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MI HPIIV mm CAROLINA TIII MSOAV NOV ?. IM]
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36 Men In Month's
Draft For Service
following 30 men left Wed
v iv morning for Camp Croft, i
< { for examination for the
William Frank Forsyth.
Joe Edgar Ray. assistant
Hrnry Brownlow Ellis.
(} ? Grady Allen. Gar V Mar
tin i . ank Charles Oreen Everett 1
U ir Tlieron Welch Kindley
}- rimk William Craii;. Lloyd!
C? Simonds. Winston Andrew
I... i.rmilk. Charles Paul Day. i
C Jasper Snce<l. Eugene Led
f( James Wesley Garrett. Jr..
Park Jacob Ledford. Howard j
C;:i .'toi| Arp. Hoy Kimsev nyrie. ;
Ray Junior Rop^r. Clyde Lee
Brendle. Winfrey Hamby. Julius
Er 1 Robertson. Jacob Leslie Sols |
bt Vaughn Noah Coker. Junior
rv il Park. Shelby Edward Hamp- l
t< : Hadley Lee Plemmons. Clar
ciu?- Luther Little. Wilburn Hu
b? Bell. Claude Willard Doekery.
Iv. t.4'e Stalcup. Arnold Haze Ro
be: tson. Hoyt Stiles. Bascom Ram
s< y John Allen Davison, and Tom 1
Smith.
Junior Red Cross
Enrollment Starts
The Junior Red Cross Drive
5ta: ted November 1 and will la:^t
r.trough November 15.
Each home room is asked to
give as much as possible, at least
ei.t dollar. Each room that gives
nv. much will receive the Red Cross
magazine each month and an em
blem sticker for the door if the
. ioor;.
One half of the money is to be
used in Cherokee county. The
other half goes to buy games, puz
zlts, magazines and other things
to entertain the wounded service
boys in the hospitals.
Many of the teachers are plan
ning their work this week with
er phasis on the Junior Red Cross
program.
Every student is asked to do- !
nate somethiny. Please do your
share' !
Mrs Ward has charge of the
membership drive in the High
School, and Mrs. Adams is in
charge in the elementary school.
SERMON SUBJECTS
The Rev. Ralph Taylor, pastor 1
ol the First Methodist church, will
use as his sermon topics Sunday.
Or. at Things" at 11 o'clock, and
"Remember the Sabbath" at 7:30.
Bueck to Speak
Prof II Bueck ? i!l b? the guest
speaker at the monthly myelin
of tli e Cherokee-Clay count ie
Ministerial Association to be held
Monday at 10:30 a m at Fir ?
Baptist church
Orphanage far
To Be Loaded
November 8-10
Arrangements have been com
pleted for the loading of the ear
of produce for the Mills Homo at
Tliomasville. according to an
nouncement by Rev. A B. Cash. !
chairman of the local committee.
The car will be in Murphy at
the Southern depot in Murphy on
Monday and Tuesday. November
8-1), and at Andrews on Wednes
day. November 10.
More than 50 churches in Cher
okee and Clay counties have been
enlisted in V ? drive. This is a
joint effort on :'< part of the two
associations. Western North Car
olina and West Liberty. Leaders
in the two associations state that
they are confident that above
twenty tons of corn and potatoes
will be given to the Mills Home,
which is owned by North Carolina
Baptist convention.
Escaped Convict
Is Apprehended
Clarence Com well of Hanging
Dog. who escaped June 30 from
Macon county prison camp, where
he was serving from 8 to 10 years
for robbery, was caught Thursday
in LaFollette. Tenn.. by Patrol
man Prit chard Smith, accompan
ied by Arnold Dalrymple. This is
the fourth escape Corn well has
made from prison ? twice before
trial and twice since.
Service To Be
Held Sunday Night
Evening prayer and sermon will
be held at the Episcopal Church
of the Messiah Sunday evening
at 7:30. with the Rev. Rufus A.
Morgan in charge.
