokee
County superior court held here this week.
Claude Hyde of Liberty was given a life sen
tence for burglary, and Herman Wiley, colored
of Murphy, a life sentence for murder.
Court opened Monday morning
with Judge Clarence E. Black
stock of Ashcv.lle presiding and
Solicitor John Queen of Waynes -
ville prosecuting. This term was
for the tiial of troth criminal and
civil cases, and was scheduled to
last two weeks. However, criminal
cases were completed Wednesday
and the civil docket started Thurs
day. It was thought that court
would adjourn by Friday after
noon.
It was charged that Claude
Hyde, on Nov. 16. 1942. with force
and aims, at about 11:30 p.m.
entered the dwelling house and
room used and occupied as a
sleeping apartment in the home
of Mr. and Mrs. T. L. St&nfield at
Liberty, when only Mrs. Stanfield
occupied the room, with intent to
get goods, and chattels and
moneys of Mrs. Ptanfield and to
commit a felonious assault on
Mrs. Stanfield. The defendant
plead guilty to burglary in the
second degree.
Herman Wiley was charged
Vith the murder of Z. C. Ramsey
or Oct. 2, 1942. The indictment
read: "That Hoi-man Wiley and
another person .name to jurors
unknown, late of the county of
Cherokee, on the 2nd day of Octo
ber 1942. with force and arms, at
and in the county of Cherokee. {
unlawfully, wickedly, maliciously, i
and feloniously did conspire, con
federate. and agree together to!
and with each other, wilfully and !
unlawfully, feloniously, and of |
their deliberate and premeditated 1
malice aforethought, to kill and
murder one Z. C. Ramsey then
a citizen of Cherokee county and
North Carolina." The defendant
entered a plea of guilty of ac
cessory before the fact of murder,
which plea was accepted by the
court.
Neal Millsaps. taxi driver, was
acquitted of a charge of driving
while intoxicated. He was repre
sented by Miss Winifred Townson.
Harold Lcdford plead guilty to
driving after his license was re
voked. and was' given six months
on the roads and his driver's li
cense was revoked.
Dewey Truett was given 18
months on the roads when found
guilty of larency and receiving.
Wiley J. Waldroup. pleading
guilty to drunken driving, was
fined $75 and costs, and his licen
se was revoked.
Ray South j rd was fined S6C
and costs when he plead guilty
to drunken driving.
Andy Rogers, charged with driv
ing while intoxicated, was given a
six months sentence, suspended
lor three years on good behaviour
and not to operate motor vehicle
for that period.
Ed Hedrick plead guilty to
drunken driving and was taxed
with $60 and casts, and his license
suspended for a year.
Carmel Crisp, charged with
drunken driving, plead guilty and
was ordered to pay $50 and costs.
Boyd Cooper plead guilty of
operating a slot machine. Prayer
for judgment was continued for 12
months on payment of one-half
costs.
Arthur Matheson plead guilty to
violation of slot machine law.
Prayer for judgment was con-!
tinued for 12 months on payment
of one-third cost.
Garland Graves plead guilty to
drunken driving and was fined
$60 and costs, his driver's license ]
being revoked.
G. T. Cole, pleading guilty to
carrying a concealed weapon, was
fined $50 and costs.
Mark Hamby. pleading guilty to
carrying a concealed weapon, was
fined $60 and costs.
John Burch of Gastonia. plead
guilty to carrying a concealed
weapon and was fined $50 and
costs.
Wm. Emmett Sligh. alias Wm.
Emmett Kilgore. plead guilty to
violation of prohibition laws and
was given 90 days on the roads;
for larceny. 30 days suspended on
payment of $25 and costs and two
years on good behaviour: and for
driving while intoxicated. 90 days,
suspended on payment of S50 and
costs before spring term of court
in 1944 and two years' good be
haviour.
Clyde Tcwnson wis ordered to
pay a fine of $50 and costs for
carrying a concealed weapons.
