os a rier
*n?e only security of all Is in a free preas
'Die force of public opinion cannot be resisted,
when permitted freely to be expressed Tne
agitation it produces mast be .submitted to
It is necessary to keep tin waters puie We
are all. for example, in agitation even in our
peaceful country. Ftor in peace as well as in
*a:, the mind must be kept in motion
Jefferson to Lafayette. 1823.
V ( OPY ? $2.M PER Yt Alt
Law Enforcing Officers Of
Eight Counties To Meet
With FBI Here September 9
Cherokee county and Murphy |
: w enforcing officials will te|
h? :s at tile third quarterly polio* |
conference for this region which I
will be held at Hcnn theatre in I
Murphy on Thursday. Septemtx 1
9 at 1 o'clock. Edward Scheidt.
>pe?ial agent of the Federal Bu
reau of Investigation. Chariot tr
who is in charge of the conference
;;r.d Albert Coates. director of the
Institute of Government. Chapel i
Hill, will be the principal speakers. I
Patrolman Pritchard Smith will
fc? the spokesman for local officers
in welcoming the visitors.
Law enforcement officers from
all counties of this area will be in
;?.! tendance at this conference
The subjects to be discussed are
? Juvenile Delinquency" and
Crime Prevention". Counties In
vited include: Clay. Graham.
Macon. Swain. Jackson. Haywood.
Ttansylvania and Cherokee.
This is one of 12 similar con
ferences to be held during the
month of September by the Char
lotte division.
Idus J. Lynn, special agent for
?he F. B. I. in this territory, was
in Murphy Tuesday making plan."
for the conference. He stated
that the meeting is open to all law
enforcing agents, including mem
bers of the auxiliary police.
Discussions will be held on
practical steps being taken by
various law enforcement agencies
:n crime prevention and juvenile
delinquency work. A movie on
various outstanding fugitives
wanted in the Carolinas will be
S:'.OWn.
In an executive session of full
* me law enforcement officers, a
discussion of general police mat
ters will be held, and instructions
and observations relative to cases
ft* signed to the police given. A;
panel forum and round table dis
cussion. with the question and i
answer method, will be held.
Among those expecting to at- J
tend the conference are: From j
Graham. R. B. Slaughter, mayor: j
C. B Crisp, chief of police: G. E. 1
Brewer, sheriff; and Grady Mash
burn, J. D. Orr. John Orr, and J.
B McCall. deputies.
From Cherokee: L. L. Mason,
sheriff: L. H. Mehaffey. Andrews;
chie fof police: Patrolmen Lind
say and Smith: W. W. Rogers. (
Murphy chief of police: Arnold P.
Dalrymple. John H. Stratton.
policemen: all deputies and auxili- j
ary policemen.
T. V. A. policemen from Hiwas
see Dam. Fontana and other T. V.
A project sin this area.
WILL BE HOSTS AT F B. I. CONFERENCE The officers
I shown above 'Patrolman Pritchard Smith. Jr.. left and Chief of
' Police W. W. Rogers, right. Sheriff L. L. Mason, and other officers
of the county, will be hosts at the F. B. I. conference to be held in
Murphy on Thursday. September 9.
Mrs. Weaver Dies
At The Age Of 82 j
Mrs. Bettie Weaver .82. of i
Blairsville, Ga.. died Friday at the
home of her son, Fred Weaver.!
Funeral services were conducted !
from the Antioch Baptist church |
with the Revs. John Green. Thos. I
Truett, and Columbus Conley of
ficiating. Ivie funeral home had
charge of the interment in the
church cemetery.
Pallbearers were: P. Ledford.
Jud Chastain. C. Forester. J. C.
Kirckendoll. W. B. Owenby and
J B. Brown.
She is survived by: Three sons.
Fred. Marvin. Gordon: and two
daughters, Mrs. Jim Brown, of
Blairsville. and Mrs. Abe Brown
of Culberson. I
Special Course
Offered Adults
A special course in typing and
shorthand is being offered to a
dults or anyone desiring to take
k. at Murphy high school. Classes
are from 3 to 4 o'clock each af
ternoon, Monday through Friday,
and are taught by Mrs. Joe Ray. 1
Those interested should get in j
touch with the teacher or Supt.
H. Bueck.
Mrs. Mary Pass of Hayesville
spent a few days this week with
Mrs. S. D. Akin and Miss Mary
Akin.
Governor Serves
Notice On Loafers
To Go To Work
With the appointment of
Burke Gray, Murphy, as chairman I
of the Labor Mobilization Boar<' 1
for Cherokee County. Governor T. I
M. Broughton has served definite i
notice on local loafers that they
must find gainful employment |
within the next few days or be
charged guilty of a misdemeanor j
and subject to punishment by a
prison sentence, a fine, or both a
fine and a prison sentence.
