Consolidated with GRAHAM COUNTY NEWS
Serving Southwestern North Carolina ? Cherokee, Clay, and Graham Counties
VOLUME Mi ? NUMBER 33
MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. MARCH 8. 1945
"The Red Cross is *re at berauM
it reflects and is sustained by an
idea that is lodged in the emo
lloiis and in the const* iousness of
all the people. That idea is the
dignity of man. and the responsi
bility of all society toward its in
dividual members."?
Ba.*il O'C onnor
EIGHT PAGES Tlll-i WEEK
Penland Gets His
Beer Bill Back On
Favorable Calendar
Those few prophets who. early
in the session, expressed the view
tliat the 1945 General Assembly
would not reach final adjourn
ment until about March 15 were
then regarded by most observers
as tving unduly pessimistic. Wliat
was there to stand in the way of
adjournment by March 5th or
7th? There appeared to be no
gnat issues at stake which might
bring on protracted fights. There
were the biennial revenue and ap
propriations bills to enact, of
coures. but no one expected much
change or much fight on the rev
enue bill, except perhaps in com
mittee. The general fund surplus
might have invited many raiding
parties, but it was pretty well
ti.sposed of early in the session by
the defct retirement measure.
There would quite natural y be
fights of greater or less serious
ness over appropriations, but it
was generally expected that the
Joint Appropriations Committee
would work cut the bill, report it.
and that would be that. Tliere
were the biennial liquor and beer
and wine bills, but no one ex
pected them to delay matters very
much, whatever their fates might
be. But by the end of eight full
legislative week, with only ten
more legislative days left if ad
journment is to come by March
15. those few "pessimists" who
still held to the da:e of March 15
were being reclassified by many
as optimists.
SB 147 ? Introduced by Pen
land. February 7 'beer and wine
election) Feb. 28. reported un
favorably by Senate Committee
mi Finance. March 2. taken from!
unfa^rabl* and -jlacpd on fav- j
c ruble calendar.
HB 165 Introduced by Covei,
January 30 (Drafting by Justices
of the Peace ? March 2. reported
unfavorably by House Judiciary
Committe No. 1.
HB 437 Introduced by Cover.
February 16 (Murphy mayor and
commissioners' term February 27.
reported favorably by House Com
< Continued on page four)
Motion Picture
Red Cross Week
Is March 15-21
American Red Crass feature
pictures in interest of the War
Fund drive will be shown at the
Henn Theatres and Dickey Thea
tre March 15-21. which has been
designated as Red Cross week by
the Motion Picture Industry. An'
opportunity to give will be offer
ed to all threatre goers at the
performances during that week.
Mrs. Robert S. Bault 's theatre
chairman for the Cherokee coun
ty chapter of the American Red
Cross, and she announces that
the following committee members
will assist in the collections at the
theatres:: Mrs. W. G. Darnell.
Mrs. Duke Whitley, Mi-s. Jimmy
Ward. Mis. Robert Cox, Miss Mar
garet Curd. Miss Mary Lee Pel
met. Miss Virginia Ann Morgan.
Miss Mildred Farrow, Miss Bea
trice Robbins, Mrs. Wilbur Fi-ank
lm. Miss Laura Bynum, Miss Elba
Sneed. Mrs. J. C. Townson, Miss
Josephine Johnson, Mrs. Sam
Sj>ence. Mrs. Jack Hennessee and
Miss Elizabeth Ann Elk ins.
This chapter has a quota of
$5,900
SUNDAY SERMON TOPIC
"The Glory of Going On" will
I be the sermon topic.of Rev. Ralph
[ Taylor at Pi ret Methodist church.
Sunday at 11 o'clock.
I The second in a series of ser
j mons for youth will to delivered
! by Mr. Taylor at 7:30 p. m.
SERMON SUBJECTS
The subject fo rthe 11 o'clock
sermon Sunday at Calvary Bap
' tist church by the pastor. Rev. C.
A. Voyles. will be: Peter's Sin and
i Rrpentance". At 7:30 p. m. the
'.subject will be: "An Efficient
I Church".
