BATES CREEK Miss Pauline Williamson of Oastonia spent a feu days with Protect Your Loved Ones With A QUINN & HUMPHREY Mutual Burial Certificate Only Costs 25c to Join Quinn & Humphrey Mutual Burial Association Copperhill. Tean. I ' lends and relatives last week. Lonnie Dockery has completed his training as a submariner and ; r> now spending his furlough with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Pockery. and will soon return to > tat ion to report for further duty. M. and Mrs J. A. Timpson -pent Sunday evening with their daughter-in-law Mrs. Mary Joe Timpson. and little son. M. and Mrs. Join Ming us and ' lamily spent Sunday with Mrs. Mingus's parents. Mr. and Mrs. Telephone Lines to the Front As battles roll on to victory and vast new areas are con quered, the need for tremendous amounts of telephone equip ment becomes more and more urgent. Since the start of the war the huge telephone manufac turing plant* of the Bell System have been concentrating on the manufacture of telephone equipment for war use ex clusively, to insure that there shall be no shortages of tele phone equipment on the war fronts. Just before war started, the Southern Hell Company com j let cd a large program of expansion of central office and out side plant facilities. This enabled us to continue installing t"le??hones after the manufacture of telephone equipment for civilian use had stopped. Now, however, the normal reserves of switchboards, wire, i 1 !.*s and instruments have been used up, and we have r: in. people on our waiting lists for service. But war's needs r ' ir-t. so for some time we at home shall continue t ;w?.v the most and the best use of what we now have. T 11 \V .sso\, Carolina s \hwager Bell Telephoiie riid Telegraph Compnny INCORPORATED J. A Timpson. Vance Dockery and family visited his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Will Dockery. Sunday. Wayne H. Payne. P. O. 3 C is .^pending an 18 day leave with relatives and friends. POSTELL The revival at Swanson Church closed. last Monday night with the addition of seventeen new mem bers. Dewey Stiles of Gastonia visit ed his brother. M. C. Stiles ana other relatives and friends here. M and Mrs. Clarence Jones of Wehutty have moved to this com munity. and are living in the nou>o formerly occupied by E. F. lorrence. They are now operat ing the store at Postell. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Quinn of Cop perhill. Tenn. visited Mr. Quinn's b:o: ei. N. A. Q'ainn. Sunday. Mi. and Mrs. Dewey Br?ndle c 1 Akron. Ohio are visiting their parents. Mrs Brendle. and Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Quinn. Mrs Delia Suit visited Mrs Em ma Quinn last Sunday. MIDWAY Mrs. Edna Clouse and Miss Madge Hampton gave a party I recently honoring their brother. | Jack Hampton, on his 18th birth i day. All the young people of this I community were present, and a | ^;ood time was had by all. Miss Barbara Brown and Mrs. Francis Bristow left last week for Manchester. Tenn . where they are employed. Bon Brown of Midway. George b peers, Holt Pat ton. of Ha.vesville. and Phillip Penland of Asheville spent last week in Robbinsville. Mrs. C. B. Ragland of Hunts ville. Ala., and Mrs. Josephine McElrath of Mi Hedge ville. Ga.. visited Mr. and Mrs. Bon V aught last week. Dr. J. R. Bell Dentist Murphy General Hospital Phones: Buslaess 215 Residence 46 Murphy, N. C. Give New Life To Old Furniture Don't discard a chair or table be cause of a shabby appearance. A quick paint job will restore a lus trous finish ? yet it is a job you can easily do yourself. See our variety of colorful paints today. when you find ycur home depreciat ing in value as well as appearance, be cause of peeling, soiled paint ? decide to do a fresh job with QUALITY paints that will last long and prove most eco nomical. Paints to Make Your Floors Shine The good appearance of your home is enhanced by Jibe smooth glossy finish on your floors. Repaint them ^yourself with durable enamel paints for lasting wear and good looks. Tripod'# Best HOUSE PAINT $3.25 gal. Tripod's Best FLAT WALL PAINT $2.45 gal. Kem-Tone $2.98 gal. Hampton Hardware & Supply Co. PHONE 33 "The Friendly Store" MURPHY, N. C. YOUR LIBRARY j: By IX) KA KITH PAKKS. Librarian Nantahala Regional Library Last Spring ! sac waiting to , Hive a report to