Morris First Casualty
Of War From Murphy
Funeral services for Sgt. Snm-j
ut '. R. Morris. 20. were held F*i"i- ;
day itaorning at 10 o'clock at Bell
view Methodist church with the |
Rev. Alfred Smith, the Rev. John j
Grwn. and the Rev. Ham Coffey |
officiating. Burial was In the |
church cemetery. The Townson ;
Funeral home was in charge. An |
unusually large crowd attended
the funeral.
This is the first casualty of the
war for Murphy. Pallbearers were:
Wayne Thompson. Jewell Whit
more. Loftin Hatchet t. Waldcn
Hatchet t. Tommie Hall, and Wil
lis Loudermilk.
He is survived by his wife, the'
former Miss Elizabeth McClure;
small son. Roy: his parents. Mr.
and Mrs. T. v Morris, of Route
2; one brother. Hardy Morris of
Camp Lee. Va.: two sisters. Mrs.
W A. Hembree and Mrs Horace |
McLane. both of Murphy.
Sgt. Morris, chief engineer on
a Liberator bomber, was killed
near Bi<v:s Field. Texas, when the
plane crashed last. Saturday
morning. Ten were on the plane.
Five were killed and five are in
the hospital, according to infor
mation by Sszt. NT Strazzaboseo.
radio engineer, who escorted the
body to Murphy.
Eagle Scout Of Clay County Is
Presented Medal At Court Of Honor
Thef Nantahala district Scout
court of honor was held at Mur
phy School Tuesday evening. with
p V Smith. assistant scout execu
tive of Asheville and Wade Recce,
district officer of Andrews, in
charts. Linton Johnston of Haycs
ville was awarded the medal for
E**Te Scout. It was presented to
his mother, who pinned it on him.
Attendance prize was won by
Murphy scouts, and advancement
by Hayesville. Both were
Dented ty District Commission
rr A. M Brown. The following
troops were repr canted : Andrews.
had nine present: Tapocn.
'hT^: Hayesville. 22: Hiwassee
?>BI- U: and Murphy. 25.
"Nw*e receiving honors and
were: Harry Neal. Hayes
ville. tenderfoot : Boh Christy.
Andrews; Jack Phillips. Tapoca:
Robt. Cunningham. Paul Setzcr.
Juno Swanson. Hayrsville and
Gene Simonds. Murphy. second
class; and John Smart . Jr.. Hayes
ville. first class.
Merit badares: John Christy.
Jack Stewart. Joe Womack. An
drews: Dovlc Burch. Fred Bren
dle. Prank Alexander. Murphy:
Krnt Beal, Kvlc Boal. Alexander
Bradley. Jr . Boyce Padeett. How
ard Palmer. Jack Palmer, and
John Smart. Jr.. Havesville.
Making presentations and as
sisting with the court of honor j
were: Rev. A. B Cash. Prank For
syth. K. C. WriRht. Rev A1 Smith.
Rev. Clark W. Benson. Rev. R A.
Pelker. C. A. Bales.
Repulses Three Jap Attacks
Xj. y Marine t.orp? I'hoio
Corporal John Rothschild, left. T.eatherneck mat hinc-sunnrr of
New York Ciljr. rr ports to his commanding officer. I.I. John II. Wis
mrr of Trenton. Mirh.. after he and another Marine hail broken
three Jan attacks TU vc!-ntrrr:2 ic. m55 ? ????? ?? ?
hazardous outpost at San ana Beachhead. Muntla Point, and were
attarked by 150 Japs in three waves. Thev eliminated more than
ino. One Jap reached tl* "r t?\hole but was killed by Rothschild.
The second Marine died l ij con.
Reaching Every Farm
Family Is Objective
Demonstration Clubs
Cherokee county home demon
stration clubs will serve Thanks
giving dinners prepared from can
ned foods at the November meet
ings in honor of new club mem- j
bers. Mrs. W D. King, home
agent, has announced.
A mobilization drive is on in
the entire state to increase mem
bership in home demonstration
clubs. The objective for the clubs
is to reach ever-' farm family with
an extension program including:
1 ? Food ? Adequate food to
meet nutritional needs.
2- Economic Security ? Using
what one has ? money and non
monev.