FSA Families Are
Producing Foods
While the army, the navy, the!
marines, and ' the bombardiers
are subduing the Japs on Iwo Ji
ma. the 225 families on the Farm
Security Administration program
are adding their bit to the nat
ional food supply, so that there
may to no shortage of good in
the American fox holes on this
fateful island, states Ernest P.
Arnold, F.S.A. supervisor foi
Cherokee and Clay counties.
In 1944 these families planted |
2,358 acres of corn and in 1945 ;
tliey will plant 2.579 acres. In
1945 they are planting twice as
much wheat as they planted in
1944 and are increasing their le
gume hay crops 60 percent over
1944. They are also increasing
their potato and trucks crops 78.5
acres over 1944. They are not only
increasing the acreage but will
otherwise increase the yield by
the use of more and better ferti
lizers and by planting better
seeds. | They are making these
acreage increases despite the fact
that there is an acute labor
shortage on the farms, due to the
fact that the boys have been call
ed to the army and many have
responded to the plea for work
ers in defense plants.
Last year these 225 families had j
*15 milk cows. This year they (
have 500 milk cows. In 1944 they j
Produced 1.345 pigs and in 1945 1
they will prorduce 1.771. On these
farms they maintained in 1944.
10.494 laying hens, and in 1945
they will maintain 16,970 hens. In
1944 they produced 12.767 broil
0rs and in 1945 they will pro
duce 19,340. The increase in the
number of laying hens alone
means an added production of
some 60,000 dozen eggs.
The farm women on these 225
farms, for which farm plans have
been made, are also making a
record in the increased conserva
tion of the food produced on
these farms. In 1944 they canned
108.018 quart cans of food. In I
1 045 these farm women will can
128.069 making an increase of
more than 20.000 quarts. In 1944
these families stored 6.221 bush
els of food and in 1945 they will
store 14.035 bushels.
These families realize that if
the war continues there will be a
growing" 'demand for food and
they arc doing their part toward
seeing to it that our victorious
fighting men are not to be faced
with a food shortage. The farm
plans worked out with these 225
families also reveal that they have
an average net worth gain of
$292 per farm family. At this
rate of rehabilitation these farm
ers will be able to buy a comfort
able home within a period of 10
years. All of this is being done
by fanners with an average cash
incmoe of less than $1000 per
year.
Farm families who are unable
to get adequate financial aid from
other sources are made loans by
the Farm Security Administra
tion for the purchase of work
stock. daily cows, baby chicks,
feed, seed and fertilizers, as well
as loans to tenant farmers to
purchase farms Any honest, in
dustrious, low-income farmer who
cannot secure loans from other
sources may get financial aid
through the Farm Security Ad
ministration to enable him to in
crease his food and feed supply
which he is being urgenly called
upon to do by the National Ad
ministration.
ONE BROTHER IS KILLED Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Stlies. Murphy. Route 1. has received
word from the Navy Department that their son.
Hoyt Stiles. S 1/c. a^e 18. above center, has been
killed in action in the Pacific. They have not been
informed in what tattle he was killed. He parti
cipated in the French, Philippine, and Luzon in
vasions. Hoyt entered service at the age of sixteen.
re-ceived his boot training at Great Lakes, 111., and
Amphibious Training at Philadelphia, Pa.
M:. and Mrs Stiles have two other sons in
service Clayton Stiles. S 1/c left, stationed at
Bayonne. N. J., and Cpl. Wayne Stiles, right. Ma
rine Air Corps, now transferring from Quantico,
Virginia, to a destination unknown.
Nineteen Are
Arrested Here
On Saturday
Policeman Ezra Price states that
Saturday was a record-bleaker in
rhe number of arrests made in
town. Nineteen people were ar
rested, 18 o! them for public
tiinnkenes.. one for driving while
drunk, and one for disorderly
conduct.
Tried before Mayor M. W. Fain
Monday, those charged with pub
lic drunkeness were fined $2.50
and taxed with costs, which
amounted to approximately $11.85
in each case. In this list were:
Ed Moore. Max Newman. Frank
Mills, Delmas Dye, Ottis Burnett.
