VOL. M ? No. 5?
J?I RPUT. NORTH CAROLINA THCKSDAY. JULY 8. 1M3
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REMEMBER! Check your local regulations and observe them!
Red Cross Conference Held
In Murphy On Wednesday
Home service committees fromi
four Red Cross chapters were in
vited to attend a conference held
in the Methodist church here
Wednesday. Representatives came
from Graham, Andrews and
Cherokee county chapters. No one
cam? from Hayesville.
Miss Elsie Parker, home service
field representative of area head
quarters. Alexandria. Va., and
Mr.. Catherine Stewart, W.N.C.
field representative, were confer
ence leaders. Mrs. H. O. Elk ins,
home service chairman of the lo
o&l chapter, was hostess.
Thou, present were: Dr. iiettie
Parette. Mrs. Vivian P. Cham
bers and the Rev. M. Herbert Gor
man of Robtoinsville; Prank Swan,
Andrews: Ralph L. Buice of Hi
wassee Dam; Mrs. T. A. Case,
Mrs. H. G. Elkins. Mrs. Catherine
Stewart and Miss Parker. Miss
Linetta Dean attended a short
while to discuss the relationship
ol the welfare department with
the home service department of
the Red Cross.
Jack Akin At
Keesler Field
Keesler Field. Biloxi. Miss. ?
Pvt Jack B. Akin, son of Mr. and
Mrs. H. D. Akin. Murphy. N. C.
was Promoted this week to the
grade of private first class after
Qualifying for enrollment in
Keesler Field's B-24 Liberator
bomber mechanics school.
Private Akin's promotion was
the result of the high score he re
ceived in his Army mechanical
aptitude test. He now will under
go 17 weeks of training under the
Army Air Forces Technical Train
ing Command here, and then will
assigned to active duty on the
line, servicing and maintaining
the huge bombers which are car
rying the war to the enemy.
Committees Appointed For Picnic
At Andrews On Saturday, July 10
The Farmers Federation Picnic
for Cherokee. Clay and Graham
Counties will be h?ld all day Sat
urday. July 10th at Andrews
School. Everybody Ls invited.
The picnic is expected to get
under way at 10 o'clock. The war
effort, especially the high pro
duction of food and the sale of
war bonds and stamps, will be
stressed throughout he day. The
regular fun of the picnic will not
t? neglected, however.
There will be pie; ty of string
music and singing. All singers
and musicians are invited to at
tend the picnic and take part.
Everyone will be welcome.
The lemonade barrel and wat
ermelon truck will be there as
usual to give free drinks and
slices of melon to all present. The
lemonade, probably, will contain
no sugar, but it will be adequately
sweetened with war ime substi
tutes.
At the lunch houi games and
contests will be held on the lawn.
Max Roberts, head of the Edu
cational Department of the Farm
ers Federation, is in general
charge of the picnics. A. C. Rey
nolds. Jr.. Field Secretary and a
member of the State Legislature,
will again be in c large of the
selling of war bonds and stamps.
A large committee has been form
ed that will assist with the picnic.
It includes the city, county and
Agriculture Department officials.
Mrs. E. G. White Spencer, Mur
phy; Mrs. J. H. Ellis. Murphy:
Alonzo Shields, Murphy: Lone
Wood. Suit: Lawrence Anderson.
Marble: John Tatum. Andrews:
E. A. Wood, Andrews: John Pal
mer. Marble: Sheriff Nee Aber
Red Cross Needs 125 People To Make
Surgical Dressings Three Hours A Week j
The Cherokee County chapter
of the American Red Cross needs
125 persons, each of whom will
8ive at least an average of three
hours per week, in making sur
gical dressings, says Mrs. T. A.
Case, chapter chairman. A work
er can go to the workroom once a
*eek ancj ^ ^er three hours;
for example, from 2 to 5 o'clock
to the afternoon or 7 to 10 o'clock
to the evening. Some, however.
Prefer to work shorter periods
?nd more often.
^ Mrs. Case asks: "Won't you plan
0 Rive at least an average of three
h?WR each week to making surgi
dressings, which are to be used
for the boys who are being wound
^ on the battlefront?"
