Absentee Ballots Going To Those In The Military Service Absentee ballots for the general election in November will be start le this week to members of the ?.nmd fo:ces all over the world by the Cherokee county board of elec tion Cha.: man Winslow Mclver states that all absentee ballots for the election are in the hands of the board and they are now being mailed. Applications for registration by members of the armed forces are j being accepted by the chairman, r was pointed out that all mem bers of the military services who applied for ballots for the May 27 primary are thereby automati cally on the list to receive ballots for the general election. Families of these servicemen are asked to furnish the election board with the latest address of the appli cants. many of whom have mov ed. The person desiring absentee registration and vote must meet the following basic qualifications: He or she? g Must be absent from his or her home county. Must be serving in the military naval, auxiliary, merchant marine or other armed forces of the United States. Must be 21 years old or will become 21 years old by the date of the General Election on Novem ber 7. 1944. Must have been a resident of the State of North Carolina for one year and of the voting precinct for 4 months preceding the Gen eral Election of November 7. ,1944 ?temporary absence in military service does not interrupt voting residence ? . Must be able to read and write any section of ??e ?3U?te Consti tution. Application for registration and ballot There must t>e an application addressed to the Chairman of the County Board of Elections of the applicant's home County or to be Secret.i: v of State as indicated below That application must be in writing It must be signed by the applicant service man or by a member of his immediate fam ily. It need not follow any regu lar or prescribed form, but it should give the information need ed for action by the Chairman of the County Board of Elections, such full name, voting resi dence. army address, age. and educational qualifications of the applicant. The election authori ties have approved but have not prescribed a form of application. It will be much better request. 'Continued xm pace four) County Sells 291 Per Cent Of Its Fifth War Loan The final district report re vealed that Cherokee county was second in the Fifth War Loan drive with total sales of $690,041 worth of bonds, or 291 per cent of its quota of $237,000. and was second on E bonds with a quota of $76,000, and a total sold $140,346, or 198 per cent. Henderson county took top honors in total sales, while ! Graham county led in E bond total percentage with 208 per cent of its quota. John R. Palmer Completes His Orientation Course, England An Air Service Command Sta- ! tion In England ? S/Sgt. John R. | Palmer, the son of Mr. and Mrs. | Maynard H. Palmer of Route 3. Murphy. North Carolina, recently completed an orientation course designed to bridge the gap be- 1 tween training in the States and combat soldiering against the enemy in Prance. At this Air Service Command Station S/Sgt. Palmer attended a series of leci:? es given by bat tle-wise veterans 'which included instructions on chemical warfare defense and pertinent tips on staying healthy in a combat the atre. His next station will be one j from which America's fighting j planes cover our liberation of Occupied Europe. Before entering the Army Air , Forces, he was employed as a su- j pervisor by the Goodyear Aircraft j Co.. in Akron. Ohio. Franklin Smith Building Modern Grade A Dairy Barn J. Franklin Smith, an area demonstration farmer who recent ly purchased the Wofford farm in the Peachtree community, is con structing one of the most com plete Grade A dairy barns ever built in Cherokee county. His barn has eight stanchions, a feed room and milk room. The outside dimensions of the barn are 18 feet four inches by 45 feet four inches. As a basis for milk production, Mr. Smith has recently purchased a small foundation herd of regis tered Guernseys headed by a fine sire from the Riegeldale Farms. Trion, Ga. This sire's half sister was sold recently to the Gayoso Farms in Mississippi for $4,000. Mr. Smith says that he intends to continue the use of the name "Smithmont" which he has used for a number of years in connect ion with his hatchery and poutry farm and that the farm on Peach tree will be henceforth known as "Smithmont Farm." Chas. T. Wood Is 111 In Atlanta ANDREWS ? The condition of Charles T. Wood, who has been in a veteran's hospital in Atlanta for the past two montlis, was not very favorable when the last re ports from him. His brother, E. A. Wood, chairman of the Board of County Commissioners, visited him on Saturday. He stated that his brother did not readily recog nize his acquaintances who visit him in the hospital. A complete diagnosis of the malady of which Mr. Wood is suffering has not been announced by Veteran's Hospital KILLED IN ACTION Pfc. Floyd H. Stiles of West Gastonia, better known to his friends as Bill", was killed in action in France on June 12. according to word received by his parents. He enlisted in the Army in Septem ber. 1942, and was sent tc New Jersey for his basic training. He war sent overseas, and served for 19 months before his death. He was 23 years old. He was bom in Cherokee County, and moved to Gastonia in 1938. He was em ployed by Firestone Mill before entering the service . He is sur \:veJ by his parents. Mr. and Mis. Dewey Stiles, seven brother, and three sisters. All live in Gastonia. except