Published every Thursday by B Arp Lomrance and Addle Mae Cooke
.WDIK MAE COOkK. Editor an J Manager
\ \ SHAMBLIN I tocirit F.ditor
ROY V COO K K Production Manager
>1 BStRlPTION K \TKS
Cherokee and surrounding counties:
One Year. . .. $150 Eight Months $1.00
Pour M ?nt-r.s ? ? ? ml*- Wc
Outside above territory:
One Yeur . $J00 Six Months . $1.25
, v'rtnj* u 1 Fnurcd in the Po.^t Office at Murphy.
? i N :? i Carolina . iul cla.v. matur
O y .ni'er Uie Act of M;i:rh 3. 1897.
MEDITATION
The hoi Id we li\r ill in a fairyland of rMiuKitr beauty,
our very existence is a miracle in itself. am! ?rt few of u?
enjo* as nr might. and none .1? yet appericate fully, the
beau tie* .?ml wond??r% which surround us. . . .
"If wr could imagine a da> prolonged for a lifetime. or
nearly so. and that sunrLsc and sunset urn* rare events
which h.ipiM'Ucd hut a few times to each of ih. we should
i erta inly Ik* entranced by the beauty of the morning and
evening tint-. The golden rays of the mornuic are a fortune
in themselves, but we too often overlook the lovellnevs of
Nature, because it is constantly before as.
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FINANCIAL PROFIT
Alread> uverwui ivcu farmers have bee
t'i on for still another vital contribution to the
prosecution of the war. I he U. S. 1'orest Serv
ice has appealed for increased production of
selected timber from farm woodlands to meet
war needs.
Such production can bring the farmer finan
cial profit, can substanitally aid the Nation's,
war effort, and can serve through selective cut-|
ting to establish woodlands cn a sustained pro
ducing basis.
During the summer 'lay-by' period, there are,
few farm jobs which will return a better profit
on the operator's l.nbor and that of any hired
help he may have than getting out marketable
timber. The demands are keen for almost all|
types of usable wood poles and pilings, saw-!
legs, veneer logs and pulpwood. In fact, almost
every species of tree that grows in the South
is now finding its way to the lighting fronts.
Lven farmers with small woodlands can help
swell the production total. Where farmers need
technical advice in selecting and marketing tim
ber. they should get in touch with their State
Forester, Extension Service Forester, or a rep
resentative of the U. S. Forest Service for this
assistance. These specialists can give expert
advice on selecting the trees to be cut, and on
how thy should be sold to realize the greatest
possible return and to serve their highest war
usefulness.
DAIRYING IN SPOTLIGHT
June Dairy Month this year focuses attention!
on dairying ? the largest of America's great
industries. The importance of the milk from,
the nation's 26,000,000 dairy cows cannot be i
over estimated in the present gigantic struggle]
to preserve the American way of living.
"Milk and its products supply about 20 per
cent of the protein and energy requirements of ,
man and even larger percentages of many other
essential nutrients," Milton Hult. President of
the National Dairy Council, said in a recent re
lease. Hie fighting forces are being provided
with twice as much of these vital dairy products
per man as are available to civilians. Factory,
office and munition workers are eating extra
quantities of dairy products that they may pro
duce essential war materials more efficiently.
The sick and the wounded, among the Amer
ican allies are supplied with milk and its pro
ducts to speed recovery. In schools, homes, fac
tories, offices, war plants and on battlefields
all over the world, the part that dairy products
play in building better and stronger bodies is
proved.
To make this contribution possible, dairy
men on the farms and in dairy plants, as well as
their families, are making every conceivable
effort against difficult odds. Materials and
equipment are short and sometimes impossible
to get. Labor has never been so scarce. Hun
dreds of thousands of highly skilled and irre
placeable workers have joined in the fighting
forces or have been lured into factories and
muntion plants.
Yet the dairy industry continues month by
month to set new highs in its contribution to the
war effort.