Governor Broughton named the
following as members of the
Board to assist the chairman in
putting all idlers of this county to
work: A. Q. Ketner. Murphy:
?Tohn ODell. Murphy: Miss Llnet
ta Dean. Murphy: C. I. Calhoun.
Murphy; J. W. Franklin. Murphy: ]
ft- T. Hcaton, Andrews, and Miss
Addle Mae Cooke. Murphy.
In announcing the appoint
ments, Governor Broughton made
it clear that this Board's first duty
be that of reporting to the
local representative of the V. S.
Employment Service the names
*nd addresses of all able-bodied
men in this county between 18 and
55 years of age who are not gain
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Deputy To Assist
Taxpayers In
Filing Returns
0. G. Delinger. deputy collec
tor. will be in Murphy on Septem
ber 2. 3. 4. at the Henry House,
for the purpose of assisting Tax
payers in the filing of Federal re
turns. Form 1040-ES. Hr answers:
"Who Must Make A Return?" as
follows:
A declaration must be made by
every citizen of the United States
or resident of the United States
If:
1. Single or married but not
living with Spouse at date pre
scribed for the making of the de
claration ( whether or not the
head of a family) if he had for
1942. or reasonably expects to
have for 1943.
fa> gross income of more than
$2,700 from wages subject to with
holding or
(b) gross income of $500 or
more from all sources if more
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u. S. 0. Lounge
Formal Opening
To Be Held 6th
The formal opening ot the U.
S. O. lounge will be held on Labor
Day September 6. according to
the chairman of the furnishing
committee. Mrs. H. Bueck. The
public is invited to visit the room,
which is No. 6 in the Mauney
tuilding. on second floor.
Since the appeal for donation
of furnishings was made, several
people have loaned or donated
articles for the lounge. Ivie Furni
ture Company is lending a studio
couch: Mrs. Noah Lovingood gave
material for draperies: Mrs. Roy
Lovingood gave a Bible, several
pictures, towels, soap, and a bed
spread: Mrs. Peyton Ivie will fur
nish a flower arrangement every
month: People's Furniture Com_
pany gave an easy chair: and
Cherokee Furniture Company
rockine chair.
Thol Who had made donations
prior to last week's paper were:
Duke Whitley, bed: Mrs. Harry
Miller, writing desk: Mrs. Wade
Massey. floor lamp and mirrors
Mrs H Buecl:. lamp, chair, and
table : Mrs. Dale tee. card table
and checker set. Miss Margare
Curd is painting signs to direct
service men to the lounge.
Ida L. Brumby
Is Reservist
With Waves In
Washington
WASHINGTON. D. C. ? Two
North Carolina WAVES are now
among Women Reservists of the
Navy on duty in the Nation s Cap -
! tol. where they have replaccd
Navy men. releasing them for
class, daughter of Mr;> and Mrs.
B. G. Brumby of Murphy
I stationed for
! and Navy Staff coucse- .
State iw WAVES in Decern
STSb ' she lved her re
sult and specialist tratn'ng at
fhc Naval Training School. Still
PS rther reservist U :: RosiUe
Ferrell. Yeoman third c ^
; daughter of Mr and Mrs. John
i b PerrcH of Clayton.
Gray To Speak
To Ministers
J B. dray, local attorney, will
be the guest speaker at the meet
ing of the Cherokee-Clay county
ministerial association to be ! >*?
Monday morning at 10.30 m the
I Baptist church.
Tomotla School
Destroyed By
Fire Tuesday
Tomotla school building was
completely dest toyed by fire Tues
day afternoon. Fire of unknown
origin had gainr-d headway before
being discovered. City of Murphv
fire department was callrd but
could not reach Hie scene in tim?*
to save the building. Fire was
discovered by some passersby.
Supt. H. Burck stated that the
school was valued at about $1500.
Before school opened in August
about $500 had been spent on re
pairing and painting the exterior
and interior of the building.
The building had four rooms.
It was a three-teacher school,
with grades through the sixth.
School is being held in Tomotla
church at the present time.
W.S.C.S. To Meet j
Tuesday Afternoon
Tlve Woman's Society of Christ
ian Service will meet Tuesday at
3:00 p. m. at the Methodist church
with Mrs. Neil Davidson. Mrs. S.
D. Akin and Mrs W M. Pain as
hostesses. Mrs. H. E. Dickey will
be in charge of the program.
INTERESTING
FACTS LEARNED
FROM SURVEY
Mrs. Jot Myers of Murphv.
Rout?- 1. is winner of the $2.50
prize offered by this paper to
the person sending in the larg
est list of names reading his or
her ropy of THE SCOl'T.
Lists submitted contained
from four to 2K names each,
averaging approximately 16.