Prayer for judgment in the case
of Walter L. Gosiien. for driving
drunk, was continued to August
term of court.
'continued on page eight>
Only Half Needed Workers
Cooperating With Red Cross
A total of 150 hours time was
given to work in the surgical
dressings room of t'.ie Rod Cross
chapter last week. Mrs. T. A.
Case. chapter chairman, state.1
that is only half of the time need
ed for the quota on which the
g.oup is now working. She urges
everyone to cooperate by spend
ing as much time at the work as
possible.
Those working last week, with |
the hours spent by each, are as i
follows:
Mrs. J. H. Hampton. 1% hrs.: :
Mrs. B. L. Padgett. 6'A hrs.: Miss |
Lalitha Moore. 2 hrs.: Miss Dora I
H-uth Parks. 1 \ hrs.: Mrs. Evelyn
Patton. 2V* hrs: Miss Mildred
Farrow. 5*4 hrs.: Mrs. John H.
Dillard. 2 hrs.: Mrs. Leon A.!
Frasch. 6% hrs.: Mrs. Myron Jen- .
sen. 1 V* hrs.: M'ss Addie Leather ;
wood. 2V? hT8.: Mrs. W. H. Bran- ?
don. 2 hrs.: Miss Emily Sword. 2 1
hrs.: Mrs. Buel Adams. 2 *4 hrs.:
Mrs. Mary Etama Merone.v. 2 hrs :
Mrs. Bill Adams. 2 hrs.: Miss Anne j
l^atherwood. 2*4 hrs.: Mrs. James
T McDuffie. 2'j hrs.: Mrs. C. D.
May field. 2'i hrs.: Mrs. C. A.
Beatty. 2 hrs.: Mrs. L. A. Meyers.
Jr . 2\ hrs.: Mrs. Hugh E. Hens
ley. l't! lirs.: Mr.;. Frank Ellis.. 2
hrs.: Mrs. Harry Bishop. IV? hrs.;
Mrs. J. W. Bailey. 4's hrs.: Mrs.
L. E. Bay les. 1% hrs.: Mrs. R. A.
Akin. 2 hrs.: Mrs. E. J. Darnell. 2
hrs.: Mrs. P. C. Hyatt. 2 hrs.: Mrs.
Don Wither spoon. 3 nrs.: Mrs.
Bryan W. Whitfield. 4>* hrs.:
Miss Josephine Heigh way. 2 hrs.:
Mrs. Harold Cress. 3 hrs.: Mrs.
J. C. Ammons. 4% hrs.; Mrs. M.
K Baker. 4?* hrs.: Mrs. W. S.
Dickey. 3'4 nrs.: Miss Frances
Waldroup. 2 hrs.: Mrs. Henry
Hyatt. 2 hrs.: Miss Edna Ramey.
2 hrs.: Miss June McCoy. 2 hrs.:
Miss Roberta Henson. 2 hrs.: Mrs.
C. W. Arnold. 2 hrs.: Mrs. J. L.
Savage. 2 hrs. : Mrs. W. A. Shcrrill.
2% hrs.; Mrs. A. B. Cash. 4*4.:
Mrs. R. D. Chandler. 4% hrs.:
Mrs. T. J. Mauney. 5% hrs.: Miss
Oillie Martin. 4 hrs.: Mrs. M. W
Bell. hrs.: Mrs. T. A. Case.
10hrs.: Mrs. R. S. Parker. 7%
hrs.
Point Value Table
For Rationed Meats
A tabic listing the off trial con
sumer point value* for meals, fats,
fish, and cheese, is published else
where in this i .?sue of The Scout
for the convenience of house
wives, who are urgrd to save the
table of point values for ready
:efcrenee and to make corrections
as changes in point values are
announced.
Payments To
Dependents Of
Men Missing
In Action Made
Payments to dependents of mili
taiy or civilian personnel, official
ly reported missing, missing in
action captured or interned, are
authorized by law. it was announ
ced today ty Headquarters. Fourth
Service Command.
