VlILt MK 55 ? No. 10
Mt RP1IY. NORTH CAROLINA TIII'RSDAY. SEPT. 30. 1*43.
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To Observe
World Wide
Communion
V xt Kunday. October 3. at the
U clock service the members of
?l.f First Methodist church will join
ijj rayer and consecration with
C :stians of all denominations on
f\?:y continent in the observance
World Wide Communion Sun
dj. Worshipers will be asked to
lay upon the altar their of ferine.
I c .?? homeless, starving, despair
in because of the war and fo.
the ministry of the church to our
vr: and daughters in the service
oi the country.
At the evening service at 7:30
the pastor. Rev. Ralph Taylor, will
btein a series of Sunday evening
v -ages on the theme " Rules for
living" Mr. Taylor's theme Sun
day evening will be 'Begin with
God".
Everyone is cordially invited to
worship at these services.
Andrews Grammar
School Sells
$30,000 In Bonds
ANDREWS ? Vivian Moore.
r] rman nf tho PatijJ TVlw U%
the Andrews Grammar Grade !
School, has announced the pass- 1
jr.E of the $30,000 mark today. The |
pr&mmar grade quota of $20,000
has been passed by $10,000. This !
does not include any bonds and I
stamps bought and sold by the pri- :
mary or high school departments. I
Tne primary grades have bought j
ana sold over $1,000 in bonds and <
stamps.
Miss Moore's section of the sixth
prade is ahead at this time in the i
prammar grades. Mrs. Lsabell
Trantham's section of the sixth
prade is second high.
Mrs LouJ?* McFr1'-* sect'.o- of
the first grade is ahead in the ;
primary department.
J. L. Hall, Jr., Is
Home from Panama
J. L. Hall, Jr., who has Seen sta
tioned in the Panama Canal Zone
with the U. S. Army as a military
policeman for the past three years,
is visiting his parents. Mr. and
Mrs. J. L. Hall, for a few days be
fore returning to California for
reassignment. Young Hall says
things around Murphy seem to
have changed quite a lot since he
left, and it does not- look like the
same town.
banish
royal
FAMILY NOW INTERNED
King Christ'an of Denmark (center, left), accompanied by Prince Knud (extreme left), is inspect
ing the corps as he attended the exercises of the Danish Voluntary Corps near Copenhagen in this
photo taken from files. Latest news out of Sweden reports that the entire Danish royal family arc now
interned at Amalienborp. within the capital, by German military puard. Although the Danes put up a
desperate fight, the country is now in German \ti?nds with the Danish fleet scuttled or escaped to
Sweden.
Registered Guernsey Sale
Here October 8 Expected
To Attract Large Crowd
ALL UNEMPLOYED MEN
TO BE REPORTED TO
NEW LABOR BOARD
Close check-up by a designated
committee is being made in every
community of the county to ascer
tain the names of all able-bodied
men between the ages of 18 and
55 who are not gainfully employ
ee The Cherokee county labor
mobilization board, headed by J.
B Gray, met Wednesday and
made plans for getting lists of th2
R&mes. Miss Linetta Dean was
elected secretary and A. Q'. Ket
r.er. vice-chairman.
AH men who are able to work
ar.d are not now employed at leas*.
35 hours a week will be reported
to the board, who will call the
nen before the board to stive rea
sons for not being employed.
Names of those found to be able
to work and unemployed will be
turned ever to the U. S. Employ
ment Service, which will offer
'hem jobs. Failure to accept the
job offered or to get into some
other work will result in a warrant
being issued for the man under the
new state law. The new law will
be enforced to the fullest, states
Chairman Gray.
Policemen To
Protect Pupils
At Crossing
City policemen will be assigned
to be on duty at the highway
crossing to Murphy school when
pupils are crossing the highway
ir. the morning, at noon and !n
the afternoon, acocrding to a rul
ing passed by the town council
at a call meeting last Friday. Thrt
idea was presented by the Rev.
Ralph Taylor, who stated that he
has observed that it is a danger - 1
ous place for the boys and girls
to cross unless traffic is slowed ut>
and controlled.
7 VA Plans For
Park Approved
Plans and lease prepared for the
City of Murphy by the T. V. A. for
the CCC camp grounds for a rec- 1
Nation center were approved by
town council and representa- J
t>ves of other interested groups at !
* meeting held Friday. Attend
^*8 the meeting were: Robert M.
Howes of the regional studies de
partment, of the T. V. A., and
Raymond R. Leonard, both of
Seville, and R. H. Douglas,
^mp manager of Hlwassee Dam.
