VlILt MK 55 ? No. 10 Mt RP1IY. NORTH CAROLINA TIII'RSDAY. SEPT. 30. 1*43. 5*" COPY ? %2.hU PER YEAR 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