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VOLI'M K 54 ? NO. 37
MIRI'HY NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY. APRII, ?, 19?
S? COPY?41.50 PEK YEAH
Ministers Ask For Ban On
Sunday Sale Beer And Wine
The Bi-County Ministers' as
sociation met a?? 10:30 Monday
morning in the home economics
building at Mutphy school, with
the Rev A. B. Cash presiding.
Others minister'* present were:
Revs. Ralph Taylor. Pied Stiles.
E A. Fclker. Aiired Smith, and
H. L. Paisley.
The local posters, with Rev. A
B Cash as chairman, were ap
pointed as a committee to confer
with city and co'inty officials and
press the matter of prohibiting
Sunday sales of beer and wine in
Murphy and country districts in
the county.
Prof A BuecK and the boys of
the senior class in Murphy high
school were guests of the ministers
in a conference on "The Claims
ot the Gospel Ministiy as a Life
Vocation", and were addressed by
Dr. H. L. Paisley.
Dr. Paisley first called atten
tion to two attitudes in choosing
one's life work: first the selfish
attitude when one asks: What will
afford me a life of ease? What of
fers the greatest material profit?.
What promises me the most glory?
The second point wis: The Christ
ian attitude is one that asks:
What is Gbd's plan for me?.
Wherein lies hapiness for me?
Where may I best service?
Dr. Paisley then showed how the
gospel ministry challenge* and
promotes man's four-fold develop
ment. The ministry puts a pre
mium upon man's highest develop
ment in tody. mind, social and
spiritual natures.
The students were assured of
the pastors' interest in their wel
fare and were extended an invita
tion to come for personal inter
views at any time
The committee of the associa
tion met with the county com
missioners and were given to un
derstand that their full coopera
tion in prohibiting Sunday sales
of beer and wine in districts over
which they have control is as
sured.
Robt. B. McDonald
Ranks At Top Of
His Company
3rd Class Petty officer Robert
Benton McDonald, son of Mr. and
Mrs. T C. McDonald of Murphy,
completed his hoot training on
March 22 at Great Lakes. 111., and
spent a nine-day furlough with
his mother in Akron. Ohio. Upon
his return to Great Lakes he was
to be sent to Service School for 16
weeks, training as a Signalman
at the University of Chicago. He
was one of the three making high
est grades in his company. He en
listed for service December 23.
1942. Mr. and Mrs. McDonald
have another son in sesrvice Pvt.
Warren McDonald at Ft. Eustice,
Virginia.
J. D. McTaggart
Is 80 Years Old
J. D McTaggarl of Blackwell.
Ga . celebrated his 80lh birthdai
Sunday. Dinner was served to 5?
relatives atid invited guests, in
cluding Mr. and Mrs. B. L Pad
gett and Mrs Kutli McCombs of
Murphy.
Mi McTagguit, his 10 children
living and two dead. 53 grand
children. and 20 gnat grandchil
dren. He was bom and reared in
Clay county and was first married
to Miss M iltssa Scroggs of Clay,
who was the mother of the 12
children. After her death, he mar
ried Miss Rhoda Setser of Clay!
county. Mr. McTaggart has lived
in Blackwell. Ga.. for the pa.-. 30
years.
Farmers Must
Continue Drive
To Reach Goals
Willi the campaign to enlist
every farmer in the State in the I
1943 agricultural production pro
gram virtually completed, farmers
were warned that efforts to meet
goals must be continued through
out the growing and harvesting
seasons.
This warning came from G. T.
Scott, chairman of the State
USDA War Board, who declared
that "no pledge to grow war
food crops will do any American
fighter any good until that food
is harvested, processed, and de
livered to him wherever he may
be".
The sign-up campaign is being
conducted throughout the State
by county and community com
mitteemen of the AAA who are
visiting each individual farm to
explain production needs to the
operator and assist him in map
ping a 1943 farm plan for maxi
mum war production.