3 ? Home Improvement and
Family Living ? Information on
improvement of the home and
surroundings.
4 ? Community Planning ? In
formation on planned work and
recreation for men. women, boys
and girls.
All club women are asked to at
tend the Thanksgiving dinner.
Meat curing and canning will be
taken up at these meetings, and
plans will be made for an achieve
ment day program at the Decem
ber meetings.
The November schedule of
meetings follows:
November 2. Macedonia, with
Mrs. Katherine Walker, 2 o'clock:
November 3. Culberson, with Mrs.
Ruby Nichols, at 12 o'clock: Nov
ember 4. Peachtrec. with Mrs. W.
A. Boyd, at 1 o'clock: November 5.
Topton. with Mrs. Hassie Wright,
at 12 o'clock: November 8. Bell
view. with Mrs. Alfred Crowder.
at 12 o'clock: November 10. Liber
ty. with Mrs. W. F Hill, at 12 o'
clock: November 11. Slow Creek,
with Mrs. John Queen, at 12 o'
clock: November 12. Sunny Point,
with Mrs. Guy McNabb. at 12 o'
clock.
November 15. Bates Creek, with
Mrs. P. C. Hogsed at 12 o'clock:
November 16. Grandview. with i
Miss Grace McDonald. at 12 o'- 1
clock: November 17. Unaka. with
Mrs. O. C. Davis, at 12 o'clock;
November 18. Tomotla, with Mrs.!
J. S. Keener, at 1 o'clock; Novem- '
ber 19. Ogrecta. with Mrs. Oscar
Johnson, at 12 o'clock.
November 22. Marble, with Mrs. J
James Bryson. at 12 o'clock; Nov-!
ember 23. Martin's Creek, at 1
school building, at 11 o'clock: !
November 24. Andrews, with Mrs. ;
Marion Earley. at 12 o'clock:
November 25. Ranger, to be an- j
nounced: November 26. Wolf
Creek, with Mrs. Cora Ledford.
at 12 o'clock.
Fire Warden
Explains Permits
Forest Warden E. S. Burnett an
nounces that burning permits
from the Forestry service are not
necessary for people living in
town, unless they are within 500
feet of the forest. People living in
the country have a right to burn
trash if it is not more than 500
feet from their home.
OPA Savs Coffee
Will Not Be
Rationed Again
There is absoluatcly no
chance that coffee will again
be rationed, states the Char
lotte office of the OPA. The
reason for this is that there
is more green coffee in this
country today than ever be
before. The stamps in War
book four marked "coffee"
were printed before coffee ra
tioning was discontinued.
Atlanta Couple To Be fried f or
Murder In Superior Court Here
Prospects
For Mining
Iron Ore Here
Representatives of the I'ni
totl Slates Bureau ?f Mines
were In Murphy Friday and
Sutuiday of last work with a
view to doing some drillinc
s _ J nf
iron iirr available in this sec
tion.
They ?rrr: llarold B.
Ewoldl. district en*ineer of
the llurcau of Mine*. from
Norris. Tcnn.; Luclrn F.aton.
79 Vm's tanr. Milton 87.
.Mass.; P. t'. Merrill. 3620
lfith N. W.. Washington 10.
n. r.
Mrs. Ruie H. Owens
Dies In Hospital
Mis. Ruie Hesf-er Owens. <55
died at 10 o'clock Sunday night
at a local hospital. Funeral ser
vices were held Tuesday afternoon
at two o'clock. EWT. at Mace
donia Baptist church. Balsam
Grove, with the Rev. Bunyan Kil
patrick officiating. Burial was in
I the church cemetery. I vie funeral
home of Murphy was in charge
[ of arrangements.
I Surviving are the huiband. Maf
, Owens, of Lake Toxaway: three
I daughters. Mrs. Emma McDowell
I of Hayesville. whom she was vis
iting when taken ill; Mrs. Edna
Shelton. and Mrs. Mae Jones of
! Lake Toxaway: four sons, Till
] man. Paul and Bee of Lake Tox
away. and* Troy Owens, of Pick
| ens. S. C.
