ON A mi PUSH
The only security of all la in * hff p r*?s
The force of public opinion cannot be resisted,
when permitted freely to be expressed The
auitation it produces must be submitted to
It is necessary to keep the waters pure We
are all. for example, in agitation even in our
peaceful country. For in peace as well as In
war 1 1:*- mind must be kept in motion
[jefftrson to I-afayette 1823.
VOLI'ME 55 ? No. J.
MI-WHY. HO?TH CAKOUWA THI RSDAT. ACGF8T I?, IH3
v rorv ? $3 #o per year
The Cherokee Scout Enlists In
Victory Pulpwood Campaign
This newspaper today has joined other
weekly and daily newspapers of the nation in a
campaign to aid the Government to help solve
the serious pulpwood shortage situation.
It is the second time since Pearl Harbor
that the nation's newspapers have been called
upon to overcome a serious war material short
age.
Last Fall it was the Newspapers United
Scrap Metal Campaign. At that time scores of
steei mills faced shutdowns for lack of vital ma
terials. What the newspapers accomplished in
that drive is history. The situation was saved
with more than 6,000,000 tons of precious
metal collected.
Now it is the pulpwood campaign and it is
equally serious because hundreds of thousands
cf cords of the nation's pulpwood are required
for war purposes.
The Victory Pulpwood Cam
paign was initiated by the War
Production Board, with the coop
eration of other Federal Depart
ments. war agencies and industry.
I' is designed to relieve increas
ingly serious shortages in pulp
wood. the raw material which
makes smokeless powder, rayon for
parachutes, plastic for airplane
parts, shell and bomb casings and
shipping containers for ammuni
tion. foods, supplies., blood plasma
and other necessities for our arm
ec' forces and our allies.
Last Pall the weekly and dails
press, responding to the call ol
Donald M. Nelson, Chairman ol
the War Production Board, organ
ized and conducted Ehc memorable
| Newspaper Scrap Metal Drivt.
' Mr. Nelson described this effort
as one "without precedent in this
country" and declared "that the
results surpassed my fondest i
hopes."
Of the current pulpv/ood cam
paign. Mr. Nelosn said. "Once
again in an emergency situation
involving production for the war
effort. American newspapers have
offered their assistance to the
War Production Board. This
voluntary and unsolicited action
represents the highest expression
of practical patriotism ? the kind
of patriotism which, if emulated
by farmers and woodsmen in pulp,
wood producing areas of the
Baptist Association
Meets August 17-18
The 59th annual session of the
Western North Carolina Baptist
Association will be held on Tues
day and Wednesday. August 17 and
? 8. at Calvary Baptist church and
Notla Baptist church, respective
ly. Tlie Rev. Paul Lovlngood.
'lee-moderator, will preside.
The first day's three sessions
*111 be held at Calvary. The pro
gram opens at 9:30 with the de
votion by Clarence Hendrlx of
Prachtree. At 9:40 the reading If
*be constitution, rules of order
and program will take place, fol
lowed by the roll call of churches
?' 9:50. At 10:05. the moderator
,nd executive committee will
'flake their reports. At 10:50. the
r*Port of Christian Literature will
>? made by Miss Addle Mae Cooke
?f Murphy. At 11:20. the report
nn Sunday Schools will be made
*>y frank Walsh of Marble. The
appointment of committees will
*?*' place at 11:30. The Rev.
"obert Barker of Peachtre will de
the sermon at 11:35. follow
k* which lunch will be served.
The afternoon program will be
opened at 1:30 with the devotion
by the Rev. T. D. Denny of Marble
At 1 :40 factual reports will be
given by Peyton Ivie on Ministers
retirements plan. Rev. Cloyd Pipes
of Macon county on Hospitals,
and Lawson Lunsford of Peachtree
on the Orphanage. At 2:40 a con
ference will be held, and at 3:30 a
report of the committees will be
heard.