These payments may be by con
tinuation of previously made al-!
lotments. by increases in such al
lotments. or by making new al
lotments. deductions to be made |
from the pay which accures to the
credit of the missing person, ac
cording to the regulation.
Increased or additional allot
ments muy not exceed the amount
required for the reasonable sup
port of dependents and in no case
may they, with other deductions
from pay. exceed the base and
longevity pay to be credited to
the absent person.
It is pointed out that other re
lief authorizations in this taw in
clude payments of insurance pre
miums by allotments from pay
and provision for transportation
of dependents and effects of per
sons killed, injured or missing, as
a result of military operations.
Capt. J. N. Hill, Jr.
Home On Leave
From Overseas
Capt. J N Hill. J i who has
been .serving a year with the U. S.
armed forces overs? a.v anived
home last week on a thirty-day
leave of absem The trip was
made by air. i. kin* one day.
whereas it wouM ha\r required
30 days by boat The 2000 mile trip
was made in 12 hours, aboard
one of the Army fer:y command
planes.
According to Captain J. N. Hill,
morale of the troops overseas Is
good. American toys become easily
acclimated to the tropics. They
are supplied with all the com
forts of home except for a few
small luxuries such as milk, fresh
vegetables, and other extremJy
pe Lshable foods
Captain Hill v as granted this
leave of absence from duty by
the U. S. army in collaboration
with the American Red Cross to
permit him to see his father who
has been seriously ill for several
months.
The American Red Cross was
highly commend? d by Captain
Hill for the wonderful work it is
doing for our troops overseas.
Jerry Beatty
Valedictorian
Honor students at Murphy high
school have been selected. Jerry
Beatty. son of Mr. and Mrs. C. A.
Beatty of Murphy, is the valedic
torian. and Annie Laurie Mulkey.
daughter of Mr. ~pd Mrs. Lewis
H. Mulkey of Murphy. Route 2. is
the saultatorian.
Louis Shields Is
On Dean's List
Louis Shields, son ol Mayor and
Mrs. E. L. Shields of Murphy, who
is a student at the University of
North Carolina. Chapel Hill, was
on the honor roll and dean's list
for the winter quarter, according
to announcement by the dean this
week.
Murphy Senior Class To Present
"Peg 0' My Heart" On April 5
"Peg O' My Heart" by J. Hart
ley Manners, will be presented by
the senior class of Murphy high
school on Monday evening. April
5. at 8 o'clock, in the school audi
torium. as the annual senior play.
In keeping with the war effort,
admission will be defense stamps
which may be purchased at the
door.
The play is under the direction
of Miss Charlotte Varner. The
story is centered around the trials
and tribulations cf a lovable Irish
gil l who is suddenly deposited in
a wealthy English home where
she is to live with her eccentric
aunt and her spoiled cousins. Ro
mantic interest is supplied ty a
friend of t <? family who take
pity 011 tin' homesick girl.
The ca : characters includes:
Charlene Bowles as Peg O'Con
nell: Paul Hill as Jerry; Jean'
Davis as Mr.- Chichester; Mar
garet Meroney ai Ethel Chiches
ter; Harold Hall as Alaric Chich
ester. Bob Alexander as Mr. 1 aw
kes; Jack Crawford as Christian
Brent; Ma: - Frances Shields as
Bennett, and Prank Taylor as
Jarvis.
The techni il crew includes
Junior Manm stage manager;
Irene Jordan and Mary Ella Fain,
co-property managers; and Vir
ginia White. ; >moter. Miss Mary ;
Lee Pelmet i- in charge of publici
ty.