"The fact that the sign-up is
nearly completed is morv. reason
why we must continued our ef
forts". Scott declared. "This is
no time to quit. The farmer's most
important work begins where the
sign-up leave off. If every farmer
in the nation carries out his pled
ges to produce, the persons who
are charged with the responsibility
of feeding this nation and our
allies will have a catlog of farm
production almost a year in ad
vance."
In addition to visiting farms in
tee sign-up. he said. AAA com
mittemen have been directed by
Secretary of Agriculture Wickard
tc find unused land in their com
munities and. on their own initia
tive. see that these "idle acres"
are brought into active production
this year.
More Than Half Of All Families
In The U. S. Asked To Have Gardens
Housewives who hope to find^
an abundance of fresh v?getables
in markets this summer to take
the place of canned goods will
probably be disappoint*d. declar
ed James H. Burdett. Director of
the National Garden Bureau, in a
press conference this week.
Assterting the "market pro
duction of fresh vegetables will be
reduced, rather than expanded. >
from last year, owing to labor j
shortages." he predicted that a
larger proportion of what it pro
duced will be taken for dehydrat- ;
ing and canning.
The goals announced by the de
partment of agriculture for Vic
tory Gardens, he pointed out. call
ed for more than half of all the
families in the country to grow
their own vegetables. "This would
allow for a reduction of fifty per
cent in the civilian market vege
table supply, which is about the
same as for canned goods."
"However." said Mr. Burdett.
"careful experiments made before
the wwr began proved that all the
vegetables required for a family
the year around can be grown in
a home garden with less time than
Is required to shop for them in
the market."
Brush Burning
Causes Forest
Fire In Graham
Noah Crisp, of Santeetlah. was
given a thirty-day suspended
sentence by Justice of fthe Peace
Carringer at Robbinsville on
March 30 for carelessly allowing
a brush-burning fire to escape un
controlled onto National Forest
lands. The Forest fire was caused
by Mr. Crisp while burning brush
on the afternoon of March 30.
He made the mistake of starting
his brush burning too early in the
day. with the result that it got
away from him. The Forest fire
was finally extinguished by the
United States Forest Service.
Farmers are cautioned against
carelessly burning brush. Tf burn
ing must be done, they should
pick a time immediately after a
rain and burn only very late
In the evening and check the
burn very closely the next morn
ing for any possible fire or sparks
remaining.
Fire Starts From
Fresh Ash Pile
Fi:e did some damage to a
.-mail grove of trees and burned
50 junk tires at the home of Jim
Gibbs Monday afternoon. Llorcn
Davis, chief of the fire depart
ment. stated that four or five
homes were threatened, as the
wind swept the flames Across th.
fit-Ids. Had the department not
reached the scence early much
damage would hove resulted.
The fire started for a pile of
astus that was placed near dry
leaves.
Mi. Davis requests that people
use care in burning brush in their
yards and gardens.
Home Nursing Is
Extended To Rural
Areas By Red Cross
WASHINGTON. D C. In a
special effort to aid a greater
number of rural families, the
American Red Cross has provided
$100,000 from its nation.il budget
to supplement chapter funds for
use in employing instructors in
Red Cross Home Nursing. Empha
sis will be placed on reaching
those farm women who live in
the open country, cut off from all
medical help. The need for home
nursing knowledge grows with
wartime danger of epidemics.
The reason for providing the
funds is two-fold: one being that
it is difficult to find nurses avail
able to teach in the remote rural
areas, and the other that the small
chapters in many of these areas
have very little tunds of their own.
As a further reason the Red Cross
wishes to extend the service to
those communities that have been
depleted of doctors and nurses,
and where hospitals axe limited.
Facilities for providing health
protection have by no means in
creased in proportion to the popu
lation in defense areas.
Some Branches
Navy Open To
Registrants
While enlistment regulations
still restrict wide-open enlistments
of draft-age men. seve?al branch
es now are open to Selective Serv
ice registrants. The Seabees. the
Navy's construction battalion, now
are open to men between the ages
of 18 to 38 who have had experi
ence in any phase of construction.