Sam Voyles. Fred Decker. Glen
Mann. Leoenard Moore. Robert
Johnson. John Byers. Bob Hed
cen, Clyde McCoy. Waller Mills
and Ruth Sutton. Roy S. Barker
an Andy Nation gave bond
amount not shown) for appear
ance March 17.
Allen Wise was bound over tc
superior court under a bond of
$200 for driving while intoxicated,
and Charlie Heggler. charged
with disorderly conduct, was fined
I $5 and taxed with costs of $13.85.
Bayless Gets
Meritorious
Service Award
Headquarters. Army Transpor
tation Corps. Europe Keeping
daily records of all trains handled
by the Second Military Railway
Service, and consoldiating all
tonnage reports that come in
from railway units is the job of
statistics office headed by First
Lieutenant Raymond H. Greene,
of 208 Prospect St.. Willimantic.
Connecticut.
This office is a section of the
headquarters of the Second Mili
tary Railway Service in Europe.
It submite weekly tonnage, equip
ment and territorial reports to
the Office of the Chief of Trans
portation and daily reports to the
commanding general of the Sec
ond Military Railway Service.
Recently, these men. as a part
of the Headquarters of the Sec
ond Military Railway Service, re
ceived the first award of the Meri
torious Service Unit Plaque ir
the European Theater of Operra
tions "for superior performance
of exceptionally difficult task.'
since arrival on the Continent."
Doing this statistical work are
Corporal Garland J. Talt^rt ol
278 Carroll St.. Akron. Ohio., Pfc
John H. Bayless of 112 Camp
bell street, Murphy, N. C.. anci
WAC Sergeant Jewell Moormar
of 4206 Speedway avenue, Aus
tin. Texas.
IN BELGIUM
UNAKA Pvt. Tommy Jenk
ins of Unaka has arrived in Bel
gium safely. He has one brothei
of Akron. Pvt. Jenkins is the son
ol Jerry Jenkins of Unaka.
IMPROVES
Miss Peggy Johnson, who wa
in Pet lie hospital last week, was
sufficiently improved to return te
her room at the Henry House
Saturday.
Business Club Is
Being Organized
Fifty business and professional ^
men of Murphy were called to
gether in a dinner meetuig at
Repeal hotel Thursday evening for
the purpose of forming a club
or association to promote the in
terests of this section. It was gen
erally agreed that the organiza
tion be called "The Business
Men's Club", but it was not voted
on.
J. B Gray, who presided, was
elected temporary chairman. R.
W. Easley. Jr.. was elected tem
porary secretory- treasurer. The
following were appointed on a
temporary board of ri nt Dr.
W. A. Hoover. Jim Gibbs. V. M.
Johnson. C. L. Alverson. P. J.
Henn. Frank Forsyth. Frank
Ellis. Miss Addie Mae Cooke. T.
A. Case, and W M Fain.
The board is to meet this week
and map out some regulations
and rules for the club. A perma
nent organization will be formed
at a general meeting to be held
within a month.
H. Bueck. superintendent of
Murphy schools, was the principal
speaker. He declared. " Unless we
do something for ourselves we are
not going to be able to meet the
('egree of living to which we have
accustomed ourselves. Pooling our
assets and advertising them will
pay dividends. We wish to sec
the good business that this coun
ty has enjoyed continued."
Brief talks weie made by The
Rev. Ralph Taylor, on behalf of
the churches: J. D. Elrod. 011 the
dairy industry; A Q Ketner, on
agricultural possibilities; W. O.
Hoffman on mining T A. Case
on forestry; and numerous others
who expressed themselves favor
able to such an organization.
I
IS TRANSFERRED -Giles P. [
Bryson S 2/c R. M son of Mr. .
and Mrs. Arnold Bryson of (
Marble, who has been transferred i
? to San Bruno. Calif . for further j
? training before being sent over- j
? seas. Bryson entered the Navy
May 1. 1944 and received his six
\v< eks boot training at Camp i
Perry. Va. He was sent to Au
> burn. Ala., to radio school and
> then to Noroton Heights training
) school.