The evening session will be a
temperance rally. The program
will start at 7:45 with the devotion
by the Rev. C. A. Voyles of Cal
vary. The Rev. A. B. Cash will
make a report on temperance at
7:55. An open discussion will
start at 8:20.
The second day's program. At
Notla. will open at 9:30 a. m. with
devotion by the Rev. P. B. Oarrett
of Hayesvllle. Following the
minuntes at 9:40. mission oppor
tunities will be discussed at 9:50
by the Rev. R. Lane Akin* of
Hayesvllle on state missions, the
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| United States, will solve the prob- ]
| 1cm of current and threatening
pulpwood shortages and, by its
broader example, help to hasten
I the winning of the war. Per
j sonally, and as Chairman of the
' War Production Board. I am hap
py to welcome the assistance of
j the newspapers in this important
production campaign.''
The campaign to increase the
production of pulpwood for the
manufacture of products vitally
necessary for military needs over
seas and for home front war uses,
is addressed to farmers, woodland
owners, forest laborers and other
available workers in the three
major pulpwood producing areas
of the South, Northeast and Lake
States, where manpower short
ages have developed because of
the withdrawal of woodsmen for
service in the armed forces or
other war work.
The growing seriousness of
pulpwood shortages prompted Mr.
Nelson to issue the following ap
peal to farmers:
"If every one of the more than
2.800.000 farmers in the 27 pulp
wood producing states were to de
vote three extra days in 1943 to
cutting pulpwood we could over
j come the threatened 2.500.000
I cord shortage with wood to spare."
Mr. Nelson declared. "I urge
I every American farmer to get. in
' touch with his nearest Depart
ment of Agriculture representative
to find out whether he can be of
service in the production of pulp
wood. I. of course, realize the
Increased war load which our
farmers are bearing today, bu^
the pulpwood situation is serious
enough to justify this call for an
effort."
In anticipation of the present
critical shortage in pulpwood sup
plies. the War Production Board
called upon the U. S. Department
of Agriculture for assistance. The
I Forest. Service. Regional Exten
I sion Directors. Extension Foresters
and County Agents were requested
to assist in stimulating pulpwood
cutting by advising: farmers on
sound cutting practices, mill
prices and specifications.
This effort was supplemented
by the publication of posters and
pamphlets emphasizing the im
mediate need of pulpwood for war
purposes. They urged farmer*
and woodland owners to harvest '
their pulpwood "right now"
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Homecoming At
Hopewell Church
Sunday. Aug. 15
There win be a homecoming
prom-am at Hopewell Baptist
church. Sunday August 15. Many
speakers and singers will be pres
ent to provide Interesting messages
and songs at this event.
The public is Invited to attend.
Atlanta
Couple
Indicted
For
Murder
In
Death Of Homer
Stiles Of Suit
Serve On Grand
Jury This Week
The following served on the
grand jury for the term of court
held this week :
L B. Nichols, chairman: John
Killian. W. A. Piiett. C. C. Kamp
hill. Bruce Bristol. U. H. Pox. L.
A Gragg. Ray Barton. J. O Palm
er. Clyde R. Townson. J. G
Clonts. A. J. Barton. Claude
Nichols. Edgar Raper. J W. Ployd.
D V. Carringer. L. L. Anderson.
H. I. Taylor.
Hoover Resigns
As Member Of
Murphy Council
Dr. W. A. Hoover resigned as a
member of the town council at the
meeting of the board held Monday
evening. He gave as his reason,
shortage of personnel and assists
ants at Petrie hospital. His resig
nation was accepted, but a suc
cessor was not appointed.
At the request of members of
the local library committee, the
board appointed as members of
the libarary board of trustees for
terms of six years each. H. A.
Mattox and W. P. Forsyth.
W. D. Townson made a second
request for the town water lines
to be extended to his mill. A
committee was appointed to in
vestigate the costs and require
ments and repo'. i.ac>. at a call
meeting of the board at an eai^y
date.
