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Published every Thursday at Murphy, N. C.
ADD1E MAE COOKE Editor and Owner
ROY A COOKE Production Manager
MRS C. W SAVAQE Social Editor
SI KM liiri IO\ R \TKS
Cherokee and surrounding counties:
One Year uO Six Months $1.00
Four Months ...... 75c
Ou:side above territory.
One Year S- J Six months $1.25
fcii . i d in t::e Post Oifice at Murphy,
C2?' ' Soi li Carolina, a-. inrotKl class matter
? - niiir t;ie Act ol Ma:ch 3, 1897.
MEDITATION
"On. tr.ul> a it great opportunit. s. Too often we look
on thetn as great obstacles. It would Ik ? a haven of rest and an
inspiration of unspeakable power it each of us would hence
forth reeogni/e evcrx difficult situation as one of ChhI's
chosen wa\s of proving to us His lo\ .? and look around for
the signals of l!i?. glorious manifestations; then, indeed,
would ever* cloud l?ecome a rainbow . and even mountain
a path of ascension an da scene of transfiguration."
Hii?;h Hopes Of The Future
A grown man was walking along the street
and saw a woman with a small baby in her
arms. He remarked that he wished he had
been born when that baby \%as, saying that the
infant will grow up in the greatest age the
world has ever known.
The high sc hool graduates who are receiv
ing their diplomas now are not babies; they are
from I 6 to 19 years removed from that state,
but they are graduating in a period that is dif
ferent from any the world has ever known.
There are great tasks, sacrifices, and opportu
nities facing them. Accomplishing the tasks,
with the necessary sacrifices, and grasping of
the opportunities that are new and untried, will
create for the youths now graduating a new
world, different in almost every respect from
the one in which they have come this far in life.
The graduates are the future hope of our
country. Their advantages have been great,
but their responsibilities in the future will be
greater. They will guide and be a part of
America s great business, industrial and agri
cultural life of tomorrow perhaps not only(
America s, but the World's. 1 he world is pret
tv badlv battered up and full of headaches.
These boys and girls did not cause them but
curing them will be their job.
Flven before these youths start their job of
helping to rehabilitate the world, many will be
called to the frcnt t tight. I hey will go. with
the courage of all vouth. and help win the war.
returning to spend their influence and energies
in the new America of post-war davs.
W e extend to them our best wishes for good
fortune, success and happiness, with oppor
tunity for usefulness and attainment of their
many ambitions, in the years ahead.
Bonds Better Buys Than Farm Land
For the farmer with surplus money to in
vest, War Bonds are today a better buy than
land believes Dean 1. O. Schaub, Director of the
North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service
and Chairman of the North Carolina War Fin
ance Agricultural Committee, who points out
that for the nation on March 1 , 1 944, the price
of land was up 38 percent from the average of
the five pre-war years 1935-39.
While the person buying land today runs
the risk of heavy loss. Dean Schaub points out
that the farmer who puts his wartime profits in
War Bonds will, at the end of ten years, get four
dollars for every three invested. He believes
it would be much wiser for the man who wants
to buy more land to invest in bonds now and
wait until values and conditions get back to nor
mal after the war to purchase the land. Then
land values will be back in line with peacetime
prices for farm commodities.
Don't Let Down The Victory Gardens
One of the big private activities in Washing
ton surrounds the local Victory gardens. The
Secretary of Agriculture has made a statement
showing that Victory gardens contributed forty
per cent of the fresh vegetables grown last year,
and he has made a plea for more gardens. This
is due to the fact that a recent survey indicated
a ten per cent drop under last year. Don't give
up the Victory gardens ? there is a lot of fun in
Qua UcMQCRA CY - by Mat
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IDEALS,ENERGY,THRIFT.
HOME CHURCH SCHOOL
MOLOERS bF OUR. /DEALS
, FARM FACTORY TRANSPORTATION ^
SYMBOLIC OF OUR. ENERGY ^
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fcj INSTRUMENTS OF OUR THRIFT * ^J|
- ALL MUST BE STRONG IN EACH OF US
TOO AY - TO WIN THE WAR AND
TO PRESERVE OUR DEMOCRACY.
the game if you get into it and follow it up as
faithfully a sthough it were golf.