HAPPY OCCASION
GZHATSK, RUSSIA?A Red army man distributed newspaper? to the liberatea people of the town of
Czhatsk soon after that important central Russian city had been recaptured by tne onmshinjr^Red
Armies. This picture was radioed f^om Moscow to New York
Cherokee Red Cross Chapter
Hopes To Go Over Top For
War Fund Drive On April 5
Women Answer
Navy's Appeal
Thru Newspapers
If the current WAVES recruit
ma drive in N?r?, euro,
0,r: 11 w?nt be th?,uuit
01 tlie newspaper editors.
Lt. Cmdr Charles B. NeeIv
head of the State . Navy recruit
CaroH^ t0"aJ ",a' ?Ver 100 North
Carolina women wrote for ap
Plcation blanks for the WAVts
, "0U'nK 1 n<",v?'Paper drive that
taunche?| lius, week Neely
turned journalist last week to
?rite a special appeal for volun
of'th W** publish?1 "> most
of the 200-odd State newsp.pcrs
pa'*r!- ?'so published a cou
pon to be filled out by Interested
women who desired complete in
formation on enlisting.
All last week letters poured in
e\ery nook and comer of
the State Prom Mantoe to Mur
Phy came evidence that women
read the newspapers - and that
WAv4r.e '"'"""d '? the,
L Bruce Crane
Completes Basic
Training In Conn.
'J B:uc(" Crnne, 23. seaman sec
ond class, son of Mr. and Mrs
Spencer Crane. Marble, has com
pleted basic training at the Sub
marine School. Submarine Ba.se
Now London. Conn., for duty with
our growing fleet of undersea?
lighters.
Seaman Crane will be entitled
If ThT '"I tWi" d0lphin "?'??'a
Of the submarine service after
fuither experience aboard a sub
icer that he is fully qualified to
carry out the duties 0f his rate
T ie insignia is regarded as a mark
uvd,StinCti0n througho?t the
Crane attended Murphy high
school, where he lettered in
basketball and ,vas actiVt. in foou|
Hp ''as oren in the Navy
since 'wt Sept.. and had basic in',
struction in Norflok. Va He said
submarine duty was his choice
for tlie additional pay and more
exciting action."
COMPLETES BASK TRAILING
Pv: Joe Miller Elk ins. son of
Mr. and Mrs. Harve Elkins. has
completed his basic training at Ft
Bragg and has been transferred
to Headquarter school IJetach
ment at Pt. Bragg. Prior to his
induction into the army in Novem
Pit Elkias was employed
with the TVA at Murphy and
Fontana.
Whistle Supplants
Use Alarm Clocks
Brrause alarm clocks arr
scarce and labt rers find ?t
difficult to awake early tn
our h to Krt to their work on
time. Cherokee Lumtier Corp.
now blows three blasts on a
whistle at five o'clock each
morning. The officials state
that if it causes others an in
convenience they rerret it. but
this measure is being taken
because of necessity and as a
means of cooperating, with
workers who wish to arise
early.
Whichard Attends
Medical Meeting
Dr. M. P. Whichard. local
health officer, attended a war
meeting at American College of
Surgeons one dav and spent three
days vacation in Birminigham. Ala.
last week This civilian defence
meeting was held to stress war
time facts In the surgical field.
He was accompanied by Mrs
Whichard.
GOES TO MONROE. LA.
Miss Mary Lee Roberts, who i
has completed 15 weeks course
in airplane mechanics in Nashville.
Tenn., arrived Saturday mormng
and spent the week-end with her
parents. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Rob
erts. After returning to Nashville
she left for Monroe. La., where
she will be stationed.
CLARA HINDMAN JOINS
CONSOLIDATED AIRCRAFT
Miss Clara llindman. of Cul- 1
berson. route 1. has gone to Eliza
beth City. N J v here she will be
employed in t lie plant of the
Consolidated Aircraft Corp.. in J
the sheet metal department. Miss j
Hindman was trained in this type j
of work at the Asheville NYA War
Production Training Project.