It was ordered that the local
theatres be instructed not to open
their shows on Sunday evening
until the regular closing hour of
the churches.
Spivey, Wilhide
Get Commissions
ATLANTA. GA. ? Charles P.
Spivey and Robert M. Wilhide, of
Andrews. N. C.. have been com
missioned second lieutenants in
the U. S. Marine Corps and as
signed to active duty with a fly
ing squadron of the fighting
Leathernecks. The Marine fliers
received their commission after
graduating from an advanced
flight training school.
Second Lieutenant Spivey is the
son of Jessie Thaerman Spivey
Route 4. Benton. Ky. He attend
ed Brevard College, at Brevard
N. C.
Second Lieutenant Wilhide is
the son of F\mk Station Wilhide
Site For USO
Lounge Selected
Three rooms in the Mauney
building, back of the draft board
office, have been selected for the
U. S. O. lounge planned by a
group of interested citizens rep
resenting civic organizations.
The following committees have
been appointed: Executive. Mrs
Dale Lee. chairman: Mrs. Kat<
Mauney. vice - chairman: Mr?
Wade Massey. secretary: anr.
Prank Forsyth, treasurer.
Finance. Mrs. Willard Axley j
chairman: Mrs. Vance Wilson. 1
Mrs. Reuben Cooke, Mrs. Doyle j
Burch.
Hostess. Mrs. Mary Catherine
Hensley. chairman: Mrs. Annr
Ward. Mrs. Cleo Pitzer.
Furnishings. Mrs. H. Bueck
chairman: Mrs. Wade Massey
Mrs H. A. Mattox.
VISIT SILVER SPRINGS
A visit to 8ilver Springs. Flori
da's famed and internationally
kr.own underwater fairyland, re
cently * s enjoyed as a highlight
of the current Florida tour of
duty of Pfc. L. D. 8chuyler. and
Mrs. Schuyler, who were accom
panied by Mrs. T. W. Kindley.
and Winifred Town son.
Commends
The Scout
Cpon receiving word of the
Chprokff Scout's enlistment in
the Victory Pulpwood Cam
paign. Walter M. Dear, Chair
man of the newspaper Pulp
wood Committee. Tuesday sent i
the following: message:
"Hearty rongratulations on
your prompt response to oui
appeal and that of your Gov
ernment to aid in rectifying
the serious pulpwood short
age situation. We appreci
ate your cooperation and that
of your newspaper. The beet
of luck in your campaign.'*
Walter M. Dear. Chairman
Newspaper Pulpwood Committee.
Red Cross Makes
New Shipment
The Cherokee County Chapter
of the American Red Cross recent
ly sent a shipment of knitted gar
ments to Sea Girt. N J.. accord
ing to announcement by Mrs. Dale
Lee. production cnairman. in
cluded in the shipment was a
numter of garments made by the
Hiwassee Dam unit. This ship
ment consisted of 17 mufflers, one
helmet, 5 wristlets. 9 pairs of
socks. 7 small sweaters. 4 medium
sweaters. A large sweaters. 2 extra
size sweaters, and 4 turtleneck
sweaters for the army and 10 large
sweaters for the navy, 1 medium
sweater. 2 turtleneck sweaters and
2 pairs of socks.
Drunken Driving
Cases Prominent
In Criminal Court
criminal ? ,n ?
".is
ent of WaJfcprtn,,? CJem
and John M Wading
Vii,. prtcut^UrB0,NiWhaynW
SrSL,"!- ^ 2
aPP0^aJs7?r Cr?W<
Jury. CCT for the Brand
bi,F-' = r
'or 12 ^ ?f S are 10 1x1 evoked
Cochran wldV ???
rrPcw" Mccov w^r
-vd
Raco is*ii " Oliver Gibson,
ass Stiles. Bruce Battles. jr
Roverts. Homer F* Ar?o , '
i^ord. jZi A^r ^r,:'
Bob Heddcn. and Don Wm Bvrd
Lawson Henry Carroll ???< Du
Z?T2n for six mon*? <"? ,
i * n<1 Was ordered to ?av
costs. Ralph Guthrie was m.t ?
probation for 12 months for ^jreak i
'n? and entering and ordered fo1
Pay one-half of costs
Barley croft, for non-support
months S"Ve 0n r"nds 12
MS ? V*" PaV bV September 3
MS and a like amount each
? ^e benefit of his wlfc.