They are consequently eligible for
petty officer ratings in the Naval
Reserve.
Seventeen-year-old men arc
still eligible to volunteer for the
Navy or Naval Reserve. However,
as soon as the youngster reaches
his 18th birthday, he is placed un
der the jurisdiction of Selective
Service and is no longer eligible to
volunteer for any branch of the
service. 1
Women who are interested in j
the WAVES may obtain complete
information on the WAVES from j
Recruiter Baskerville. Application j
blanks and complete information |
will be available through the j
Asheville Navy Recruiting Station.
CHEROKEE
QUOTA IS
$127,000
( herokee county's quota in
the second war loan drive to
be conducted this month is
5127.000, according t<> Frank
Fontythe, local banker. The
country is ca'k-d upon to
raise 13 billion dollars to fin
ance the war effort, this
being the greatest financial
drive in history.
The money will Ik* raised by
the sale of war savings bonds,
tax savings notes, treasury
bills, and a number of new
treasury issues designed for
every class and type of inves
tor.
Take Steps To
Develop Iron Ore
C. W. Savage of Murphy
and E. A. Wood of Andrews
have had some men from
Birmingham, Ali)., here look
ing over the Cherokee count
ty iron field with a view to
mining and shipping the ore
to Birmingham, or helping to
establish a sponee furnace
here in the county, to smelt
the ore and ship the finished
product. Mr. Savage stated
that these men were impress
ed with the quality and
quantity of iron ore in Chero
kee county.
Murphy School
Gets Award For
Work In Schools
At War Program
The Murphy school has received
word from the Treasury Depart
ment that two certificates of
award will be civen the Murphy
school for outstanding work in the
Schools-at-War program.
Each school enlisted in the
campaign had for its goal a Jeep.
The Murphy school bought the
equivalent of a field ambulance,
and two Jeeps.
"The School plans to buy an
other Jeep by the end of the
school year." state Harry Mauney.,
president of the seventh grade. j
A. J. Hass Dies
At Age of 75 !
A. J. Hass. 75. of Grandview..
died at the home of his daughter,
at Madisonville, Tenn.. April 1.
Funeral was held at White;
Church at Or and view with Rev.
John Mulkey in chargc. Inter
ment was in White Church ceme-j
terv.
Mr. Hass is survived by his |
wife: four daughters. Mrs. Robert J
Fain. Mr?. Harry Fain. Mrs. Lil-.
lian Mintz. of Murphy and Mrs. i
Edith Padgett of Madisonville |
Tenn.: four sons. William. Robert
Jerried. Henry nrd fifteen grand-.
children.
Bill Whichard Is
At Kesler Field
I W. A < Bill? Whichard. son of
j Dr and Mrs M P. Whichard. wa '
ordered to report to the Air Corps. '
Kesler Field. Ml<s . April 6 for ac
tive duty. He has been a student
at The Citadel, nilitary college for
South Carolina. Charleston, for
the piust two ytars. He was grad
j uated from Edenton high school,
later attending Young Harris col
lege for two years prior to going to
The Citadel.
Charles H. Campbell
Graduates From Nava'
Machinists' School
U. S. Naval Air Station. Jack
1 sonville. Fla. Charles H. Camp
i bell, son of T. C. Campbell. 107
i Cherokee. Murphy, recently grad
I uated from the Aviation Maehi
! nist's Mate School.
: He enlisted in the Marines,
' August 21. 1942, and was sent to
i San Diego. Calif, for mdoctrinal
! training before being trinsferred
to the Naval Air Technical Train
ing Center at Jacksonville.
S Campbell is now qualified to re
I pair and keep airplane engines
I in top working order and will
I probably see service with a Marine
[Aviation Detachment.
Annie Lee Clayton
In Training Center
At Daytona Beach
DAYTONA BEACH. Fla. ? Life
in the Women's Army Auxiliary
Corps began for Auxiliary Annie
Lee Clayton of 108 Fain street.