Monday April 5. will be Victory
Day for the Cherokee County
chapter of the American Rf'd
Cross. Concerted effort will be
made to put the liuiptcr over the
top in the war fund drive, an
nounces the chairman. Rev A. B
Cash. Through Wednesday, it was
Toported by the chairman that ap
proximately $1800 of the goal of
S3900 has been contributed. That
means that at least $2100 must be
raised by Monday night Some
reports from cut lying district?
have not been made, but the re
ceipts are far from the goal.
Canvassers will start to work
at 10 o'clock Monday morning, as
the drive starts with the sounding
of sirens and ringing of bells.
A final canvass of the town
will te made, and everyone who
has not contributed will be asked
to do so Those a ho have not made
as large contributions as they
could are asked to give again
Mr. Cash stated: "This quota
will not be raised as long as we
are thinking in terms of $1 mem
bership. No less than a day's pay
will enable us to go over the top.
"In North Africa, the South
Pacific, on all fronts ind in train
ing camps, our men in service are
giving for us seven days each
week We cannot afford to give
less than our best.
"With full cooperation by every
citizen we can yet reach our goal.
If you have not given, give liber
ally. If you have given, and failed
to do your best, give again."
DAVIDSON HERE
1st Lieutenant and Mrs. Pruden
Davidson of Vichy Air Field.
Vichy, Mo. visited the former's
parents. Mr. and Mrs. Jerry W.
Davidson last week. Immediately
after his arrival here Capt. David
son was called oack to duty. Mrs.
Davidson remained for a short
visit.
HAS OPERATION
Miss Sara Sword, daughter of
P H. Sword, who is employed by
the TV A at Pontana. underwent
an appendectomy operation at
the TV A hospital. Fontana last
Saturday and is reported to be
getting along n'cely.
Cherokee County Women
Asked To Enroll In WAAC
The army'- call fo- 150.000 :
women for enrollment in the j ?
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps to <
replaee able-bodied men for com
bat. service goes out to ladies in
every city, village and hamlet in
order to leach the necessary
number.
Lt. Ruth Merry In and Auxi
liary Beatrice Dixon of the Wom
en's Army Auxiliary Corps and
fergcant John W Oiddens, Jr..
of the U. S. Army, on duty with
the Army Recruiting station.
Ashcville. were in Murphy Wed
nesday for the r . pose of organiz
ing a concentrated drive for en
rollces from Chciokee county in
the WACCS.
Late Wednesday afternoon Lt.
Merrylees stated .she was well
pleased with the cooperation
shown by people of Murphy and
Cherokee count v. in t.hr war ef
fort.
The farm and home demonstra
tion agents are to present the
WACC program at their various
club meetings throughout the
! county. Merchants in Murphy de
monstrated a cooperative spirit.
1 Lt. Merrylees reported.
A booth has been established at
Candler's store for the purpose
of giving out pamphlets and ap-!
plication blanks to interest ap j
I plicant*.
In a personal interview with J
Merrylees today, she stated:
Our American forces are found
>n every continent on the glote:
hcrefore. for the first time in
he history of the United States,
t is imperative that we have every
ivailablc able-bcdicd man ready
or combat duty. In order to re
it ve men from the motor corps,
he offices, cooks and bakers' out
iu-v; in fact, from all stations of
iut.v in this country, it is most
necessary that the quota as re
lUfsted by President Roosevelt for
he Women's Army Auxiliary be
net."
Dining the day's visit a number
jf Murphy's young women were
interviewed as prospective en
polices in the WACC.
No longer is it necessary to
travel across the state for the
purpose of taking physical and
mental examinations for enroll
ment in the WACC. All travel ex
pense-; ere paid to and from Ashe
ville for this purpose.
Lt Merrylees :;tatod that the re
rruiting party will return to Mur
phy in the near future to inter
view other interested applicants
The date of their visit will be
announced in the newspapers.
Applications should be mailed to
U S. Army Recruiting station.
P O. Building. Asheville. Proof of
birth, affidavit or birth certifi
cate. should accompany applica
tions.