A Week of the War
?B. the Office of War Information>
OFF1C L%1. HOI VD I'P OF MILITARY DEVELOPMENTS
IKOM Till; OFFICE OF \\.\K INFORMATION
The surrender of Pantellcria.
after 'JO days of intense bombard
ment. was announced in a special
communique from General Kisen
I hower's headquarters. The an
nouncement came suddenly, less
than an hour after the day's re
gular operational communique
had merely reported continued
heavy attacks on the island.
Surrender of Pantellcria gives
the A11U an airdrome and naval
base only *?0 miles southwest oi
Sicily 1 ' ?ncirclement of Lam
.Mcppme > one island in the Sicil
ian Nan v- would give the Allies
another valuable base. Just 90
, miles i i* of Pantellcria and
,110 mili we of Malta. British
i naval forces landed a rcconnais
j -ance party on Lampedusa on
I JuncG. and ali but two of the
j parry returned safely.
The communique reporting the
lAll of Pantellerfa said the sur
render w.i. the result of a period
of "continuous and intense air
bombardment, supported by naval
I bombardment."
It was an unprecedented capi
tulation Drought about a'most
sclc: b\ air power. The British
J navy shelled the island six times.
| but the utvater part of tlie attack
was carried on by American and
I RAF planes of all types.
The surrender of Pantellcria
i c ame at 11 40 A.M.. EWT. when
the Axis garrison ran up a white
i flag and placed a white cross on
! fhe airfield. Shortly after noon.
I American flying fortresses mark
ed the victory with a big parad?
As Others Think
\ NEWSPAPER EDUCATION
Will Roger?' celebrated saying
"All I know it what I read in the
papers, was not a confession of
ignorance, but rather an indica
tion of wisdom. The American
press is the greatest single educa
i;onal influence in America V
works with the public system to!
make the American nation an in- ,
telligent. free thinking people.
Without a free press the school
system could not remain free. The
press C]ears the ground Tor every
new enterprise, every advance
ment. It sways public opinion as
nothing else can do. But its value
is that it has remained free. At
tempts to buy the press have met!
with failure. Tho American news-!
paper is founded on the doctrine
of printing the truth, of giving a
true picture of what is happening
in the world. Anyone who reads
the newspapers has a practical
education for they touch every
known subject.?Exchange.
THE OLD MEANIE!
There's a Kansas publisher who
is not anxious to handle any more
job printing orders for the local
chief of police. In the publisher's
shop to pick up his order, the
chief asked whose car was parke l
out in front. Told it belonced to
the shop's owner, this unusual
customer promptly slit open his
package of freshly printed tickets,
filed out and presented the first
one to the publisher himself.?
Pelican Press Messenger.
THE TIMBER LINE
We were greatly interested in
a recent article in Collier's Maga
zine by Marjorie K. Rawlings. well
known Florida wTiter. In a section
like ours with dwindling forests
It gave food for deep considera
tion.
The author pointed out that
experts have estimated that an- i
other war twenty-five years from!
now will see the United States
without wood for war.
While we hope that twenty
five years from now will see this
country at peace with all nations
of the earth, viewing the future
by the past we have no guaran
tee.
The author painted a picture of
the great waste of our forests In
the Southeast. We know from our
own experience here in Haywood
county that while many compan
ies have respect for the future
and have programs of conserva
tion of forest?, other lumbermen
have denuded areas In almost
wholesale slaughter with no re
gard for the future.
On the other hand the article
called to m tod the conservation
of one of our own big Industries
of forest lands and plans for the
through the air over advanced
Allied air force headquarters an
impressive display of the growing |
Allied aerial strength
Even as the north a est African I
air forces were concentrating on
Puntellcria American four-engineil
bombers of the middle Eastern
Command raided the (lervine and
Catania airdromes in Sicily, thu
earning forward the campaign t??
cut down Axis air % t reus t h in
preparation for possible larae
scale amphibious operation*.
Secretary of War 8tlmM>n.
emphasizing that American air
forces are striking with increasing
vigor and effectives on widely
scattered world fronts, said that
while American ani British plane*
continue to hammer the Mediter
ranean Island of Sicily and Sar
dinia. as well as tlie Italian main
land, the weather In Britain has
interfered with bombing raids m
recent days.