one brother. Pfc. Eugene Lake; Stiles, who is serving some where in Italy. IN ITALY ? Pfc. Eugene Lakes Stiles, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Stiles of Gastonia, who is now stationed somewhere in Italy. Pfc. Stiles is a former resident of Cherokee county. Mrs. John W. Campbell and sens. Johnnie and Billie. of Nash villt, Tenn.. are guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Mattox. (iibson Awarded The Purple Heart ANDREWS ? Mrs. Seth Gib son on August 2. received the Purple Heart, which her husband. Pvt. Seth Gibson, was awarded for military merit in Fi ance where he was seriously wounded July 11. Earl PosteH Is Wounded In Italv Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Postell of Culberson. Rt. 2, have received a telegram from the War Depart ment. stating that their son. Earl, was wounded in action in Italy on July 12. Earl attended Sunny Point grade school, and Murphy high school. He entered j the service in 1942. Army Commends Scout For Its Patriotic Service The Cherokee Scout has re ceived from Major General F. E. L'hl of the Arm> Service Forces. Headquarters Fourth Service Command. Atlanta, Cia.. a "Certificate of Appreciation", commending the paper for pub lic service rendered under ad verse conditions in time of war. The certificate states that the paper has "render* d valu ed patriotic service by keeping 1 the civilian members of tlie | national civilian-militarv team intelligently Informed both of the news and the needs of the military. This sustained, ener getic support contributes direct ly to our certain victory." Baptist Association To Meet Aug. 22-23 The 60th annual session of the Western North Carolina Baptist Association will meet at Peachtree Baptist church on Tuesday and Wednesday. August 22-23. an nounces the Rev. Paul Lovingood. moderator. Featured on the program on Wednesday will be an address on Tiie Challenge of the Cooperative Frogram" by M. A. Huggins. exe cutive secretary of the State Bap tist convention. The morning sessions will begin at 9:30. On the first day the de votional will be conducted by the Rev. T. D. Denny, following which business will be transacted. After the roll call of churches, the mod erator and executive committee Clarence Hendrix will make a re port on 'Christ ifx Toiler ature". and M. L. Hall will make a report on Sunday Schools. Following ap pointment of committees, the Rev Algia West will preach the morn ing sermon. Lunch will be served at 12 o' clock. and the afternoon session will begin at 1:30. The Rev. Odie Rogers will conduct the de votional. Factual reports con cerning the following will be given: "Ministers Retirement Plan". Rev. L. P. Smith; hospitals. Mrs. Pearlie Arrowood: and or phanage. Harve Mulkey. A con ference on the state of the church es by the pastors will be held, fol : lowing which a report of com j mitees will be made. The Rev. Robort Barker will lead the devotional for the eve ning session, which begins at 7:45. L. A. Martin will make a report on temperance, and an open discussion will be held. The morning session 011 Wed nesday will begin at 9:30 with the Rev. Pat Elliott conducting the devotional. Mission opportunities I will be discussed by the following: State missions. Rev. R. Lane Akins: home missions. Rev. Blaine Ledford; and foreign missions. I Rev. Paul Lovingood. The miss ionaiy sermon will be preached by the Rev. L. P. Smith. Secretary Huggins will speak At the close of committee reports Peyton G. Ivie will speak on "The Challenge Accepted".- Lunch will ".hen be served. The afternoon program will be opened by the conducting of the devotional by the Rev. H. C. York. Reports on the following will be made: Training union. Miss Dale Sudderth; the brother hood. Cyrus C. White; the W. M. U.. Mrs. J. B. Hall, and Christian schools. Miss Addie Mae Cooke. Reports of committees, report of the clerk, and reading of the minutes will close the two-day session. SUNDAY SERMON SUBJECT "Can Any Good Come out of this War?" will be the subject of the sermon by the Rev. Ralph Taylor at First Methodist church Sunday at 11 o'clock. Two Cherokee County Men Among Engineers Acting As "Hotel Men" In Liberating Force Headquarters. European The- i ater of Operations ? Used to do- ? ing all sorts of odd jobs, the ; United States Army Engineers ! i ad a brand new role in the as- 1 sault on Europe. They provided "hotel service" lor the thousand's of tactical troops massed in the marshalling areas before the take-off. "I think we did a pretty good job as hotel-keepers", said Col. Shaw, smiling. Members of the Engineer unit included: Pvt. Lyle Robinson of Andrews and Pfc. Robert Rogers of Marble. Up a gently curving drive bor dered by flowering rhododendrons the officers and enlisted men of the Base Section Headquarters are catching their breath. In their Nissen huts, close by the white columns of what was form erly a country squire's abode, they are glowing over the fact that the | Engineers have done it again. "We claim to be versatile.'" said Colonel Cai . R. Shaw. Base Sec tion Engineer, "but this was something new. even for us." In their peaceful garden retreat, the headquarters personnel seem to be very far from war. But they were furiously tusy for weeks making all the plans for taking care of the troops while they wait ed at alert stations for D.Day. Since all of the housekeeping equipment of the invading units j had been fully packed, someone had to give them food. beds, sani tary facilities and other necessities for living. First of all. most of the camps had to be enlarged In most cases, their capacity was increased many-fold. Then there was the urgent need to camouflage them well. There must be no chance of the camps being spotted from the air. All this was straight 1 Engineer work and it was done with usual speed and thorough ness. It was later that the Engineers took over as cook.s, ? Ps. supply men. and the like. Naturally, there was some grumbling about the dirty old Engineers having ! to do the job nobody else wanted | to", but before long, they got the | spirit of the thing and actually had some fun. Besides, addition I al personnel came in to relieve j them, leaving them as bosses. Often there would be a lieut j enant of the Engineers as camp ( ommander. It didn't matter a j bit that a general of the field forces was present. 