The town council will meet to
Wght to appoint an engineer to
with a representative of the
T v A In laying off the tennis
f?rt? uid iina Ior other develop
""?ta on the site.
** plans submitted by the T.
A- Included the present condl
"?, > partial development of ti>e
?ad the ultimate completion
Project.
Lutherans Have
More Attending
ANDREWS The attendance
at all the regular services of the
Lutheran Church show an Increase
for this quarter over the third
quarter of last year, announce?
the pastor. Although the attend
ance could be larger, the members
and friends of St. Andrews arc
glad there has been an increase
of 18 percent at the preaching ser
vices. The Sunday School and
Lutheran League have both en
Joyed and increase of more than
75 percent over the same quarter
of last year.
Preaching services are every
Sunday at 10 o'clock with the
Sunday School following at 11:00.
The League meets at 7:00 p. m.
Dawes Coolidge
Ledford Dead
Dawes Coolidge Ledford, 16.
son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Ledford.
of Hayesville. died at the home of
his parents at 8:30 Saturday night.
Funeral services were held at
?.lie Hayesville Methodist church,
Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock,
with the pastor, the Rev. J. A. |
Clemmer. officiating. Burial was j
I in the Baptist cemetery.
Surviving besides the parents,
is one sister. Mrs. Mattie Brand,
of Atlanta.
Active pallbearers were: Sam
Cox. Steve Cox. Fred Scroggs.
Robert Johnson, and Frank Hal!.
Honorary pallbearers were: Boo
Tiger. Wilbur Mingus. Hayden
Lrdford and Lee Swanson.
The I vie funeral home was in
charge of arrangements.
Advertised extensively in many
Western counties and in Georgia,
the Rgistered Guernsey cattle sale
in Murphy. Friday, October 8. is
expected to attract a large crowd
of dairymen, farmers and other
interested men and women.
Among the visitors will be John
Arey. state extension dairy spec
ialist of Raleigh, and John Hollo
man. extension dairyman, of
Asheville. County agents for sev
eral counties, and extension work
ers of Georgia are expected to at
tend.
Approximately 40 registered
head of cattle will be offered for
sale. H. M. Hamilton of Boom
will be the auctioneer. G. D.
White, county agent oi Henderson
ville. will read the pedigrees.
The sale is being put on to stim
ulate greater and better dairy pro
duction in Cherokee. Clay. Gra
ham. Towns. Union and Fannin
counties.
A meeting of farmers will be
held preceding the sale. Talks by
dairy specialist on current dairy
problems will be made.
The sales committee extends a
special invitation to local people tc
attend, to lend their support to'
the effort that is being made tc
improve the dairy stock in this
section.
I Those desiring information on
the animals to be offered n?ay
write to A. Q. Ketncr, Cherokee
1 county agent.
MORE LEATHER
The shoe repair trade will soon
benefit from a WPB order increas
ing the amount of leather allo
cated for repair of civilian shoes.
HAVE TWO SONS IN SERVICE
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Rich have
two sons in service. Apprentice*
Seaman Alvin Rich of Bainbritfge.
Md., and Seaman Second Class J.
C. Rich of Brooklyn, N. Y.
Lions To Award
Guernsey Heifer
Friday, October 8
More than 50 Lions and Lion
esses asembled at the home of Dr.
and Mrs. W. A. Hoover Tuesday
evening for the regular meeting
of Murphy Lions club and a picnic
supper in the Hoovers' new patio.
The outdoor picnicking and recrea
tion center, built* at the back of
Pctrie hospital, is completely
equipped with oven. sink, tables,
and benches. The low brick wall
provides seating space for a large
number of visitors. The club
plans to have its next meetinr
there.
During a short business session,
the sale of a purebred Guernsey |
calf was discussed. Awarding of
the calf to the owner will be made
at the close of the Guernsey sale
on Friday. October 8. at the fair
grounds. The club voted to post
pone the carnival planned for next
week. Lion President Frank For
syth announced that the members
of the club had sold $52,000 worth
of war bonds during the third war
loan drive. The goal for the club
was $40,000
Doctor Hoover showed several
reels of films, some in technicolor,
?which he had taken in recent
months.
Paisley Leaves
For Week's Tour
William M. Paisley, of New
York City, who has been visiting
his parents, the Rev. Dr. H. L.
Paisley and Mrs. Paisley at the
Presbyterian manse here for the
past ten days, left Wednesday af
ternoon by bus for Chattanooga,
where he will take the train for
Little Rock. Ark. There he will
visit with his brother-in law and
sister. Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Hucka
by. and his brother and wife. Mr.
and Mrs. C. L. Paisley, for a few
days. Prom (here. Mr. Paisley will
ro to Columbus. Ohio, for a visit
with Mr. and Mrs. William Neu
beek. then to Warsaw. N. Y.. to
visit, his sister-in-law. Mrs. H. B.