Those who made dressings dirr
the week of June 28 to July
2 *?re: Working nine hours was
Mrs. H. S. Parker; six hours or I
imore: Mrs. W. M. Axley. Miss Jean
Murray: five hours or more: Mrs.
J. H. Wilson. Mrs. T. J. Mauney:
four hours or more: Mrs. C. A.
Beatty. Mrs. T. A. Case. Mrs. Rob
ert Bault: three hours or more:
Mrs. H. Bueck. Mrs. O. K. Erhart.
Mrs. B. W. Whitfield. Mrs. Hoff
man. Mrs. Don Wither spoon: two
hours or more: Miss Gillie Martin.
Mrs. Jack Spainhour. Mrs. Charles
R. Worthen. Miss Anne Leather
wood. Miss Addie Leatherwood.
Mrs. Ed Bamett. Mrs. S. D. Akin.
Mrs. J. W. Bailey. Mrs. Stanley E.
Levy: one hour or more: Mrs. Jas.
McKeown, Mrs. EveAyn Patton.
Mrs. Robt. Akin. Mrs. L. D. Schuy
ler. Mrs. Calvin Stiles. Mrs. Way
ne Townson. Miss Jean Coffey.
Mrs. Will Gentry. Mrs. C. W.
Savane. Mrs. Clyde Sneed. and
Mrs. Don Gentry.
nathy, Marble; Mrs. Donald Wil
son, Andrews; Claude Day, Mar
ble; Bill Hatchett. Murphy; R. S
Burnett. Murphy; B. L. Pox, Mur
phy; Homer Hughes .Murphy; U.
S. O. Phillips, Unaka; George
Crawford, Unaka; Rev. A. G.
Morrow, Unaka; Ralph Shields.
Culberson; W. E. Rice, Culberson:
Tom Johnson. Culberson; Dr.
Young. Postell; Burt McNabb.
Suit: Jimmie Wood. Suit; J. M.
Payne. Suit; H. L. Robinson. Mur
phy;
Lawson Lunsford. Murphy;
George Hendrix. Murphy; Prin.
Clarence Hendrix. Murphy: Hen
ry Suddeth. Murphy: Mr. G. G.
Farthing, county agent. Hayes
ville: Jim Zimmerman, Brasstown;
E. L .Crawford .Andrews: M. L.
Matterson. Hayesville: Cline Mc
Clure. Hayesville; Wayne Brooks.
Hayesville: Mark Weaver. Hayes
ville: W. W. Cochran. Nantahala:
C. I. Smith. Hayesville: W. C.
Smart. Hayesville; R. B. Slaugh-1
ter. Robbinsville: Agnew McClung.!
Robbinsville: Dillard Orr. San
teetlah: Rev. James Chappell.
Robbinsville: H. R. Carpenter.
Cheoah: Thad Styles. Murphy;
A. Q'. Ketner. Murphy; Miss Al
lene Richardson. Murphy: K. C.
Wright. Murphy: Supt. H. Bueck.
Murphy: Supt. I. B. Hudson: Hon.
Percy B. Perebee. Andrews: Mayor
R. T. Heaton. Andrews: Mayor T.
C. Gray. Hayesville: Mayor J. W.
Franklin. Murphy; Mayor R. B.
Slaughter. Robbinsville.
Asks Public To
Study Signals
Frank Swan, commander of
the Citizens Defense corps, of the
Civilian Defense council, requests
the public to study the air raid
warning: signals published in this
issue of The Scout and to observe
them during an air raid alarm.
Dickey Hotel
Leased By Mrs.
Maude Dickey
Mrs. Maude Dickey has leased
the Dickey Hotel and Mrs. A. N.
H in ton is associated with her in
the operation of the hotel, having
charge of the dining room. Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Witt, whose
lease expired June 20. moved on
July 5 to their home in Moreland
Heights. Mr. Witt will continue to
have his insurance and real estate
office in the hotel. The hotel is
i the property of W. E. Matthews,
attorney with the Department of
Justice in Washington. D. C.