Forest Fires Up In '42
Forest fires last year burned over a total of
3 1 ,854, I 24 acres of United States woodlands,
compared with 26,404,385 acres in 1941, ac
cording lo the U. S. F orest Service. Eighty-six
percent of the total acreage burned was on areas
not having organized fire protection.
Price and Ration News
MEATS, FATS Red Stamps A8 through Q8. ood indefinitely.
PROCESSED FOODS Blue stamps A8 ihrouh Q8. good indefinitely.
SUGAR Sugar stamps 30 and 31. each good for five pounds in
definitely. Sugar stamp 40. good for five pounds of canning
sugar through February, next year.
GASOLINE In 17 East Coast States. A-9 coupon, good through
May 8 A- 10 coupon becomes good May 9 and remains good
through Augu 8 In States outside the East Coast area, A-ll
coupon, good through June 21.
FUEL OIL Periods 4 and 5 coupons, good through August 31.
'HOE'-> Airplane stamps 1 and 2. good indefinitely.
Bona fide candidates for public office are eligible under gasoline
rationing regulations for gasolina essential to the prosecution of their
tmpaigns. and their paid campaign managers are eligible for not
more than non-preferred "B" occupational rations. Mr. Driscoll. dis
trict director of OPA at Charlotte has announced.
Chief objective of the uling, he said, is to give voters full op
portunity to observe at first hand the personalities, programs and
policies of the candidates who see to serve them.
Rations for candidates are issued by their home boards and are
based on actual needs, taking into consideration the availabilty of
public transportation and the exact mileage involved. Mr. Driscoll
said.
Campaign managers who meet the requirements for alternative
means of transportation and share-riding provisions, qualify for
non-preferred ' B" mileage only if they are employed and compen
sated for their work as their occupation.
If the reading public dec'dts
for itself whether there is gen
uine sociological significance be
cause of sheer realism in a book,
or whether the writer is trying to
write a sensational best seller 'and
make money, it has judged pretty
fairly the importance of a book.
This brings us to say that it
is not always the best seller which
is to t? acceptcd as the cream of
the crop in books of the year. It
also brings us to say that it is
pretty generally conceded that
-ealism in a novel can lead to
constructive thinking along socio
logical lin?s and toward possible
solutions. It is well for us to have
General knowledge of books, gain
ed by consistent browsing, rath
er than permit ourselves to be
come reconciled to having com
piler* of best seller lists do the
choosing for us. It takes a varied
and large collection to build
tastes. That is the main reason
for libraries increasing their
stock.
By the way. have you read the
following novels each of which
has come out. within the last five
years?
Alderson. A bride Goes West:
Barnes. Wisdom's Gate: Bristow.
Tomorrow Is Forever: Buck. The
Promise: Fedorova. The Family:
Ferber. Saratoga Trunk: Forbes.
Mama's Bank Account: Griswald.
Sea Island Lady: Kantor. Happy
Land: Keyes. Also The Hills:
Llewellyn. How Green Was My
Valley: McDonald. Old McDonald
Had A Farm: Medearis. Big Doc's
Girl: Mason. Three Harbors: O'
Hara. My Friend Flicka: Ostenso.
O River Remember: Seifert. Sur- j
geon In Charge: Seton. M. Theo
dosia: StandLsh. Three Bamboos:
TteinV \ck. Moon Is Down: Dav
enport. Valley Of Decision: Wal
pole. Katherine Christian.
ROTEXONE
Victory gardeners should use
rotenone only when absolutely
necessary because of limited sup
plies. says J. Myron Maxwell. Ex
tension entomologist at State i
College. Try cryolite or nicotine
sulphate on insects.
Task Force ISeao
Hear Admiral Arthur W.
Radford, USN, commanded a
Pacific Fleet carrier task force
at Tarawa. He is shown on
the bridge of his flagship.
America's No. 1 Ace
Official U. S. Navy Photograph? OWI
BONDS OVER AMERICA * * *
Unknown Soldier
When Spring trips north
and scents the budding
apple trees of Virginia's
Shenandoah >Valiey the
folk of Winchester brinR
flowers to Stonewall
cemetery where stands
the figure dedicated tc
the "unknown and ur.
recorded dead," of tl
Civil War.
