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Published every Thursday at Murphy. N. C.
ADDIE MAE COOKE Editor and Owner
ROY A COOKE .. Production Manager
MRS. C. W. SAVAGE Social Editor
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
Cherokee and surrounding counties:
One Year $2.00 Six Months $1.00
Four Months 75c
Outside above territory.
One Year $2 50 Six months $1.25
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Entered in the Post Office at Murphy.
Nii't.-. Carolina, as second class matter
uiW.er the Act of March 3. 1897.
MEDITATION
"The faculty to dream was not git en to mock us. There
is a reality back of it. There is a divinity behind our legiti
mate desires. Bui the desires that have divinity in them, we
do n?'t refer to the things that we want but do not need;
we do not refer to tin- desires that turn to Dead Sea fruit
on our lips or to ashes when eaten, but to the legitimate
desires of the soul for the realization of those ideals, the
longing tor full, complete self-expression, the time and
opportunity for the weaving of the pattern shown in the
moment of our highest transfiguration. A man will remain
a rag-picker as long as he has only the \ision of the rag
picker Our mental attitude, our heart's desire, is our per
petual prayer which Nature answers, she takes it for grant
ed that we desire what we are headed toward, and she
helps us to it. People little realized that their desires are
their pi'r|>etual prayers ? not head prayers, but heart
prayers ? and that they are granted.
Most people do not half realize how sacred a thing a
legitimate ambition is. \\ hat is this eternal urge within us
which is tryng to push us on and on. up and up? It is the
urge, the push in the great force within us. which is per
petually pr??dding us to do our best and refuses to at * ept
our second best "
No Secrecy
Murphy's town council is a public-spirited;
group of men. with the welfare of the town up
permcst in their minds. They have given their j
time and results of their experience as business
and professional men to the upbuilding of the
municipal government. The mayor, clerk, and
councilmen have urged the citizens of the town
to sit in at the meetings and become familiar
with the work that is done by that group.
This week the town is publishing the com
plete report of the auditors, for the fiscal vear
of July I, 1 942, to June 30. 194 3, which thev
have just received. Some months ago the bud
get for this year was published.
One of our democratic principles is that j
governmental affairs be exposed to public
scrutiny and discus.- :on. The councilmen do
net fear the comment and opinion of the people.
It is a right of the public to have specific and,
accurate information about the conduct of their
affairs. Our law making bodies have recogniz-'
ed this necessity and enacted laws from time to
time through the years, that certain facts and
information concerning the fiscal affairs of
State, county, and municipal governments be
published.
When affairs of governing bodies are ex
posed to broad daylight, there is no opportuni-,
ty for irresponsible or corrupt practices, and all j
public officials should be as diligent in inform
ing taxpayers and the public of their conduct of
offices as they are in performing others devolv
ing upon them.
in Wartime and Peacetime
Postwar planning in Cherokee county
should* include the development of the enter
prise of dairying. With a market for all the
dairy products that can be produced right in our
midst, the natural resources that can be tapped
for increased dairying should be put into use.
Wartime needs of milk and other dairy pro
ducts make it urgent that every possible gallon
cf milk be produced now. but the expansion
that is taking place now can be topped with the
coming of peacetime.
John A. Arey, extension dairyman says
that our climate and our soils make it possible to
graze cows on a combination of permanent and
temporary pastures approximately three-fours
of the year. For the winter and semi-winter
months an abundance of good quality legume
hay should be provided, two tons for each cow
is not too much. This will keep up the mineral
needs of the cow and furnish valuable protein
to make milk. Its bulk is also valuable as an \
aid to the proper digestion of more concentrat- j
ed feeds. Where five or more cows are kept it
is practical to provide silage for them. Three
to four tons of silage should be provided for
each mature cow. An acre of corn fed through
Don't Be Charged With Nan -Support
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Price and Ration News
PROCESSED FOODS Green K L and M 'Book 4' expire March 20.
Blue A 8 '.'.rough E-8 -Book 4' become valid Feb. 27 a' 10 points
each, for use with takens; expire May 20.
MEATS AND FATS: Brown V. W and X 'Book 3> expire Feb. 26.
Brown Y and Z Book 3 > expire March 20.
Red A-8. B-8 C-8 'Book 4' valid Feb. 27 at 10 point each, for
u.5e with tokens: expire May 20.
PORK Spare >:amp No. 3 'Book 4- good for 5 points of all pork
cuts, cured or fresh: all sausage and canned meat if 100 per cent
pork February 18 through 26. ONLY.
SUGAR: Sugar stamp No. 30 'Book Four) good for five pounds until
March 31
CANNING SUGAR Sugar stamp No. 40 good for five po inds of can
ning sugar unn: February 28. 1945.
SHOES: Stamp No 18 Book One? and Airplane Stamp No. 1 'Book
Three) valid indefinitely.
FULL OIL: North Carolina. Period 4 and 5 coupons <10 .als.) expire
September 30
GASOLINE: A-9 coupons now valid- Rationing rules now require that
every car owner immediately write his license numbe: and state
on all gasoline coupons in his possession.