TVA Officials To
Discuss City
Park Proposal
TVA officials from Knox
ville and Chattanooga will be
in Murphy next Monday at
11:00 to discuss with mem
bers of the town council.
Murphy Lions club and other
civic organizations the ac
quisition of the old CCC camp
grounds for use as a city
park.
75 Men Leave
For The Army
Seventy-five men left Tuesday
morning for examination at Camp
Croft. S. C.. for military service.
They were as follows:
Carter Riddle. Noah Buel
Adams. Clarence William Bryant,
Robert Patten Martin, Robert
Woodfin McLean. John Curtis
Weeks. Roy Winston Clontz, Paul
Curtis. Clarence Palmer. Vernon
Ashworth King. Robert Calvin
Johnson. Carl Edward Palmer.
Lesard Radford. Wilbur Leon Mc
Donald. Edgar Agustus Woods.
Jr.. Lyle Jones. Cline D. Sims.
Arnold Edward Hardin. Charles
William Hipps. Charlie Albert
Rogers, James Stover, Edwin
Lewis Mulkey. Gay Radford.
Frank Leonard Truett. Charles
Willie Sneed. Robert McClure.
Donald Vernon Raxter. Virgil
White. John Benjamin Foster.
Vance Zebulon Coffey.
George Tommy Crisp. Billy
Calvin Lcdford. Ralph Riley Hall.
Elbert Gibby. Hubert J. C. Hollo
way. Gay Rowland. Calvin Oscar
Kephart. Mack Allen, Norvell Dil
lard Peek. Robert William Brass
well. Toss Derreterry. James Har
old Harris. James Randolph
Shields. Goldman McDonald
Mickens. Willie Dee Craig. James
Henry Phillips. Jr.. Wade Hamil
ton Anderson. James Leslie Dock
ery, Harvey Swancon. Glenn Noah
Pace. Andrew Jackson Carter.
Loyd Henry Moss. Kermit Don
Lcdford. Joseph L. Day. George
Houston. Jr.. Georsre William Car
roll. John Erwin Taylor. Man ford
Hoyt Mann. Jessie Goldman
Roper. Russell Coy Hall. Waystle
Andrew Woods. J. B. Stiles. How
ard Cooledpe Payne. Charles Del
bert Stiles. Luther Ralph Kissel
burg. Jr.. Euelid Ray Voyles, Ger
ald Ray Trull. Harley Lawson
Rogers. Condry Boyd Eller. Wait
sel John Walker. Herbert Hoover
Burnett. Floyd Parker Little.
James Neal Payne. Clifton Colum
bus Elliott. Wayne Stiles.
BOX FACTORY
IS COMPLETED
Official of Murphy Box and
Flooring Manufacturing company
announce that the building has
been completed, and it is hoped
that the opening can be held next
week. Some of the machinery has
been received, and more is expect
ed within the next few days
"Day Of Dedication" Meeting
Held Monday Reveals There Is
Much Idleness In The County
Doctor Abernethy,
Local Dentist,
Dies in Tennessee
Dr. Wallace W. Abernethy. well
known dentist and member of the
staff of the Murphy General hos
pital. died suddenly Sunday morn
ing from a heart attack in Chat- |
tanooga. Tenn. j
Dr. Abernethy. son of Mrs. J. j
E. Abernethy of Rutherford Col- j
lege, formerly resided at Mayodan
near Greensboro, and recently,
moved to Murphy.
He was a native of Murphy, the
son of the late Dr. Joseph Edgar
Abernethy. Methodist minister!
who had held many pastorates in |
the Western conference, including
Charlotte. Winston-Salem, .Greens
boro. Monroe. Salisbury, and other
places. Dr. Jos. Abernethy died
in March. 1942.
Dr. Abernethy attended Vand
erbilt university and Dewey Dent
al college in New York City, where
later he became a member of the
faculty, later joining the staff of
the Charlotte Dental clinic at
Charlotte. He left Charlotte about
"Ive years ago and practiced for
? > years in Mayodan. leaving
t. *re to come to the Murphy hos
pital.
Surviving are his mother, the
former Virginia Allen of Anson
county, who now makes her home
at Rutherford College; his wife.