Murphy, when she arrived at the
Second WAAC Training Center to
begin her basic military training.
Her first three days were spent j
in "Tent City", a settlement of l
canvas tops bordering the Halifax
river. During this period she was
gsven a physical examination, is
sued her uniform and equipment
and interviewed and classified for
her assignment to the .irmy job
that will release a soldier for com
bat duty.
Auxiliary Clayton was then
transferred to the cantonment
area, a 600-acre tract developed
for the intital training of WAAC
troops. Assigned to a training
company which numbers 150
women, she is billeted in a pine
barracks and is getting accustom
ed to sleeping on a canvas army j
cot.
MILSAPS. FICKEY NOT
CHARGED WITH LARCENY
The court stc-ry in last week's |
issue of the Scout indicated that
Neal Millsaps and G. O. Hit-key I
were defendants. along with |
Emily Ashe, in a larceny case,
which was discharged upon pay
ments of costs of Sci. Fa. Millsaps
and Hickey were the bondsmen
of Emily Ashe end were not- in
volved in the larceny charge.
TRACTOR TIRES
In a move 13 conserve rubber.
OPA has ruled that hereafter
farm tractor and implement tires
may be recapped only with Grade
F camelback. which is made al
most entirely of reclaimed rubber.
PRESIDENT REVIEWING OUR ARMORED MIGHT IN MOROCCO
CASABLANCA, MOROCCO?In a.-i army jeep driven by Sergeant Oran Lass of Kansas City, Missouri.
Preaident Roosevelt is shown passing along a line of our light tanks in a surprise review in North
Africa. These tanks are the new M-5's, tne model now produced for quite some months by the Masscy
Harris Farm Implement Company. Their lightning-like speed and hitting power are biin^- used i:i fc?t
Uh?I the Nazi forces in North Africa.
Cherokee Chapter
Goes Over The Top
Price Ceiling On
Certain Meats Goes
In Effect April 15
RICHMOND. Va . Api II 5 Pm-r
Admlrm: u'.or Pumlss M Brown
J tixlu.. I, atd specific cents-per
pound retail ceilings on beef
veal. ! mb and mutton, to go
j into effect April 15. providing.
I uniform maximum prices in all
!*UHe> of the same type in each of
12 pricing zones into which the
| country Is divided.
I With these new ceilings posted
at each meat counter or store,
every American housewife will
know the top price which she may
be charged, when she surrenders
to her butcher the necessary red
stamps from War Ration Book
j Tw o.
Pork already is under similar
retail controls. Thus, the latest
i move sets price ceilings ? readily
identifiable to shoppers in each
city, town and hrmlct ? on every
' important meat reaching the
American dinner table. Striking a
telling blow at \>lack markets in
meat, the new price action
coupled with moat rationing ?
will make it impossible for black
market operators to continue to
pose as legitimate retailers.
WAAC Applicants
May Get Blanks
At Local Store
When Lieut. Ruth Merrylees.
Auxiliary Beatrice Dixon and Sgt.
John W. Giddens. Jr.. of the
WAAC recruiting staff of Ashe
ville visited Murohy on Wednes
day afternoon. Many interested
women questioned Lieut Merry
lees about the Women's Army
Auxiliary Cotps. and applications
were given out. Any one who was
unable to contac: her while she
was in Murphy c?n get informa
tion and application blank at
Candler's Depar.ment Store at
any time.
Tli is application blank when
filled out and mailed in. together
with birth certificate or notarized
affidavit, is all that is required.
The Corps is open to all wom
en of 21 to 44 inclusive, of good
moral character, without depen
dents. or children under 14 years
of age unless there 5s a court order
showing these ciiilarcn to be in
the custody Df someone other
than Uie mother. No special
educational qualifications are nec
essary but each applicant must
pass mental and physical examina
tions which are given in Ashevillc
All expenses "while traveling to and
from Asheville for these tests as
well as lodging and meals while
there are paid hv the Government.