Mrs. Newton Dies
At The Age Of 68
Mrs Mary Tex Newton. G8. died
i at Her home at Marble about sev -
en o'clock Monday morning. Sur
viving are tlie husband. J G New
Ion. five daughters. Mrs. Mary
Pace- Mrs. Lizzie Bradshaw Mrs.
Josie Akers. and Mr Cordie
Grilles, all of Marble anil Mrs. Lei
la Roberts, of Lenoir: four sons.
Johnny. Lester. Rossie and Dock.
, of Marble.
Funeral services were held Tues
day afternoon at two o'clock, -.if
Pcaclitree Baptist church with the
Rev Alpie West officiating Buri
al was in the church cemetery.
Ivie funeral home was iti charge
of arrangements.
Pallbearers were: N F Harper
.r r Wells. Burl Shield Jud
Stiles. Bill McClure. and Pink
1 Wells.
Spirit of Paul Bwnvfi Spurs Victory Pu!pwood Pnve
WITH PAI1. WNYAN (I-cn Co*?lry) directing thrm. International Fall". Minn.. hn?inr*? loadrr* I cam
thr u?c of fVir ntr?ro?n tfce Koocfciohin* Cran tr P??P~norf I> rive. l^f? to ri?M are I.aroW Mnr-f, 1 .,t
*o!fe. krn Sn^lmxn. Muror Krofvn* *nH Charlie Krtola. The.e ml lo*. *ill provide the fmlp?ood n-ed
in mukin* ronUinrn in whkh ammunition. fond and medie*! ?npplie? are packed and -k.pped "?c"?
f nrrc* oversea*. One cord of pnlpwood cat today may mtc a ?oMier'* Ufc tomorrow. Cat an extra cord >0*
Superior court will convene here \1onda\ .
November H, w ith Judge J. 1 I. C l< ?ment presid
ing and Solicitor John Quern prosecuting.
C. I" . Gordy and Mrs. Sallie Bradfield Gib
son. both of Atlanta, are to be tried lor murder,
their indictment being: "On the 9th day I Ang
us.. I'M?, with force and arms, at and in the
county of Cherokee, they did unlawfully, wil
fully and feloniously and with premeditation
and deliberation kill and murdei one I lomer
Stiles of Suit.
Carroll R. Brown
At Norman, Okla.
Air Station
ATHENS. Gn. Naval Aviation
j Cadet Carroll K. Brown, of An- j
drews. N c . has completed three
months of physical conditioning? ]
and ground school work at the U
is. Navy Pre-Flight School here !
He has been ordered to the Naval
Air Station at. Norman. Okla . to
begin progressive flight training
] preparatory to joining a combat
unit.
Brown, son of J E. Brown, grad
uated from Andrews High School
in 1938 He completed Naval
j Flight Preparatory School at Co
lumbia. S. C.. and was transferred
j her from the CAA War Training
i Service School. Macon. Oa.
Third Grade Is
Bond Sale Leader
Murphy elementary school re
ports $3248 90 as a grand total of
war bonds and stamps sold during
October. Mrs. Shield's third grade
led the elementary school, with
$712.05. Other classes sold: Miss
McCombs* room. $30.30; Miss
Shields. $1 70: Mrs. Patton. $43
30: Miss Dickson. $9.90: Miss
Sword. $9: Miss Hayes. 30c: Mrs.
Adams. $372.55: Miss Leather
wood $146.95: Miss Moore. $108.90
and Mrs. Davidson. $640.25. mak
ing a total of $2081.20. Previously
reported was $1167.70.
RECOVERS
Mrs. A. B. Cash, who was quite
ill for two weeks, has recovered
and able to be out
' iiiifKi'u "Wiiu viuiniiuii of pro* j
hlbltlon laws an : Pearl Posey.
Loin Hyutt. Stivn Ferguson,
Maude Ferguson. and Be. -te Lou
drrmilk Earn Young. Lenmon
.Sutton
The following are to be tried
for drunken driving : Roosevelt
j Brown, who also is charged with
Having no operators license J W
Donley. Wayne Pace. Ralph Hog
red, Adlia S Warren. Drewey
Weeks Wayne C. Crisp. James
Rote it Mackie. Dillard Carringer.