Oliver ^Docfceiy. on one charge I
? violation of prohibition laws
*1 fenjeneed to six month, on :
the roads and on another six
months on the roads, sanded
and costs."1 <>nt ?f *
Melvin Rogers was found guiltv
?'S!VCT81 chnr*es. For breaking I
fnl k !'.aS Riv? U,ree ^nth.s: 1
for breaking and entering. two
charges 12 months each: stealing
" bicycle six months: breaking;1
2 -vrars "> Jail: and
larceny, six months, all (o r?n
concurrently.
of "Pnry. L?Kan w" round tullty
Charges of violation of the '
prohibition laws and was given
four months in Jail for each.
V H Campbell was given six
months ?n the roads for violation
Of prohibition laws The ease
against his wife for the same,
leave""" Wl,!! "0' tlro"r'1 wltn '
Inez Hampton ??, acq,.ltted on
:^Z"" ? rarry,n? a c?neeaeld j
Alfred Ledford. charged with I
C?!T :hr?"Rh h,s at.ornev
Calvin Lunsford. for violation
of the prohibition laws, was given
four months m j?? or to pB"
costs and a fine of 125
Alfred Bailey, charged with
Pav" costs *n'mBL*' *** ordered to
a cCdt "um of ,I5 10 J
Bob Read en was convicted of
j assault with a deadly weapon and
ordered to pay a fine of $25 and
half the costs. Harrison Mc
Donald was convicted of simple
assault and ordered to pay one
half of the costs.
The graiid jury failed to find
j true bills in the cases against
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James R. Teams
Dies In Clay County
James Ruf js Teams. 64, died
at his home n Clay county, Aug
4. Funeral services were held at
Green Cove Methodist Church at
Brasstown. August 6 at 10 a.m..
with the Rev. Blaine Ledford of
ficiating.
He is survived by two daugh
ters. Mrs. George O'Neil and Mrs.
Irvln Hughes: three sons. Ronald,
j Bent, and Bill all of Belview and
I Brasstown.
P illbearers were Verlin Reece.
Fred O. Sere ?gs. Marvin Myers,
H. Logan. Hei man Estes and John
Logan.
SINGIN< AT TOMOTLA
There will be a singing at To
motla Sunday at 1:30 p.m. All
singing clas; es and quartetts are
invited to at tend. Everyone is ask
ed to come and make this one the
best yet.
C F Oordy iumbftnun ol At
lanta. and M:> Sallie Bradfield
Oibscn also of the Oeorgia city,
were indicted Wednesday by the
it rand Jury in Cherokee county
uperlor court on charges of ftrst
degree murder in connection with
the death of Homer Stiles. 22.
whose body was taken Tuesday
morning from Hiwassee lake.
| The man and woman were
orought fmm Atlanta to Mur.
I nkv Morth
' Carolina officers where -hey wen
apprehended A true bill for first
degree murder was returned later
in the day by the grand lury.
superior court being in session at
the present time.
Oordy and Mrs. Gibson are be
ing held without privilege of
bond They will not be tried at
the present term of superior
court.
The officers found at the apart
ment of Mrs Gibson the slack suit
that had been worn by Gordy. It
was somewhat torn and had
stains on It. The slack suit of Mrs.
Gibson also was stained. All the
clothing was brought in as evi
dence.
Mrs. Gibson stated to a repre
sentative of this newspaper that
the three parties went to the lake
for the purpose of fishing After
dark Sunday night she became
cold and went back to the car.
which was about a mile away. It
was daylight next morning before
Gordy came back to the car. she
I said, and he was alone.