Many complimentary comments
on the paper were made in con
nection with the lists. Mrs. A.
G. Smith wrote: "I euess you
will get larger numbers of peo
ple reading their SCOUT, but
not any that enjoy it more than
our group. One reader is 8T
years old: one is 73: three are
over 50. The youngest Ls 4
years. She likes the funnies."
She gave the names of her bro
ther and two sisters, to whom
she sends the paper as birthday
gifts, saying: "I had the paper
sent to them as birthday pres
ents. since I couldn't send my
one copy to all three when they
left for the navy and defense
jobs."
Following the law of averages,
the survey reveals that from
20.000 to 25.000 people read
THE SCOUT every week.
Scout And News Are
BoughtBy Miss Cooke
/* J,. Y. &AH.EHT/HG.
Senator Ballentine of Varina. i
I Wake county farmer and dairy
j man. has anoimced his candidacy
i for lieutenant governor in the
| Democratic primary next spring.
Bellview Revival
To Start Sunday
Revival services will be held at
Bellview. Methodist Church next
week, the first service being Sun
day evening at 7:30 o'clock. Ser
vices will be each evening at that
hour throughout the week. The
Rev. J. Walker Chidsey. pastor of
Young Harris Methodist church,
will preach, according to an
nouncement by the pastor. Rev.
j Ballard Wilson.
'
BANK TO CLOSE
Citizens Bank and Trust Co.
will be closed all day on Monday.
| September 6. for Labor Day.
Miss Addie Mae Cooke has pur
chased the interest of B. Arp Low
rance of Charlotte in The Chero
kee Scout and Graham County
News, and is the sole own
er of the two papers. The pur
chase of the half-interest of her
partner was made by Miss Cooke
last Friday.
For the past eleven months the
two newspapers have been man
aged by the pftseht owner, who.
with Mr. Low ranee, purchased
them last October from Mrs. Nes
field Olmsted.
The size of the pages of the pap
ers has been increased from 5
columns by 1 8 inches to 7 columns
by 20*6 inches. Many new fea
tures have been added to increase
the papers' service to the counties
in which they are published.
There has been good advertising
support, and the staff has made a
conscientious effort to give full
coverage of local news. Some 1
new equipment, including a Miehle
press for printing the paper, has
been installed. A business office
was opened on the square last fall,
for the convenience of the public
and those doing business with
and reporting news to the paper.
Miss Cooke announced that the
staff of the papers will remain
practically the same. She will
continue as editor and manager,
and Roy Cooke will continue as
production manager and superin
tendent of the printing plant. W.
H. Whitten of Sylva. who was em
ployed by the paper a few years
ago and has many friends here.
! returned this week to work in the
printing department. A. N. Sham
blin leaves to accept a position
i with A. J. Showalter Co. in Dal
ton. Ga. Other employees will
remain in their respective posi
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Says There Is Urgent
Need For Tin And Fats
"There is an urgent need for
j waste fats and tin", states Joe E.
J Ray. chairman of the county sal
i vage committee, who appeals to
; housewives to save these two
j items to help meet one of the most !
, serious problems facing the gov
I ernment today, the acute shortage
of these two cr'tlcal materials.
Glycerine is made from fats or
! waste kitchen grease. It is used
in the manufacture of explosives,
for medical purposes, in hydraulic
fluids, in fireproof paint for bat
tleships. as an anti-icing fluid for
airplane propellers, and as anti
freeze for planes.
At present onl7 40 percent of
American housewives are saving
used kitchen fats. Since point, ra
tioning of both meats and fats j
on March 29. the collection has |
shown a loss of 4-2 percent.
Tin is essential in the making
of bearings and bushings for!
| motors and gun mounts, as a base
for solder in welding an airplane,
for radios, telephones, lights, and
for containers to ship foods to the
boys and allies.
Mr. Ray announces that the
town will have the garbage trucks
to pick up tin cans if the house
wives will wash them, take the
labels off. cut the top and bottoms
off. and flatten the cans, as in
structed by the government. They
, should be placed in separate con
I talners so that the garbage col
lectors can pick them up without
much e*lra trouble.
Officer Says Water
Supply Now Is Safe
CONFERENCE LEADER ? Ed
ward Scheldt, special agent of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation,
who will have charge of the quar
terly conference to be held here
September 9.
Union Services
To Be Held By \
Three Churches
Union services for members of ;
the First Methodist. F*irst Baptist j
and Presbyterian Churches will
be held on Sunday evenings for
the next month. On next Sun
day evening at 7:30 the first union
service will be held at the Presby
terian church, with the Rev.
Rnlph Taylor, pastor of the Metho
dist church, preaching. His ser- '
mon subject will be: "Practical!
Atheism ar?<' the War."