Charged wi.th assault with a
deadly weapon are : Carl Pierce,
ami Alex Gibby.
Other cases are: Wayne Adams,
larceny: Wiley J. Waldroup. driv
ing after license revoked: Oar
I Haney. carrying concealed wea
pon: William Payne, indecency;
Delia Mae Lanc? indecency;
Welch Tetuskee. drunkenness and
forcible trespass: Lonr Killian.
i non-support : Homer . -;er. bip
! amy: Junior McAfee, breaking
I and entering and larceny trans
j ferred from juvenile court : Andy
Rogers ig with an of
ficer: Aud Rogers, resisting an of
ficer: Wayne Rogers, resisting an
officer: Vemie Hartness. bad
check: Roy Denton, kidnapping,
robbery and assault.
Cases brought over from the
last term of court include: Hor
ace Stalcup. seduction: Ashley
J. Stewart and William Franklin
Humphries, fraud: Ashley John
son Stewart. William Franklin
Humphries, arson: J P. Trull, vi
olation of the prohibition law:
Jack Oaddis. Homer Loudermilk,
Charlie Loudermilk. Earl Hancock
arson: Sheridan Stiles operating
slot machine: Arthur Matheson,
operating slot machine: John W.
Guffcv. driving drunk: Elmer Sla
gle. driving while license revoked:
Ed Ashe. Frank As'.ie. Garland
'continued on page eight*
Having Too Many Pennies,
Nickels Lands Four In Jail
j Becoming suspicious of a group
j of young men and women who ate
in her cafe Wednesday and had a
| large supply of nickels and pen
I nics. wanting to exchange them
for larger money. Mrs. C. L. Al
veison reported to Patrolman Prit
; ( hard Smith. In the meantime.
; the five customers had gone to
I Ramsey's service station. While
ithere they spotted the officers.
Smith and Arnold Dairy mple. and
left without paying for beer they
had ordered. They were apprehen
ded near the prison camp on high
way No. G4. and brought to jail.
Those arrested were Nelson Ly
ons and .Toe Tlnkerton. of Dayton.
Ohio, the latter allegedly a deser
ter from the army. Ella Mae Horn
of Ervin. Ky . Caroline Shocky. of
Campton. Kv . and Frank Carter
of the U. S. Army. Fort Bragr
whose home is Newton N*. C. The
latter is being hel l only as a wit
ness. He was riding a motorcycle
and stated that he met the quar
tet in Chattanooga. He was on
furlough.
The quartet is charged with
robberies of filing stations at Mid
dletown, Ohio: Lexington. Ky..
and Chattanooga. Tenn . and the
theft of a Packard automobile
from Dayton. Ohio. In their pos
session at the time of the arrest
w r-v ;i sum of approximately $49
in small change, a sack full of gas
ration coupons, cigarettes and
chewing gum. allegedly stolen
from the service stations. The
above information was ziven the
paper by Jailer K/.rn Price and
Officer Arnold Dalrymple. Caro
line Shocky admitted it to be true
in nn interview with a reporter
of 'The Scout.
Pay Fines For Second Offense In
Violating Compulsory School Law
ANDREWS Dolph .Tones and
Hill Stiles were again in court on
Monday for the second time within
30 days charged with the same of
fense as in the ftrst instance, fail
ure to comply with the compulsory
school attendance law. The first
case was heard by Clerk of Court.
?T. L. Hall, in Murphy, on October
4. the defendants having been let
off without any costs. However, in
the second case heard before
Squire J. R. Leach, the defend
ants. who plead guilty, were tax
ed with the costs of the case and
a fine of $5 was imposed on each,
and they were further required to
comply with the compulsory
school law.
The cfcse was brought 'o court,
by Mrs. Grant Polmsbee of the
Cherokee County department of
public welfare, who expressed the
hope that the decision in this caae
would cause such other deliqwnt
parents as are in the countv to
comply with the law so that It
will not be necessary to institute
further prosecutions.