11* lieuten 1 ant was strictly in charge If he'd wanted to maie a general do some extra policing up. theore- I tically he could l ave done so. Besides the Engineer "General I Service Regiments, there were I platoons and companies of En gineers expert in waterproofing, fire fighting, water supply, en I gineer stores, etc. Some were j there just in case of emergency. If, for example. Germans bombed J there were bulldozers to fix things up and bridging material to re place those destroyed. No con tingency was overlooked. And after the soldiers had gone, the Eingeers still had work to I do. They had to clean up and I ready the camps for new oceu ! pants. A major problem was dis i posing of the enormous stocks of i clothing and equipment the troops ? left behind. There were moun ! tains of blouses, caps, overshoes, boots ? all of which had been ex changed by the Engineers for the precise equipment the men needed for the great assault. That the Engineers did a fine job was attested by several high ranking officers. One of these was an Infantry Colonel who com mended Second Lieutenant John K. McOrath. Jr.. one of the camp commanders, for his efficient ad ministration of the camp and for the smoothness of the operation of moving the troops in and out. Superor Court In Session This W eek KILLED IN ITALY ? Pvt. Troy L. Ledford. who was killed in action in Italy on June 30. ac* cording to word received by his wile. Mrs. Louise Ledford. Pvt. Ledford was with the Signal Corps at the time of his death, having been overseas for 19 months. He entered the service in August. 1942. He first served overseas in North Africa, and then was trans ferred to Italy. He is survived by his widow, the former Miss Louise Coker of Brassfown; a son. L. D Ledford: his parents. Mr and Mrs. L. B. Ledford. of Br ass town: two bro thers. Orden and Lake Ledford of Pittsburgh. Pa.: five sisters. Mrs. Clinton Odom Turtletown. Tenn.. Mrs. Frank Jackson. Mrs. Leslie Shore of Athens. Tenn * Mrs. Aimer Townson of Blairsville. Ga.. and Mrs. Grady Postul of Pitts burgh, Pa. Late News Bulletins Americans have captured St. Main and Le Mans, and are now within 87 miles of Paris. The motion picture "Wilson" dramatizing the career of presi dent Woodrow Wilson, and the picture "Heavenly Days" starr- J iug Fibber McGee and Molly have been banned by the army for dis tribution to troops. It is claimed that the pictures contain material whieh might be construed as vio lating provisions of the soldier voting act. 1 he Island of Guam in the Marianas is now in possession of the Americans. More than 10.000 Japanese dead have been counted. The island is 1,56") miles south 50 and costs. Howard Gaddis. Max Newman, Johnnie Patterson, mistrial, and case continued. Ralph Guthrie, suspended sen tence of 12 months for breaking and entering, put into effect when provisions were violated. Jesse Reese and Bud Baker, af fray. balance of cost to be paid by Baker. Frank Ramsey, affray, continu ed on probation. Clarence Carroll, violation of prohibition laws, plead guilty. $25 and costs. Emory Anderson, operating a still, found guilty of aiding and atetting in operating a still, $50 and costs. S. A. Stiles, allowing forest fire to spread, costs and $21 fire fight ing expense. C. C. Mull, stilling. $100 and costs, six months suspended sen tence. W. J. Pierce, carrying conceal ed weapon. $50 and costs. Samuel P. Baker, assault, plead guilty, prayer for judgment con tinued for two years. John Byers. transporting and possessing whiskey. 2 4 montlis in jail, eight months put into effect and balance suspended. Vick Phillips. transporting whiskey for sale. $50 and casts. Cal l Hughes, public drunkeness, 30 days in jail, suspended upon payment of costs and good be havior. Charlie Wise, violation prohibi tion laws. 36 months on roads. 18 months put into effect and 18 months suspended on good behav ior for five years. Bessie Loudermilk. violation prohibition laws. 24 months in jail, eight months put into effect and others suspended on good be havior. Whiskey was order con fiscated. H. B. Anderson, affray, $50 and costs. Helen Gregory, banished from the county several montlis ago. was found here a few weeks ago. The judge gave her three hours to get out of the county and state. Several cases were continued, several nol prossed. and capias were issued in many. Court adjourned Wednesday. Murphy Market Is Re-Opened Arden Davis has opened tlw Murphy market which has been closed for the past several months, and is now ready for business. The building has been repainted and thoroughly renovated. Mr. Davis will keep a complete stock of meats and groceries. The market was formerly operated by Mrs. Clyde Ma&hbum