Over Furope a quiet prevailed
i he longest interruption in the
nii; h t air offensive against Ger
many since the 24-ntght lull tnat
pr? i?ded the Allied landings in
North Africa.
Maj. Gen. Ira C. Eaker. head
if the American air forces in tlu*
F ti ropean Theater, -aid the
I'SAAP in Britain ha- double:!
since March and will he doubled
;i a in by September Bv the end
< f the summer, said Gen. Eaker.
the USAAP. increasing 15 to 30
per cent monthly, will be carry
in? its full share of the bombirvx
offensive against the axis.
future that will include reforest
ing that will go on for an inde
finite period.
Th.e preservation of the forests,
however, do not rest entirely with
the companies that cut lumber,
but also with the Individual. Just
as much damage can be done by
a careless person in the woods
with a match thrown aside as
the lumbermen who is cutting
timber.?Waynesville Mountaineer.
I
FOOD PRODUCTION IS
THE NEED
In all the talk about food, do
mestic and foreign, it will be well
to think of controlling and
apportioning what is available,
and consider to greater extent
how to produce more. That is t :ie j
end question, production. Happily. |
Herbert Hoover in his latest ap
proach to the problem, swings
more to that line.
He is correct in his view that
American cities will have even less ;
food supply in coming months,
and next winter, than they have
had in recent days. He is right
in declaring that even so Amer
icans will not starve. The reduced
diets in American cities are still
on a lush and luxurious plane by
present international standards.
When he says that if the war
in Europe should come to an end
within the next 12 months "we
have no consequential food sup
plies with which to meet three \
or four hundred millions of starv
ing people" he accurately assesses
one of the potential tragedies of
sity for extraordinary, even colos
these times.
All this underlines the neces
sal. food production In the United |
States. Mr. Hoover barely sug
gests the need when he asks for
peoples, needs that include?so
million additional acres next year,
i What are other needs? We suggest
a few: a price structure that will
] give incentive for the right sorts I
of crops, better organization and
j financing of smaller farmers,
reliable guarantees of harvest
hands, provision of adequate ma
chinery and fertilizer, improved
use of dairy products, and. above
all. definite intelligent planning
for the Immediate needs of freed
the planting of from 40 to 50
they may help themselves?barn
yard animals and farming im
plements as well as sustaining ra
tions.?Christian 8clence Monitor.
It Is said to have taken the skin
of 300 animals to make a single
issue of the Outtenberg Bible
which was printed on sheepskin.
?Graphic Arts Monthly.
CALORIES
About 40 percent of the calories
in the food we eat comes from
meat and livestock product?. Milk,
| dairy product*, pork and lard
make up three-fourths of this
I group.
FX PRESS I NO APPRECIATION;
for the cooperation that th*.
Towns of Andrews and Murp.iy
and the counties in the region !
give tin* libra r v ?erv*ce. Dora
Ruth Parks said Tuesday thai
people in tills see Men clve their j
whole-hearted support to see
that thing1? are propei ly organlx-I
#?<! and operated
MISS FLORENCE IOV IN
GOOD. who cumr in Tuesday to
renew her subscription to Tlie
Scout, which goes to the home on
Route 1 in the name of her sis- j
ter. Mi Pannie Wells said We J
can't do without The Scout. We
have taken it for years, but the |
paper now is the best one we
have ever had."
I AM PROUDER of those two ,
new Grade 1 tires on the front 1
of my 1941 Pontiac than I ever
have born of a brand new auto
mobile. The two faithful two-year
old tires they replaced had given
service for more than 34.000 miles,
and I was glad to give what rub
ber was left on them to Uncle
Sam.