; Bryson graduated from Andrews j
high school in the class of 1944
ON IWO JIMA ? Pfc. W. R. I
Martin. Jr.. who was with the,
5th Division that landed on Iwo |
Jima, recently. Pfc. Martin is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Martin
of Unaka. He has been in the U.
S. Marines 19 months. He took his
basic training at San Diego. Calif.
He also has two brothers in ser v
ice. S Sgt. Kermit Martin, who
Is on the Wesiern fromt. and
Sgt. Lee Martin, who is some
v.here in the South Pacific. W. R
Martin is principal of Unaka
school.
Mrs. Dakin Is
Freed From Jap
Prison Camp
Mrs. Bessie May Dakin. daugh
ter of Mrs. C. M. Sneed of Mur
phy R. F. D. No. 2. Box 163, has
keen freed from a Japanese in
ternment. camp where she had
been held for about three years,
according to a message received
by her mother.
The telegram informed Mrs.
Sneed that her daughter had
been freed from Los Banos in
terment camp, but did not men
tion Mrs. Dank ill's health and
did not advise whether her hus
band had been rescued or not.
Mrs. Dakin and her husband
had been in the same intemmen*
camp for at least a i?art of their
interment, but Mm. Dakin ap
parently had been moved since
her family heard from her last.
The Cherokee county native,
who lived in this section for a
number of years, went to the
Philippines with her husband
about a year before the war
started. Her husband was in the
mining business and she was a
nu use .
Svlva Pastor
Preaches Sunday
Rev. C. M. Warm, pastor of
Sylva Baptist church, will preach
a* First Baptist church here Sun
day morning at 11 o'clock, and
the Rev. R. Lane Akins will
preach at 7:30 p. m.
$2,500 Is Contributed
In Red Cross Drive
Captain Miller
Transferred To
Prison In Japan
Mi*s. E. S. Miller lias received
a message from H P. Cooper of
Atlanta who was in Washington
last week, that he learned through
Congressman Ramspeck that Cap
tain Edward S -ail) Miller was
transferred from the Philippines
to Japan. Following is the word
leceived :
"Bill was transferred to Japan
with a group of other American
prisoners of war prior to the
American invasion of the Philip
pines. Pinal report in Washing
ton listed as reaching Japan well
and in good health. A special flag
has been placed by Bill's name
so that any additional information
will be forwarded immediately "
Red Cross Aids
In 98 Cases
During February
The Cherokee county chapter
of the American Red Cross, in its
home .service office, dur ing the |
month of February handled 98
cases for service men and fami-|
lies ? ninety-f've cases were closed]
and three continued.
The cases acted on were divid
er! as follows: Active service men !
and dependants: inquiries and
messages. 26 army and seven na
vy: activities re prisoners of war,
four: information only. 36 army
and 18 navy: social histories, one
army and one navj: furlough
and furlough extension verifica
tion. four army and seven navy;
ieport on health of serviceman's
family, nine army and five navy:
other reports, one army assist
ance with government benefits,
six aim and 10 navy; consulta
tion and guidance, two army and
two navy; referral to other agen
cies, one army and one navy.
Ex-servicemen and dependants:
assistance with claims for death
pension, two army: assistance
with insurance claims three
army; information foui army:
consultation and guidance, two
army: referral to other agencies.
no army; other services, two
army.
Civilian and other: inquiries
and messages, one army informa
tion. six army.
The home service office, di
rected by Mrs. H. G. Elk ins. chair
man. and Mrs. Robt. S Bault.
secretary, states that services to
veterans are greatly on the in
crease.
Wilson Wounded
A Second Time
A telegram received by Mr. and
Mrs. George Wilson of Murphy.
R.F. D. No. 1. stated that their
son. Pfe. George J. Wilson, was
seriously wounded in action on
Leyte Inland, December 20.
Pfe. Wilson is with the first
cavalary division and has spent
20 months overseas This is the
sceond time he has been wound
ed. No word of his condition has
been received.
The 1945 War Fund drive of
the Cherckee county chapter of
the American Rtd Cross is por
grcssing nicely. according to War
Fund Chirman Hairy E. Bishop,
who states that approximately $2.