BEAN SEEDS CONTROLLED
OPA's price control on vegetable seeds has been expanded to in
ide commercial field bean seeds, as well as to green bean seeds.
Those now under price control include the following varieties: pea.
medium white, great northern small white, pink, pinto, light red
kidney, dark red kidney, western red kidney and cow peas
VENEER PRICES INCREASED
New dollars-and-cents ceiling have been placed on pine and
cypress veneer produced in the south by OPA. which represent in
cn-ases of abou: $6 per 1000 board feet. Veneer is used in the manu
facture of egg crates, nailed citrus boxes and wire-bound containers.
DRESSES TO COST NO MORE
Women of the United States were informed by OPA last week
that there would oe no increase in the cost of spring outer garments
for women and children over 1943 levels, under a price control ar
rangement which set March 1 as the date to change over from winter
to spring pricing schedules.
MORE BFD LINEN LIKELY
To stimulate the production of sheets, pillow cases and domestic
types of sheeting. OPA ras authorized a limited increase in manufac
turer.' eiling prices, but because retailers' margins are already large
enough, there will be no increase in consumer price".
The increase was authorized by the Office of Economic Stabiliza- 1
lion to insure an adequate civilian supply of bed linen and low-cost
textiles and wearing apparel.
GAS FOR USO OFFICIALS
Official representatives of USO and members of the War Pro
duction Board's salvage committees were made eligible to receive
C" gasoline rations for use on strictly official business. OPA has
announced.
Law Enforcement
Conference Is
Scheduled At
Svlva, March 1
Edward Scheidt. special agent
in charge of the Charlotte office
of the FBI announces that a law
enforcement conference will be
held in Svlva on Wednesday,
March 1 The program will con
sist of a discussion on evidence j
by Mr. Scheidt; exhibition of a
movie, Battle of Brittain"; ex
hibition of slides of badly wanted
fugitives and FBI fugitives of na
tional interest.
Special Agent James E. Wal
lace of the Charlotte office will
discuss the F B I's jurisdiction ;
over criminal violatins of the Ser
vicemen's dependents' allowance
act of 1942.
Attendance at the conferences j
is destricted to duly constituted
law enforcement officers and au
xiliary police. Mr. Scheidt say;
that as a result of these confer
ences being held throughout the
United States by local officers
of the FBI since 1940 all law en
forcement agencies in America
are today presenting a united
front against subversive and un
American activities.
( ARD OF THANKS
I wish to thank all my friends
who were so kind during my re
rent illness and stay in the hos
pital. The flowers, card and
every remembrance was greatly
appreciated.
ltp Mrs. W. M. Lay.
Miss Marv Mull
Funeral services for Miss Mary
Mull, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Andy Mull who died at her home
near Culberson. Saturday, were
held Wednesday at 11 a. m. at
Oak Grove Baptist church in Fan
nin county. Ga. Burial was in
the church cemetery, with Town
son funeral home in charge.
Survivors include the father
and mother, three sisters. Misses
Lessie Mae. Edith and Joyce Mull,
and four brothers. Homer and
Gilbert of Culberson. Randall of
Gastonia, and Johnnie of the
U. S. army. Los Angeles. Calif.
Joseph J. Owenby
Dies At Age 80
Joseph J. Owenby, 80, a native
of Union county. Georgia but who
has been residing in Tusa. Ok la ,
30 years, died at the home of his
daughter. Miss Norma Owenby
near Blairsville, Sunday while
a silo will make more gallons of milk than any
other way it can be fed.
Dairying is destined to be one of the biggest
sources of income in this section. It is time now
to plan for its future here.
' visiting her.
He was twice married, first to
Miss Hannah Conley, of Union
county. Ga.. and then to Miss
Laura Holland of Cherokee coun
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I Surviving are four daughters
he Misses Norma and Maude
i Owenby of near Blairsville. Mrs.
! Madge Finney of Monroe. La., and
1 Mrs. Mary Turnisky of Mounds,
j Ckla.- two sons William Owenby
! and Ed Owenby of Tulsa: two
1 brothers. W. G. Owenby of Mari
! ( tta. Ga.. and Robert Owenby of
I Eugene. Oregon.
Funeral services were held at
| Ivy Log Baptist church Wednes
i day morning at 10 o'clock, with
the Rev A B Cash officiating.
Ivie funeral home was in charge
of arrangements.
Final Kites For
J. H. Mintz Held
Funeral services for J H
Mint/. 79. who died at the home
of his son. Ben Mintz. postmaste:
f Marble. Sunday at 1 o'clock
a m. were held Monday at 3 p
m. at Marble Baptist church. The
R.-w Algie West and the Rev
J n Mulkey, officiated. Burial
was in the church cemetery
Townson funeral home was in
charge.
He had been a member of the ,
Baptist church for more than 50 :
years.
Surviving are two daughters.'
Mrs Jake Davis of Marble. Mrs.;
Maggie Davis of Jacksonville. Fla ;
six sons Will. Ben. Noah and
Everett of Cherokee county, j
Oliver of Tampa. Fla.. and Jeffer- ;
son E Mintz of Cleveland. Ohio:
64 grandchildren and 20 great
grandchildren.