one of our coun ty boards of commissioners. The county agent was making his an nual report. He said that the chief agricultural problems of our section are: deple.ed eroded soil, an J low cash income. The solu- > : ion he indicated was first of all a deeper feeling of responsibility for soil management. He said that all farmers must participate in soil conservation. This can be accomplished t rough continu ation of present present programs more pasture, more fertilizer. Cash income can be increased ! through larger truck farming? ! beans, potatoes onions. Dairying programs need to be expanded. I he said. That same day plans were ! brought before t lie board for initiating a community recreation I center. Today a group of Murphy wom en were wishing for a communi ty frozen food locker. They won dered if one would not be possible after the war. Last week, while I was clearing out a file of clippings. I ran across a page from the "New York Times". It was dated August 29. 1939 a few days before England and Fiance declared war on Germany. Leading figures of all nations involved were pictured there. Those five years have been centuries for some people. A Dutch WAC visiting our commun ity recently, kept saying that Americans just don't know how lucky they are. The past fiver years may have been centuries for us. but there are a lot of five . year periods ahead of us. Is your Announcing The opening of my office in Mur phy, for practice of CHIROPRACTIC. Nature's own way to health, i Come in and get a correct analj- ' sis of your case. For high blood pressure, nervousness, gall blad der. prostate and other troubles. My office will open on August 9 in Maune.v Building. Dr. E.E. Smith < leading counting toward making the next five, the next ten years, more endurable for the communi ty. the nation, the world? Do you know these books? Moreland ?A Practical Guide 1 to Successful Farming. Gustafson ? Soils and Soil ? Management. Stewart ? Poods. Production. Marketing. Consumption. Gourley ? Modern Fruit Pro duction. Jull ? Poultry Husbandry. Loesecke ? Drying and Dehy dration of Poods. visits n.ovns Pfc. Edwin Paul Walls of Camp Breckinridge, Ky.. has returned after spending a fourteen day furlough with Mr. and Mrs. John Floyd of Hiwassee Dam He al so visited in Atlanta and Mari etta, Ga. Pfc Walls' home is in' the Rio Grande VaJley, Texas. He was once in the famous Second Division. Pfc. Walls holds the I good conduct medal and the Tn fantry Combat medal He } been in the Service for four year? Pfc. Walls is a friend of Pf< , D McKenzie. son-in-law of Mr and Mrs. Floyd. They served to] gether in the army for thrK, years, until Pfc Walls wa.s mZ ferred from their division before the outfit went overseas. Miss Clara McCombs is visit, n? her sister. Mrs. Ben Davis in Charlotte. " GIVE HIM BETTER LIGHT TONIGHT! AND HE'LL DO BETTER WORK TOMORROW! That man of yours ? NO MATTER WHAT HIS JOB ? is helping to defend AMERICA! Perhaps he is actually helping to build planes ? or ships? or tanks ? or guns ? or helping in the production of copper, lumber and other miscellaneous industries so vital to the war effort. Perhaps he is merely working harder at his regular job be cause of vacancies caused by army, navy, or industry. One thing is sure ? he is work ing harder than he ever did before. Any eyestrain tonight ... in his hours of relaxation . . . can rob him of the energy and alertness he needs for tomorrow's job. During these days of stress and strain it is doubly important to conserve our energy and our eyesight. So, in your home whereever eyes are used for close seeing, sewing, reading, working or playing, make sure you have protective light. IT COST LESS TODAY THAN EVER BEFORE. CITY OF MURPHY ELECTRIC DEPT. TIMBER FOR SALE At a meeting of the Town Council Monday, July 31, 1944, it was voted to sell all merchantable timber on the Marble dam watershed, down to 10 inches in diameter, to the highest bidder, bids must be based on board feet and must be in by Saturday, August 12, 1944 Along with the bids there must be a deposit of 25% of the bid. State sanitary requirements for cutting of this timber will be required by the Town of Murphy. For further information see the town clerk. The town reserves the right to accept or refuse any and all bids TOWN OF MURPHY E. L. SHIELDS, Clerk