The chain of events which led
to tl- ? arrest of the Georgia pair
began Sunday afternoon, officers
reported. Stiles, son of Mr. and
Mr*.' P. C. BtUes. of Suit, Chero
kee county, left the store of J P.
Wood at Suit late Sunday with a
man and woman who inquired of
a place where they could rent a
I cabin and also doing some fish
ing. The three went to the place
of O. C. Payne, who operates a
store and also cabins.
After the strange man and
woman had placed baggage in one
of the cabins, they went with
I Stiles in the direction of the lake.
The visiting pair did not come
tack to the cabin during the night,
but said, upon arrival the next,
morning, that they had had no
fishing luck and had been lost
much of the night.
J,ater at the Wood store thev
were refused gasoline because the
license tag was missing from
their car The man and woman
said they had lost it since visiting
the store the afternoon before.
Stiles did not return to his
home on Sunday night and the
first inlormation as to his where
abouts came Tuesday morning
when his body was found floating
or. the lake in the Persimmon
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Hundred Men Leave
Today For Service
The following hundred turn left :
today < Thursday > for Camp Croft.
S .C.. for induction into military
service:
Albert A. Mallonee. leader in
charge: William L. Oulley. assist
ant leader: Johnny L. Keenum.
assistant leader: Thurman C.
Fair. Wayne Radford. Ralph H.
Baker. Lester Hamby. Ernest
Loudermilk. Lake R. Ledford.
James S. Morrow. Ralph L. Wat
kins. Robert J. Reedy. Herman M
Wilson. Claude W. Barnett. Clyde
S. Amos. John H. Mason. Ken
neth P. Caldwell. James B. Fere
bee. Jack Dickey. Harry Dickey.
Oleen Loudermilk. George W.
Swanson. Armos E. Morrow. Reed
West. Jack D Taylor. William T
Fair. Jimmy Pratt. John B. Dock
ery. Hillard Phillips. Ray Killian.
Jack C. Oibby. Arnold Payne. Jr..
J. H. Wallace. Floyd W. Carringer.
Frank F Ledford. Joseph F. Clay
ton. Fred Black well. Jr.. Hule C.
Davis. James H. Jones. William
C. Hughes. Howard A. Kilpatrlck.
Donald Cook. Harold H. Lovin
good. Homer Hursucker. Elmer L
Hamby. Boyd R. Pace. Lofton H.
Carroll. Lewis Q. Ledford. James
V Keys. Charles K. Laney. Robert
D. Kephart. William L. Scroggs.
Edward H. Price. Ray N. Nichols,
HoJlis D. Hughes. Lester Simonds.
Mart C. Ham by. Charles A. Stiles,
Buford C. Hancock. Gilbert O.
Hickey. Jr.. Vernell Johnson. Clay
E. Hughes. Kendall Adams. E. B.
Padgett. Loster L. Mason. Jr.,
(Paul E. Rodgers. Howard L. Rad
I ford. James E. Dockery. Fred
jSneed. Jr.. Willie A. Ledford.
J Joseph C. Hawkins. Qulnton L.
Jones. John McMillian. Jr.. RAy
W. Harris.
Bass Gentry. Jr.. Robert L. Wil
son. Clinton W. Roberson. Robert
t. Parmer. Chester Halgler. Fred
B. Lunsford. Robert V. Dockery.
Marshall C. Tatham. Andrew H.
McRay. Abraham A. Zimmerman.
Marvin H. Adams. Earl C. Hat
maker. John R. Roberts. Albert.
Morris. Jr.. Frank W. Freeman.
Atlas Nix. Charles J. Sneed.
Horace Coker, Herbert M. Fox,
Mack Swalm. Wayne O. Clonts.
Arthur J. Rlsley, John F. K&n
they. James N. Payne. Wlndon
Jones. Jr., Ray B. Lovlngood.