Buy 'Em and
Keep 'Em
Our "unknown" dcuc are being buried
today on many battlefields but the "un
known" who will never be honored is the
worker whose name is "unknown" to
the rolls of War Bond buyers.
YOUR LIBRARY
By
DORA RUTH PARKS. Librarian
Xantahala Regional Library
"For Whom the Bell Tolls" In
movie version was another ex
ample of "dirty book" being clean
I
ed up for the screen. There is
movie censorship in this countrv
but freedom of the press leave;
tis to choose as we will t,he thing!
ws read. Libraries face a vcrj
definite problem with regard to s(
called "dirty books". Sometime'
ropular demand makes it neces
sary for the library to buy som(
titles against the judgment o!
professional book selectors.
PIQUA, OHIO ? Soundphot .
This is a recent photo of Amei
Foremost Ace in flying tops
cording to current tallies. The !.? i
is 23 year old Capt. Dominic
vatore (Don) Gentile who so f*
has bagged 30 planes 4 more tha
Capt. Rickenbacker.
I ft'lr Jack Horner
M hit %n$ in the t* .net
Is no longer ntnffi ng on pie;
I Hi* rim dor a not taper,
III- gnlhera iranle paper . . .
> 1 "Oh, u-liui a good boy am I /**
Emitting
LILACS are among my favorite
flowers. One of the prettiest
lilac bushes I've seen his year is
the one in Mr. Joe Axley's flower
garden. Mr. Axley has beautiful
flowers blooming from early
spring until late fall. He loves
to cultivate and care for his flow
ers and the pretty lawn at his
home. He is generous with the
blossoms, making many of his
neighbors and friends happy with
large bouquets frequently through
the summer.
* * *
The following little verse on
? Lilacs" appeals to me:
Lilacs are always memory
flowers.
They grow b?side old country
places.
Closed doors and windows blank
of faces:
They guard old secrets, hushed
and grave.
Through early summer's singing
hours
Heavy with fragrance of the
brave.
CPT WALLACE ARRANT of
Ftmona Ordnance Base. Pamona.
Calif., recently wrote me an in
teresting letter about Staff Sgt.
Horace Ramsey, who has done
a big job during this war. He
writes:
"My buddie. Staff Sgt. Horace
Ramsey, and I joined the service
over four years ago. I was home
on my first furlough in over two
years last month. Most of our
friends around Murphy have for
gotten about us.
"I noticed in the Cherokee
Scout some nice write-ups on the
boys who have been drafted. I
am writing this for Staff Sgt.
Horace Ramsey, who has done
much and more than most boys
to win this war. I think if any
one deserves praise and credit
lie does.
"He went overseas with the
first division in August 1942.
Since that time he has seen over
ni?e months of actual combat
in North Africa. Tunieia. and
Sicily. He has been a great
fighter since the invasion of
North Africa. In Sicily he was
one of the first .o hit shore, and
fought 28 days without relief.
In all he has gone through 14
major battles, and that is more
than most any one soldier in this
Hayesville
A largo attendance was present
at the all-day meeting at the Bap
tist church Sunday. The Metho
dists. led by their pastor, the
Rev. Clark Benson, worshipped
with the Baptists. The Rev. J.
H Wilson of Bryson City spoke
cn "Come-Tarry-Go". A basket
lunch was served on the grounds
at noon. The next fifth Sunday
meeting will be held with the rest
of the churches of the Western
North Carolina Association.
Four-H Club Sunday will be ob
army has been through. Fourteen
major battles in the infantry will
equal 200 combat missions in the
air corps. He went through over
nine months of actual combat
without injury.
"Staff Sgt. Ramsey went over
with a company in which there
were 85 boys. Of that original
number only two are left in the
company Ramsey and another
boy from Knoxville.
I have kept in touch with Set.
Ramsey ever .ince he went over,
and I suppose I am about the only
one who knows what he went
through and has done to win this
Bar. I am writing you in hopes
you will print this in the pa;*'i
the people in Murphy may see
what one of the home town boys
has done, and so he at least can
get a little credit for all he has
done.
"Please say hello to all our
friends in and around Murphy.