Paisley, and children. Jo Anne.
John. Jim and Jerry.
Mr Paisley expects to be back
in New York City. October 5. to
resume his duties as director )f
the music library of N B. C.
Howard Lovingood left Sunday
I for Young Harris where he will
j be a Freshman In Young Harris
I College this year
County Sells $200,000
Of War Bond Quota, Says
Chairman P. B. Ferebee
Prizes For Best
Essays Offered
By Cherokee Scout
School children of Cherokee
County are invited to participate
in a contest for writing the best j
essays on "What a Free Press
Means to Me", in connection with i
National Newspaper Week which
ii being observed October 1-8.
The Cherokee Scout will Rive a
prize of $2.50 to the school pupil
writing the best essay, and $1.00
to the one taking second place.
Rules of the contest are: All
entries must be in the office of the J
Cherokee Scout in Murphy by Fri
day. October 3. They must not be
over 200 words in length and must
be written legibly or typed. The
winning essays will be published.
The papers also reserves the right
to publish any others submitted.
The contcst is open to ever y
school pupil in Cherokee County.
Principals and teachers are asked
to encourage their pupils to parti
cipate in the contest.
Murphy Gets
Publicity In
State Bulletin
Murphy was given a paragraph
in the recent bulletin issued by
State Auditor George Ross Pou
The bulletin is headed with a
sketch of Manteo on one side and
Murphy on the other, and reads:
*? "If North Carolina really is the
'Land of Opportunity', said an
out-of-State friend ot mine re
cently. 'why don't you Tar Heels
do more boosting?'
" 'Why.' I said, 'every true Ta**
Heel can tell you that the Old
North State stretches for nearly
800 paved miles from the birth
place of the Nation at Manteo to
the famous quarries at Murphy,
whose unique marble courthouse
i.; nearer the capitals of seven
other states than to its own capitcl
building in Radeigh."
Edgar Darnell To
Be Assigned To
Active Squadron
Cpl. Edgar M. Darnell, after
spending a ten day leave with his
parents. Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Dar
nell, has gone to Marine corps air
station. Cherry Joint. N. C.
Cpl. Darnell joined the marines
October 4. 1942. and received his
"boot"' training at Parris Island.
S C. Upon completion of boot
training he was selected to take
aviation machinist mate training
After graduating from mechani
cal school at naval air station.
Jacksonville. Fla.. he volunteered
to become an aerial gunner. Hp
received primary gunnery train
ing at Hollywood. Fla.. and was
sent to Sanford. Fla., for advanced
operational training.
Upon arrival at Marine corps
Air Station. Sunny Point, Cpl.
Darnell will be assigned to an
active squadron. He expects to
see action in the near future.
Miss Lovingood
Is Editor Of
School Paper
Miss Maureen Lovincood has
been elected editor-in-chief of
"The Hilltop". Mars Hill college
paper. This is the highest honor
on the campus. Miss Lovinttood
was associate editor last year,
and was sent to Asheville for In
terviews with the Asheville Citi
zen. She also Interviewed army
officers when they visited the
school to interview the boys. She
won two columns on the front
pacre of the paper in her junior
year, which was considered quite
a compliment.
Stiles Visits
Son Home From
England, Africa
C. R. Stiles has just returnel ,
from KnoxviUe where he went to |
meet and spend the night with his ,
son. Clayton, who is in the ser
vice. Clayton had a four-day ,
have and did not have time to!
come heme. He went into the
navy March 28 and had his boot
training at Bainbridgc. Md., and
then went to Little Creek. Va..
and New York. He is just back
from England and North Africa,
as a gunner on the top deck of his
ship.
Mr. Stiles' other son. Wayne, xs
home on a furlough from Paris I
Trland. He expects to return to j
the Marine Corps at Cherry Point j
this week.
JAIL IS EMPTY
FOR 15 MINUTES
Jailer Ezra Price states that for
15 minutes on Tuesday night the
county jail was empty and all the
doors open. This has not been
the case before since he can re
member. says Mr. Price.
Cherokee county has reachd
the $200,000 mark in its Third
War Loan drive. Percy B Ferebee.
war loan chairman, stated Thurs
day morning. The goal is $232.
000. leaving a balance of $32,000
tc be sold before the drive ends
on Saturday of this week.
Official figures from the lYeas
uiy Department as of Saturday.
September 25. were $187,984. for
the county .and Mr. Perebee states
that he is reasonably sure the a
mount now has reached $200,000.