Mrs. Bonnie Abernethy. two sis
ters. Mrs. F. B. Spencer of Salis
bury and Mrs. Paul Cross of
Philadelphia. Pa.; two brothers.
Dr. Pascal Abernethy of Burling
ton and Oscar Abernethy of Wil
mington.
Dr. Abernethy was a twin broth
er of the late Dr. Horace Aber
nethy who died some years ago as
a result of injuries received in the
World War.
Mrs. Abernethy, accompanied by
Rev. Ralph Taylor and Mrs. P. V.
Taylor, was joined at Rutherford
College Monday by her brother.
Bartow Allen of Peachland. and
Mrs. Allen, and they left for Salis
bury where funeral services were
conducted Tuesday afternoon at
3 o'clock at the home of Dr. and
Mrs. Frederick B. Spencer.
Services were conducted by the
Rev. Ralph Taylor of Murphy, his
pastor, assisted by the Rev. E. H.
Nease. superintendent of the Sal
isbury Methodist district, and
Rev. Walter J. Miller, pastor of
the First Methodist church.
Burial was in the family plot in
Chestnut Hill cemetery.
DINNER GUESTS
Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Spencer of
Martins Creek were dinner guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Hendrix
Wednesday.
Much idleness exists among
the small farmers of Cherokee
county, where the farm work is
not sufficient to demand full
time employment, it was revealed
in the "Day of Dedication" meet
ini; ncld at the courthousc in
Murphy Monday morning in re
sponse to a request from Governor
Brought on. The purpose of tiie
meeting of law enforcement of
ficials and civic leaders was to
take steps to end idleness, loafing
and vagrancy in this county, in
cooperation with a state-wide ef
fort on the part of the Governor.
It was pointed out. also, that
much loafing is seen within the
city limits of Murphy.
J. B. Gray, who was elected
chairman of the committee, pre
sided over the meeting. Dr. H. L.
Paisley opened the meeting with
prayer. Miss Addie Mae Cooke
was elected secretary- Mr. Gray
appointed a committee composed
of leaders throughout the county
| to meet at the courthouse on Mon
day, July 19. at 10 o'clock to take
Dakins Interned
In Phillippines
| Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Sneed have
j been informed by the U. S. High
Commissioner to the Phillippine
Islands that their son-in-law and
: daughter. Mr. and Mrs. C. A.
Dakin are interned by the Japan
ese at Iloilo City.
Mr. and Mrs. Dakin have been
living in the Phillippines for the
past four years.
Mr. Dakin was operating a gold
mine at Masbaie at the begin
ning of the war.
Carl H. Townson
Completes Course
Clarksdale, Miss.
Aviation Cadet Carl H. Town
son. son of Mr. and Mrs. Jasper
Carl Townson, Murphy. North
Carolina, has completed approxi
mately one third of his pilot train- j
ing at the 69th Army Air Forces
Flying Training Detachment.
Clarksdale. Mississippi, and will j
report soon to one of the Army ;
Air Forces Southeast. Basic Flying
Schools for the next phase of his
flight training.
Having finished the first part of
his flying course. Aviation Cadet |
Townson is now well trained to
step into the faster, more power
ful planes he will become familiar
with at the basic school.
Upon the completion of his
basic course, he will be assigned
to one of the Army Air Forces
Southeast Advanced Flying
Schools for the fina! phase of his
i flight training.
Murphy And Andrews Postmasters
Naval Recruiting Representatives
Ashevillc?Yeoman Wayne W.1
Blanton of the Ashevillc Navy Re
cruiting Station will be at the
Murphy Court House on July 15
and 16 and the Andrews City Hall
on July 17 for the purpose of in
terviewing applicants for enlist
ment in the Navy, Seabees and
the WAVES. He will have com
plete information concerning the
requirements for enlisting in any
branch of the U. S. Navy.
During the last month. North
Carolina led the Nation in the
number of seventeen-year-old
volunteers for the Navy. Lieuten
ant-Commander Charles B. Neely.
head of the State's Navy Recruit
ing. said in Raleigh that the sev
enteen-year-old men were respond
ing "splendidly" to the Navy'';
call for men. and. as a result, the
State has broken all records for
enlistment in that age group.