There are many fields open to
women in the WAAC and no
matter what one has been doing
there is a place fcr her through
her own qualifier ions or through
training furnised by the Govern
ment.
The War Department is askini:
for 150.000 WAACs and Western
Norh Carolina is expected to
furnish quite a number of this
quota.
Pay is the same as that of the
men in all grades and ranks, with
clothing, food lodging and all
hospital care furnished.
There is even' opportunity for
advancement and all officers are
now chosen from the ranks Each
auxiliary has an equal chance to
apply for Officer Candidate's
School.
Every girl who enrolls In the
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
releases one more man for active
combat duty.
Club Women
Make Kits
Horn? demonstration club wom
en In Cherokee county recently
have mad? a total of 225 kit* for
service men. rnd 20? garments
Including ?lip?, gowns, guilts, and
other articles.
Cherokee County chapter of the
Ameru n RtU Cross went over
the lop in the war fund, on Mon
day o t this week. which was de
.signed u Vh lory Day ' for the
campaign The Hew A B. Cash,
hairman of the drive, stated
Thurbd ?> morning $4362.33 has
been contributed to date, and the
chapter quota v$3900. He ex
pects th?- minimum to be $4500
when all receipts are reported.
People throughout the chapter's
area were conta ted Monday and
asked to cooperate in making the
campaign in this county a suc
cess Mr. C?sh expressed aprecia
tlon for the work done by the
canvassers.
Final Rites Held
Monday Afternoon
"or Mrs. Fred 0.
Christopher
Funeral services for Mrs. Fred
O. Christopher, wife of Attorney
Fred O. Christopher, were held at
the First Baptist Church Monday
afternoon with the pastor, the Rev.
A B Cash, and the Rev. Ralph
Taylor, pastor of the Methodist
Church, officiating. Mrs. Christo
pher died at her home Saturday
night of a heart attack following
a long illness.
A quartet, composed of Mrs.
Glenn Bates. Mrs. Dale Lee, K. C.
Wright and J. W. Axley. sang two
selections.
Surviving are her husband; four
sisters. Mrs. W. T. Smalkey. of
Macon. Ga.. Mrs. D. G. Montroy
of Marietta. Ga., Mrs. William
Weeks, of Milwaukee, and Mrs.
Neil Sneed of Murphy.
Active pallbearers were B. G.
Brumby. Walter Mauney. H. G.
Elkins. Pritchard Smith, Virgil
Johnson. John Brittian W. H.
Murray and Wade Massey. Honor
ary pallbearers were members of
the bar association and business
and other professional men. Burial
was in Sunset oemetery, with
Towrtson funeral home in charge.
Free Methodists
To Build Church
In East Murphy
With only nine local members,
the Murphy Free Methodist
church is starting a program to
luild a $3000 church in East Mur
phy.
This week a lot. adjoining Poley
C. Stiles's will home be purchased,
and plans are made to start work
on the building at an early date.
The lot is 50 x 150 feet, and the
building will be approximately
40 x 60 feet. The auditorium will
be 40 x 50. with Sunday School
rooms across the back.
The soliciting committee Is
composed of: Misses Ruth Gruber.
Charlotte Bishop and Louise King.
They are taking private contrite
utions.
Winfred Taylor
In Armored Force
FORT KNOX. Ky _ Among
the thousands of selectees now
entering the armed forces. Pvt.
Winfred Taylor of Unaka. has
entered the Armored Force Re
placement Training Center for his
basic training in the newest and
hardest-hitting branch of the
Army.
He will be put on a twelve
week training proeram which has
been systematically laid out into
two six-weeks periods. The first
six-week period will be devoted to
the organization cf the Army and
Armored Force: insignia of rank:
military courtesy and discipline
care of clothing and equipment:
and many other fundamentals
which will enable them to become
I good soldiers. During this period
the men will be classified accord
ing to their knowledge and ability,
so that they can start their sec
ond six-week period in specialised