Sale of all issues of bonds in
the drive will be continued through
Saturday, and sales of Series E.
P. and G savings bonds will be con
tinued through October 16. ac
cording to announcement from C.
T. Leinback. state chairman of
the war finance committee.
The treasury department in
Washington announced the exten
sions in order that all selling
agents may have additional time
in which to clear their sales.
Afte.r Saturday. October 2. the
three marketable securities, the
2I j's, the 2's. and the 7/8's will be
withdrawn from sale. Subscrip
tions for these issues and for
Series C savings notes <tax notes')
place in the mail up to midnight .
October 2. will be counted in the
campaign totals.
120 SelecteesJGo
Into The'TServicel
One hundred -twenty selectees
have left Murphy recently for ser
vice in the army. navy, marines
and roast, guard Sirtv-six left
Tuesday morning by early bus for
Fort Jackson for induction into
the army. They are:
Truman Lloyd McNabb, leader:
James Arthur Watkins, Lofton
Lovingood. William Roosevelt Cole
man. Joseph Wilbum Davis. John
Wilson Cody. William Stevens
Gentry. Lowell Buell Wilson.
Glenn William Love. Cremll Mack
Ledford. Fred Lee Herbert. Jr., '
Verl Lee Davis. Clyde Lake Sparks. I
Henry Garrett Hedden. Thurman '
Woodrow Hamilton. Elmer Ameri
cus Trantham. William Claude j
Roberson. A. B. Chandler. Jr..
Thomas M. Graham. Walter Bun- '
yan Mulkey. Garland William |
Hogsed,
Roy McKinloy Woody. Jake j
Cecil Mathis. Prank William Grif
fith. Ted Trull. Dillard Ol&nd
Strange. William Bailey Kepharf .
John Henry Bayless. Cecil Wayne |
Roberts. Jewel Ambers Nix. Hardy
Clifford Morris. Harold Oscar j
Hartness. Mark Samuel Martin.
Guy Grant Hickey, George Luther j
Roberson. Fletcher Forrest Cole- [
man. Alden Edward Coward.
Horace Nathan Brendle. Gar
land Dockery. Ernest Vernon
Trantham. Robert Paul Akin. Till
man John Phillips. Vincent Hoyt
Stiles. Wade Derreberry. Grady
Thomas Hilton. Carl Barton Pow- J
ers. Vernon Delbert Crisp. Robert
Guy Sutton. Homer G. Mulkey.
Pete Rufus Howard. Clyde Walker
(continued on page eight) '
People Served
By Printing of
Public Notices
By James E. Pollard
Ohio State University
One of the less spectacular but
nonetheless important functions
of the newspapers of general circu
lation is to serve as a medium foi
Public Notions, sometimes as legal
or official advertising. They are
the most common and effective
means of serving legal notice on
individuals or the public, or both,
of some contemplated move.
Publication of such notices
makes the proposals in question a
matter of record and affords those
whose rights may be affected, by
them an opportunity to take what
ever steps are necessary to protect,
those rights. Such publication in
a medium of general circulation,
followed by an adequate lapse of
time, is required by law in hun
dreds of situations involving both
private and public matters. The
device is simple in principle, but it
has been established for years as
an essential part of the domocratic
process.
Another important type of Pub
lic Notice often found in the news
papers is in the form of periodical
financial reports of political sub
divisions or other public agencies
such as school boards. These, too.
are commonly required by law to
Continued on page four
Football Season
To Open Friday
The lid will be pried off the lorn?
football season Friday at one
o'clock when the Ugly Ducklings
of Ducktown High School invade
the lair of the Murphy Bulldogs.
Little is known of the strength
of the Copper Basin boys but a
tcugh struggle is expected to be
reeled off for the benefit of the
Murphy fans.
The Bulldogs have lost their
only two starts this fall and are
hungry for the taste of victory.
W ith the probable return of all the
injured players. Murphy should b
rear full strength once again.
However. Blaine Cook is now with
the Marines in San Diego and his j
stellar all-around play will bC|
greatly missed.
The starting Bulldog line-up
will probably consist of Captain
Townson at center. flanked by
Crawford and Keener at the
guards. The tackle posts will b"
held down by White and Carter
while on the ends will be Kephart
and Guthrie. Jerry Hatc.bett win
be on the left wing with Carl
Smith on the oposite wing. Ned
Lovlngod will start at fullback.
The tailback wil be chosen from
Dickey. Rogers, and ^"Donald
with King likel7 to receive an
early call at one of the wings.
Next Friday Copperhlll will play
on the local grounds.