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Brother Of Local
Man Dies Fridav
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Reid Mitchell Davidson. 41. died
at a hospital in St. Louis. Mo
Friday. The body was shipped to
Murphy where funeral services
were held Wednesday at 10 a m.
at the First Methodist church,
with the pastor, the Rev. Ralph
Taylor, officiating. Burial was in
t ie old Methodist cemetery be
side his father and mother. Town
son funeral home was in charge
of arrangements
Mr. Davidson was born in Mur
phy. the son of the "ate Winslow
Grouting
lUith She liiiitor
J. L. HALL, our popular clerk
of superior court, evidently can i
lead the thoughts of an editor 1
for when he ran across the follow- 1
ing rhyme on "The Steady Sub- ^
scriber", he thoughtfully passed ,
ii on to me:
How dear to my heart is the
steady subscriber.
\v;u) pays in advance at the
birth of each year ? <
Who lays down the money, and i
does it quite gladly, 1 1
And casts round the office a
halo of cheer.
He never says: "Stop it, I can- ]
not afford it;
I'm getting more papers now
than I can read."
But always says. "Send it; our i
people all like it. i
In fact, we all think it a help ]
and a need."
How welcome his check when it ]
veaches our sanctum I
How it makes our pulse throb. (
How it makes our heart dance.
We outwardly thank him: we ;
inwardly bless him ?
The steady subscriber who pays !
in advance.
. And we are thankful for '
those hundreds of steady sub- i
scribers who frequently remind us <
that they appreciate their home <
county paper!
A PLEASANT SURPRISE was
mine Monday when a former pas.
tor. Lt. Paul Forsythe. and hij
family came by for a visit. They
were enroute from their home in
Boonville to Hitchcock, Texas
inhere Lieutenant Forsythe will
serve as chaplain at the T7. s
Maval Air Station ' Never havin?
usited Murphy t-?fore. they en
ioyed being shown over our marble
rourthouse. the Bapti-st church,
he city library. They remarked
that all are fine for a town this
size and would do credit to much
larger cities. We think so too!
Limited time prevented further
<ight- seeing.
THE USUAL CUSTOM is that
new fathers pass around the
? igars. . . and such a custom has
prevailed in our Lions club until
month ago when H. A Mattox
proposed that those members who
nave no children should buy the
cigars. He got away with the
suggestion . . . but he didn't get
it way with a whole necktie! Now
it's we fatherless and motherless
Lions ? like Frank Ellis. Prani
Forsyth, Dutch Kindley. Bob Bell
Worth Gudger Bob Bault. and
me ? that have to pay ? for
;lgars The treat should be
randy rather than cigars accord
ing to my way of thinking
Davidson, former sheriff of
Cherokee county, and Mrs. David- '
son. Hp moved to St. Louis about (
15 years ago. where he had made
his home since.
Surviving are two children.
Margaret and Bobby of St. Louis:
three brothers. J. Q. Davidson of
Maryvillr Tenn.. Neil Davidson (
of Murphy, and Donald Davidson
cf St. Louis. i ,
Active pallbearers were: Dr.
Harry Miller. Allen Howell. Tom
Axley. Howard Moody. Neil Sneed
and Henry Hyatt.
Y.W.A. Plans To
Present Pageant
The Young Woman's Auxiliary
of First Baptist church met Mon
day evening with Miss Betty Lou
Burch. New officers were elected
as follows: Miss Jayne Ricks,
president Miss Betty Lou Burch. ,
lice-president: Miss Mildred Wells,
secretary: Mrs. Virginia Craig,
treasurer: and Miss Jacqueline
Cash was appointed pogram chair
man.
Miss Katharyn Howell conduct
ed the devotional, and Miss Addie
Mae Cooke reviewed a portion of
the book. "Christianity ? Our
Citadel". Plans were made for
presentation of a pageant at
prayer scrvice in the near future.
Miss Burch served refresh
ments.
Infant Dies
Dorothy Sue Clonts. four mon
ths' old daughter of Mr. and Mrs
Ray P Clonts, Murphy, Route 2.
died at the home of her parents.
Tuesday Feb. 15. She was bur
ied at Macedonia cemetery.
Surviving besides her parents
are two brothers. Clarroll and
Mack, and two sisters, Yonah
Jane and Betty Ann Clonts.
Power and Light Have
Enlisted for
Unconditional Surrender
Throughout the nation, electric utilities are
meeting the demands now being made on them.
Electricity is helping to win on the farms, in the
factories, on the home front - and electricity will
stay on the job until the last Axis country has
surrendered unconditionally.
rn 1944 [
' WAR FUND
j LET'S GltfE ^
There is plenty of electricity ?
but don't waste it. Our govern
ment asks us to conserve fuel,
manpower, transportation ? vital
materia's ? ill of which are used
in the manufacture and distribu
tion of electricity.
CITY of MURPHY
ELECTRIC DEPT.