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 <but not
necessary that this approved
form be followed. A copy can be
secured from the Chairman of the
County Board of Elections, or
copies may be made and furnish
ed by any person.
An application by the soldier
on a card furnished by the United
S;ates Government, addressed to
the Secretary of State <who will
forward it to the Chairman of
the proper ounty Board) is a suf
ficient application for registra
tion and for general election bal
lots. and is just as good as one
made to the Chairman of the
Count Board of Elections.
Lions Club Has
First In Series Of
Picnics Tuesday
Murphy Lions club held the
first of a series of picnic suppers
81 the school lunchroon Tuesday
Veiling, with Mrs. H. Bueck as
chairman of the picnic; commit
tee.
J B. Gray made a report on an
investigation of fishing in Hi
***? Dam, stating that it has
recommended by the TV A
"*a' the county request the State
Board of Conservation and De
10 allc,w fish'"* in the
"e all year, which would guar
Jjjk* better fishing. Vice-Presi
~j* Doyle Burch who was pre
was requested by the club
?Woint a committee to make
n*h > 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
<ast of Tokyo, and 5.910 miles
west of San Franciseo.
The personnel of the new army
ground and service forces redistri
bution station in Asheville will
be increased from 100 to 782. it
has been announeed Making up
the unit will be 520 enlisted men.
97 officers, and 165 civilian em
ployes.
Reports from Spain say that
the entire families of the eight
high German officers hanged for
complicity in the bombing attack
on Hitler's life were executed
Tuesday. These included the
wives, children and parents of
doomed officers and in some
cases, even cousins and intimate
Iriends.
Reece Named To
Flection Board
D. M Reece of Murphy recent
ly was appointed a member of
the Cherokee County Board of
Elections, succeeding Don With
erspoon. deceased Other mem
bers are: Winslow Mclver, chair
man. and Pearly Arrowood.
Marble.
Mrs. H. Bueck had as her guests
Wednesday and Thursday Miss
Minnie McAuley of Denton. Tex .
and Mrs. Carrie Bryson of Cul
towhee.
Cherokee County superior court
convened this week, with Judge
Zeb V. Nettles of Asheville pre
siding and Solicitor Joiin Queen
of Waynesville prosecuting. Miss
Lessie Kelley of Franklin was
court stenographer.
The principal cases set for trial
three cases of ebezzlement and
misapplication against John W.
Doney. were continued to Tuesday
of the November term of court.
This was done at the request of
counsel for the state and also for
the defendant. Civil cases in the
same matter are set for hearing
before a referee in September.
The cases were tried were as
follows:
Wayne Truett, driving drunk,
plead guilty and fined $50 and
costs.
Luther White, driving drunk
and violation of prohibition laws,
$50 and costs.
Harley John, abandonment,
plead guilty, prayer for judgment
continued to November term, and
he is to support his wife and six
children.
James Mashburn. possessing
whiskey. $25 fine and costs.
Horace Raper, possessing whis
key. $25 fine and costs.
Jess Morgan, driving drunk,
$50 and costs.
Charley Piercy and Jack Gibby,
breaking and entering and car
rying away; plead guilty. Prayer
for judgment was continued for
three years.
Leonard Ashe, driving drunk.
$>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