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L. A. LEE. w'.-.c. pub!:.;hed The
Cherokee Scout five ears before
it was bought by the Olmsteds.
says that he spent five years of
the happiest years of his life in
Murphy. He has a tremendously
large printing business in Dalton.
tin., now . and it keeps him on the
job rather closely, but during the
past week-end he found time to
come to Murphy for a little fish
ing. Even with two professional
fishermen like H. Bueck on Satur
day and Roy Cooke on Sunday, he
and his friend. Plul Stone of Dal
ton. had no luck and came back
from their fishing trips empty
handed. Lee's printing plant is
under contract for printing gov
ernment forms, and he Is operat
ing to capacity and still is unable
to take care of the heavy volume
of work placed with him. We en
joyed his visit and an interesting
and profitable "shop talk" with
him on Sunday afternoon.
THE CATAWBA TREE is so
far as I have observed, a rare tree
in this area. It is tetter known
as the "Pea tree" Worms from it
are used as fishing bait. Three
lame Catawba trees are now in
full bloom on the farm of John
McCombs In the Peachtree sec
tion.
PATRICK
Dale Kilpatrick on his 9th
birthday, and little Vivian Mc
Ciain on her 2nd birthday were
honored with a party on June 4
by Mrs. McClain and Mrs. Earl
Stewart. A large number of Rifts
were reeeived by the honorces.
Guests present were: Marcella
and Fredie Sneed. Ruth. Dale.
Gary Kilpatrick. Fredie Guthrie.
Mary. Paul. Frank Guthrie. Ed
na and Bee Frank rum. Ernest
Ledford. Billy Hartness and Jas.
Stewart. Jr.
Mrs. McClain was assisted in
serving by her mother. Mrs. Earl
Stewart.
Mrs. Fred Sneed honored he;
little daughter. Marcella. with a
party on June 1. the occasion
being her 4th birthday.
Guests present were: Ernest
Ledford. Ruth, Dale and Gary
Kilpatrick. Mary. Frank and Paul
Outhrle. Billy Hartness and Vi
vian McClain.
Mrs. Sneed was assisted in serv
ing the little guests by Mrs. Earl
Stewart.
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. King will
leave Friday for North Wilkes
boro to spend a few days.
SPIRIT OF A CITY
Washington has talked a great
deal about the apathy of the citi
zens in wartime. That the shoe
has been on the other foot has
been evident for quite a long time.
A case in point Is the story be
hind Ration Book No. 3. One mil
lion of Indiana's 3.500.000 books
arc piled up in an Indianapolis
building and it Is going to take
2.000 volunteer workers to do the
Job of preparing and mailing the
books.
There Is no pay connected with
the Job. The hours are what any
one can afford to give. Yet. ten
days ahead of schedule. 225 In
dianapolis men and women ga
thered to treln themselves as su
pervisors In order to make sure
that these ration books will so
lout on time.
Before anyone in tlie national
capital turn t ions apathy again
they should visit the towns and
cities where citizens like those in
Iiid una polls. air nlvin, flTely
willingly of I heir um. u> CT
their fellow citizen, IndunZT
lis News.
FOR
SALE
K .um- more chickens and help Mipplrmrnt Ihr nation's
lood supply.
On June 14 and each Tuesday thrrraftrr *r will have
Ruby Chirks fur salf.
Krom tested flocks thrv chirks will make rood broilers
and layers.
Ilook your order now.
GIBBS HATCHERY
Apply at Western Auto Associate Store
Murphy . N. C.
YOUR TRUCK
AND CAR
ARE IN THE WAR, TOO!
And It's Our Job To Keep Them
Running at Top Notch Perform
ance. BE SMART. Let Us
Service Your Vehicles Regularly
The
SINCLAIR WAY
Drive Slowly.
Save G a5, Save Oii,
Save Tires, Save Your
CAR and TRUCK.
We Service All Kinds of Trucks
and Automobiles
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Buy War Bonds and Stamps Regularly
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Phone 202 *** Murphy, N. C.
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LONGER WEARING
SATISFACTION
Now, when we must take better care of
your clothes than ever before . . . our dry
cleaning service ccmes into its own!
Through harmless but effective chemi
cals ... all dust and grime are effectively
removed and the wearing longevity of
your suits increased. Dry cleaned suits
not only look better but they fit better
and retain their trim fit longer.
MURPHY LAUNDRY
Phone 159