Yeoman Blanton said today
that the number of seventeen
year-old volunteers from this coun
ty and district has been great, but
the demand is still greater. The
recruiter pointed out that youths
must register for Selective Service
when they become 18 years old
and added that they are not able
to volunteer for any branch of the
service after that time. It is re
quested that you do not wait until
it is too late to choose your
i branch of the service.
The Postmaster in . Murphy and
Andrews have been made Recruit
ing Representatives for the Navy.
I and will have the itinerary of Re
cruiter Blanton at all times so as
; to enable you to reach him at
some place if you can not contact I
him at the regular trip to this
city.
The drive to enlist WAVES has
brought many applications from
all parts of the State, it is said.
Women between the ages of twen
ity and thirty-six are eligible: no
i education beyond two years of
I high school is required. Full de
tails and application blanks may
| be obtained from Recruiter Blan
, ton in the Murphy Courthouse or
' Andrews City Hall.
more definite steps to get every
body to work.
Prior to an open discussion of
the situation. H. Bueck read the
proclamation of Governor
B t ton relative to this day of
dedication and the meeting to be
hekl.
A Q Ketner, county agent,
slated that in checking on the
labor situation on the farms in
the county, he linds that many
larmers who have only a small
crop to cultivate are idle more
than half the time, and most of
i hem refuse to work for other
farmers who are short of labor or
anywhere else.
Sheriff L. L. Mason stated
that he finds the same conditions
existing. He had the experience
of a man wanting $1 an hour to
cut rye. He stated that the idle
men spend most of their time
fishing or driving cars, and said.
I "I don't see how they get the
gas"
Pritchard Smith, highway pa
trolman. stated that there is a
group of men who are found loaf
ing in "beer joints" in Murphy
day and night?the same group
being found at all hours.
From statements of Mrs. Alline
R. King, home agent, and Mrs.
R. H. Foard, the audience con
cluded that most women and
girls in the county are doing con
structive work. They pointed out
the fact that most all women are
busy with housework, farm work,
outside domestic work, or other
activities. Many of them are
spending much time doing Red
Cross work. Mrs. Foard stated
that frequently she sees m?M
loafing and often the7 are hitch
hiking to town as she travels
over the county highways. She
added: "I don't know what they
are coming to town for."
E. F. Arnold. FSA supervisor,
stated that his department is
working with the small farmers to
interest them in having enough
to do to keep them busy on their
own places. They encourage the
"live at home" idea and insist
that the families have cows. pigs,
and chickens, in addition to their
gardens and farms. "While we
are looking forward to the time
when we can create more activity
on the small farm." he said, "we
shall cooperate now to our fullest
in helping to end the Idleness
that, exists."
W. W Rogers, chief of police
of Murphy, stated that he finds
the "beer joints" in Murphy full
of loafers day and night.
Miss Linetta Dean, welfare
superintendent, stated that most
of her clients are people who are
unable to work, but that she will
encourage their working whenever
they are able.
i Dr. M. P. Whichard. health of
ficer. stated that his work is
mostly with the venerals and
prostitutes, and it is difficult tO
get. the latter to work.
E. A. Wood of Andrews, large
farmer and dairyman, and chair
man of the county board of com
missioners. stated that he has
numerous acres of land which he
cannot get cultivated, while there
is idleness all around his vicinity.
"People Just won't work for farm
wages." he declared, "and we
must have some relief." He stated
that, two of his best workers at
the dairy left without notice, se
curing their release from the Em
ployment office without h i s
knowledne. to accept positions
with higher pay.
D. M. Birchfield stated that
(there are many idle men and
women around his home but one
cannot get them to work.
Mayor J. W. Franklin stated
that in addition to the many
white people idle in Murphy,
there arc many Negro men and
women who sit around on the
streets constantly and will not
work if one asks them to do so.
C. I. Calhoun of the employ
ment office stated that his office
always knows of some Job a per
son can get and they always
recommend something for the ap
plicant*.