500 has bern contributed. The
goal i> $5,900
Mr. Bishop urges all workers to
complete their canvass at the
earliest possible date, and turn
j in their reports, so that the cam
I paign will not drag out to the end
of the month
Murphy All -Stars and Hayes
ville All-Stars played here Monday
night in a game for the benefit of
the Red Cross war fund, bringing
in a total of $24 75.
Special gifts. $25 or up. already
reported are as follows: Those
giving $25 each were: Man Shop.
Murphy Hardware Company, J.
W. Davidson. C. E Weir. W P.
Forsyth. E. C. Moore. L. L Ma
son. Dale Lee. E. P Hawkins, H
M Whitaker. S. N. Botoo. Paul
Owenby, Mis. Maude Dickey.
Standaitl Service Station by I?o
ren Davis. Sheridan Stiles, J. B
Mulkey, J. W. Franklin. W. M.
Fain, W E. Hampton, Grover C.
Mauney. Murphy Sinclair Station
by Howard West, Dr. Robert Cox.
Cherokee Scout by Addie Mae
Cooke, W P. Odom. A & P Tea
Co.. W M Lay & Co. J. E.
Graves. Gay Hawkins. Ross Lov
in good. J. D. Burch. Robert Wea
ver.
Those giving $50 each were: H
E. Dickey, H. E. Bishop. Dr. J.
R Bell. W. M. Mauney. L M
Shields, D W A. Hoover.
Tliose giving $100 each were:
E. G. Brumby. Jr.. a friend. Rag
land Bros. Company and Hhe H.
1'. Hackney Company.
Those giving $150 each were:
j Citizens Bank and Trust CO.. Muir
j phy Box and Foioriny M-uiufac
| turing Co.
Other special gifts perhaps have
been contributed to the workers
but have not yet been turned in,
because the workei-s have not
not completed their canvas.
Hayden McClure
Killed Tuesday
In Gastonia
Funeral services for Hayden
McClure. 30. of Gastonia. who was
killed there Tuesday, were held
Friday morning at. 10 o'clock at
Ropers chapel, with the Rev. Fred
Stiles and the Rev. Freed Town
send officiating. Burial was in
the church cemetery with Ivie
Funeral home in charge.
Pallbearers were Bluin Haney.
Claude Jones. Grady Ballew. J. H.
Lane, C. G McClure. and Jess
Nix.
Surviving are the widow, four
children, his parents. Mr. and
Mrs Julius McClure: five broth
ins. Lum McClure of Fontana
Dam. V iiril of Blairsville: Wil
lard. Charlie, and Willie Ray Mc
j dure of Murphy; three sisters,
1 Mrs. Lurlie Haney. Mrs. Ella
Mann and Mrs Luna Jones, all of
! Cherokee county.
ATTENDS \\ \R FINANCE
DIVISION MEETING
Mrs. H Bueck attended a meet
ing of regional and area chair
1 men of the War Finance division
in Raleigh during the past week
end. She was accompanied by Mr.
i Bueck and their son. H. C.
W.N.C. Tournament
To End Saturday
The W N. C. basketball tourna- ,
inent starts Thursday, with games i
:n Robbinsville and Murphy. Rob
i insville boys will play Nantahala
bv.vs ;i : 8 p. m.. and Hiwassee Dam
' I
and F ?ntana Dam will meet at 2 i
i m. Tlie semi-finals for the win-,
ners of these two games will be j
Fii ay. at 2 p. m.. in Robbins- j
\1lle.
Hayesville and Murphy boys j
will meet Friday at 8 p. m.. in
Murphy. The finals will be in I
Robbinsville Saturday evening at
f:30 o'clock.
On Thursday at 1 p. m.. the
Murphy girls are playing Nanta
hala. in Murphy, and the semi
finals with Haycsville will be
Friday at 7 o'clock, in Murphy.
On Thursday at 7 p. m. Fon
tana Dim and Robbinsville girls
will play in Rottoinsville. Semi
finals. with Hiwassee Dam will be
at 1 p. m. Friday, in Ilobbinsville.
The finals will be at 7:30 Satur
day, at Robbinsville.
The referee will be J. K. Ke-enan
of Hiwassce Dam.