Services will be held at the
First Baptist church on the second |
Sunday evening, and at the First j
Methodist church on the third
Sunday evening. J
Tin- cauM* ?*f the contamination
kA Murphy *s water supply- has been
found, and the trouble cleared up.
The water is all right and safe
row. state:; Dr M. P. Whi chard,
district liealth officer.
Citizens became alarmed Wed
nesday when it was made known
that the water was polluted, ac
cording to a report received by
Dr. Whickard from E C. Hub
bard acting director of the di
vision of sanitary engineering.
State Board of Health. The Board
of Health reported that, in sam
ples of water collected from th?i
public water supply here on Aug
ust 7 and August 16 organisms
r : the coli-aerocenes croup were
found to be present This indi
cated that the water waa being
contaminated by fecal material
of either animal or human origin:
therefore, it was entirely possible
that this water was dangerous for
human consumption, according to
I he State Beard.
Upon receipt of the letter. Dr.
Whichard wished to inform the
public. The Cherokee Scout
printed and contributed handbills,
urging people to boll water before
using it. which were distributed
all over town by Murphy Boy
Scouts.
It was thought Wednesday that
the contamination was cominr
from water of Hiwassee River, in
to which Murphy sewage is dump
ed. backing up and seeping into
the filter plant. Last Thursday
the reservoir on Pain Mountain
became too dry to furnish a suffi
cient supply of water, and the fil
ter plant was put to use. How
ever. c sample of the water at the
plant sent to the State Board of
Health last Saturday was report
ed Thursday morning 'today) to
be all right. Authorities then
knew that the cause of contamina
tion was from the reservoir sup
ply. Investigation there revealed
that the water was insufficiently
chlorinated. It is now being
chlorinated properly and is entire
ly safe, according to Dr. Which
ard.
P. B. Ferebee Heads
3rd ^X^ar Loan Drive
Chas. Fox Has
Tragic Death
Charlie Edward Fox. 16. of
Ranger and Gastonia. met a tragic
death Monday when he was caught
between an elevator and the wall
ar.d dragged for three floors, drop
ped into a window and then fell
to the landing, while working in a
mill in Gastonia.
Funeral services were conducted
at Ranger Baptist church Wednes
day afternoon, with the Rev. Thos.
Truett in charge. Interment -was
in the church cemetery.
Pall-bearers were his uncles:
i Claude and Pal Fox. J. S. Akin.
I U. H. Fox. Moreland Green, and
! Fred W. Kil patrick.
The young man. who had been
working in Gastonia only two
months, is survived by the follow
ing: His parents. Mr. and Mrs.
Chas. F. Fox: a sister. Miss Flora
Nell Fox. and three brothers. Witl
j iam .Don and Eugene Fox.
Ivie funeral home was in
charge
Football Games
Are Announced
J. H. Pitzer. coach erf the Mur
phy high school football team,
has announced the following
schedule for the fall season:
September 10. Knoxville Young,
at Knoxville: Sept.. 17. Waynes
ville. at Wavnesville: October 8.
Coperhill. at Murphy: Oct. 22.
T. M. I.. Sweetwater. Tenn.. at
I Sweetwater: Oct. 29. Copperhill.
at Copperhill: Nov. 12. Canton
j 'tent.) at Murphy.
Pitzer wants one more home
pame. preferably on Nov. 25.
; The Third War Loan Drive will
j bo launched in Cherokee County,
as well as throughout the nation,
| on Thursday. September 9. Percy
j 13. Ferebee of Andrews is chair
man for this county. The county
! quota is $232,000.
Ai a meeting in Greensboro and
j Raleigh of volunteer workers who
1 wil lsoon start their "bond invas
I ion" of every plant, office, street,
home to sell those extra war
bonds during the Third War Loan,
: Associate Field Director E. R.
Mowbrey, U. S. Treasury War Fin
ance Division, sounded the keynote
for the greatest war financing
drive in history. Recognizing the
fact that good war news might
possibly generate a feeling of over
! confidence and optimism that the
i war is nearer victory than it ac
tually is. Director Mowbrey said:
We have destroyed the Axis in
Africa and have swept it out o?
Sicily. After many months of
preparing and fighting, things
are poing our way in the Mediter
ranean and in the Pacific.
"But only the weak third part
ner of the Axis is groggy.
| "The tide of battle has turned
in our favor because we have suc
ceeded in mobilizing for war. In
| total war our fighting men do not
win on the battle front unless back
home their fathers and mothers,
brothers and sisters for months
past have worked as a team build
| ing up the supplies and the wea
pons with which battles are won.
"Now is the time to slug on the
home sector, in the factories and
mines and mills as well as on the
battle fields. If we relax our at
tack, if we relax in production and
permit a single soldier to be short
of food or ammunition, we open
the way for the Germans and the
'-?os to start a swing from the
floor.
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