We hope to be back some da? "
I LIKE to get letters about the
boys and girls in the service and
wish t -at we knew more of the
heroic stories that could be told
about them.
THE GOOD CONDUCT medal
for excellent character, efficiency
and a year in the army was a
warded T 5 G Willa Nell Elster,
recently. Corporal Elster's home
is in Atlanta, but she lived about
ten years at Letitia and went to
the Walker school, which was
named for her grandfather. She
also attended Murphy high be.
fore moving back to Atlanta. She
then joined the WAC. She would
like to hear from her Cherokee
county friends, and her address
is: "Cpt. Willa N. Elster, A406358.
WAC Detachment. The Cavalry
School. Fort Riley. Kan.
? * *
INVITATIONS that I'd give
most anything to be able to ac
cept frequently must be declined.
Last week an invitation came
from W. G. Crawford, Jr.. S 2/C.
to the commissioning ceremonies
of the W. S. S. Abercrombie <DE
343 >. at the city docks. Orange.
Texas. It would have been a uni
que experience to have attended,
and I appreciate Billy's thought
fulness in sending the invitation
and attractive etching accom
panying it.
served in many of the churches
of Clay county during thus month.
The Rev. R. Lane Akins is di
recting a Daily Vacation Bible
school in Andrews this week.
Mis. Ray Williams continues
ill.
TERMITES
Keep the soil under the house
dry and remove wooden supports
from contact with the soil in pre
| venting termite damage, says J.
I Myron Maxwell. Extension en
tomologist at State College.
Bonds or Bondage
by F. D. Cornell, Jr.
Associate Agricultural Economist
West Virginia University
FARMERS are playing a vital
role in the Victoiy drama. Most
farmers are doing their utmost to
insure that our armed forces and
our civilian workers are getting
ample supplies of the right kinds
of food for continued maximum
efficiency. All of this is being ac
complished under unusual circum
stances such as labor shortages,
scarcity of essential feeds, fer
tilizers, gasoline, spray materials,
and limited machinery repairs
and replacements.
On the other hand, we must ad
mit that our extra effort is being
more adequately rewarded than
previously and that along with
such sacrifices and hardships as
are encountered, there is some
gain; and justly so. The farmer
deserves every bit of credit and
money he gets for his part.
In that knowledge, however, lies
real danger. Are we apt to become
complaisant and feel we are doing
our part? CAN we do more?
SELFISHNESS OR SELFLESS
NESS: War is selfish business. No
war ever began from purely phil
anthropic motives. To the aggres
sor, the gain always outweighs
the sacrifice. To the defenders, the
violation of human rights and
liberties forms the common meet
ing ground of joint agreement and
effort. However, victories are not
won by selfishness. They depend
on selflessness ? a willingness and
desire to sacrifice individual good
for the good of all. That is why
both sides always must try valient
ly to establish in the minds and
hearts of their peoples the justice
of their cause. That is the will
that wins.
OPPORTUNITY? If each of us
were faced with the necessity of
answering honestly the question ?
Am I doing everything within my
power to speed the day of victory
? the answer in most cases would
be "No." Some of us can't forget
or forego things which in a time
of crisis matter little.
The two things most essential to
waging successful warfare are
food and money. The farmer
recognizes his responsibility in
food production. Does he fully rec
ognize his opportunity* to help pro
vide the munitions of war?
OBLIGATION? Government Bonds
offer the farmer an opportunity to
have a part in providing our fight
ing men with ample and effective
training and equipment. They also
are an opportune way of laying
aside reserves to meet needed re
p.-iir and replacement costs after
the war. Are they an obligation?
Oh yes! The obligation of the gov
ernment to pay back the loan with
interest is no greater than our ob
ligation to LEND the government
our support. Remember? WE ore
the government. "WE THE
TEOPLE OF THE UNITED
STATES'* . . .
PRIVILEGE? The greatest joys in
life come from the privileges we
enjoy, and which' we are now fight
ing to defend. It is not only an
opportunity and an obligation, but
also a privilege to have as great
a part as possible in insuring to
ourselves, our children, and to
generations yet unborn those free
doms which distinguish the bond
and the free.
BUT BONDS AND BE FREE
BE FREE TO BUT BONDS
U. S. Treasury Department