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Consolidated with GRAHAM COUNTY NEWS Serving Southwestern North Carolina ? Cherokee, Clay, and Graham Counties VOLUME 56 ? NUMBER 50. MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1945. EIGHT PAGES TODAY ON PACIFIC INVASION DUTY -Coast Guardsman Forrest J. Plotl seaman first class, son of Mrs. Daisy A. Howell of 120 Wells St., Murphy. N. C., who is serving aboard a Coast Guard-manned IjCI in Pacific invasion waters. His irtiip takes part in amphibious assaults against Jap-held defenses. He is married to the former Doris Green of Chattanooga, A. J. Rose Dies At Unaka Home A. J. Rase, age 76, passed away at his home at Unaka June 27. Funeitt) was held June 28 at Unaka Baptist Church. The Rev. Mr. Smith, Rev. Fred Stiles and Rev. Mr. Moss officiated. He is survived by wife, and two sons, Gid and John, five daugh ters, Mrs. Fred Allen, Mrs. Earl Young, Mrs. Allen Dockery, Mrs. Lula Farmer, and Mrs. Ada Mash feu rn. It's your Business By Carl L. Biemillcr Although 4,500,000 faim people have left home acres for uniform or war work, demand for rural property is tremendous. Those who remember the foreclosures End sheriff sale riots of the "Thun dering Thirties" are beginning to fear another disastrous land boom. A Dept. of Agriculture survey showed farm values have risen 42 Per cent above the average in 1935 1939. Prices paid by city dwellers and war workers for "that place in the country" are far out of line with what the ?round can produce. And these two classes of buyers account for about one-third of farm purchases. land values increased 15 per cent during 1944. This increase was higher than any on record except for 1919-1920. And it is sad history that farmers who ?>ought during that period went into debt in the years of low pro duct prices. Many lost their 'arms, became tenant croppers, or were reduced to living standards they wouldn't keep the livestock on. Danger Point Reached The Secretary of Agriculture says "the fever of rural land in flation has reached the danger Point in many aTeas." Of course, the tait is increased farm income. According to the Federal Reserve Bulletin, both total cash income and net income t'J farm operators in 1942 were higher than any prior year. Com pared with war year 1917. cash in come was up 50 per cent, net to operators, 35 per cent. Even assuming commodity Prices will be higher after the Jap Wins the Nazi in the dust, it is not smart business to use war In C(?1e to determine the prices of land which will have to be farm- j in peacetime. The red light of inflation is | flowing. We hope it shines in the eVes of those war workers who are Planning to get a living from a farm if times are hard. And we It is seen by the men on the end of the plow for, after rt'? the fanner who has to live and cope with farm coodi War Prisoners Pass Through French Camp On Way Home With the U. S. Forces in Fiance - The names of North Carolina soldiers released from prison camp inside Germany were made public recently as they passed through a Recovered Allied Mili tary Personnel camp near a French port on their way home. After a 60-day furlough in the United States the men will report to an Army distribution center for either reassignment or discharge from the service. None of them will be returned to the European Theater. Many of the men passing through the camp have told stor ies of German atrocities, starva tion diets and foi'ced marches of hundreds of miles from one camp to another. Each has received any necessary medical care, food, new uniforms and been given an opportunity to purchase souvenirs. Local men are: Sgt. Virgil A. Kephart, Route 3, Murphy, and Pfc. Henry L. Sneed of Letitia. Middlesboro Defeats Murphy Middlesboro, Ky., Lions defeat ed the Murphy All-Stars Sunday by a score of 7 to 5. Murphy lead the way by 2 to 1 up to the fifth inning, 5 to 3 sixth inning; Mid dlesboro then made a two run lead. Murphy came up with bases load ed a number of times, but was un able to score at the right time. Murphy got 8 hits and Middles boro 10 hits, each team playing heads-up ball. Hunt, the Murphy All Star pitcher from Copperhill, pitched a swell game of ball. With the line-up improving each week, Murphy is going to have one of the best teams ir? rn >Torth Caro lina, Manager George Atkinson says. Murphy was helped out ty four players from Copperhill : Har ry McNally, Williams, Hunt and Turner, all of whom are familiar faces to the old ball fans of Mur phy. The lineup follows MURPHY Atkinson Williams Burch McNally Hughes Smith Portwood Fortwood Hunt Led ford McNally POS. 3rd base Center field 2nd base 1st base Left field Catcher Short stop Right field Pitcher Right field Right field MIDDLF.SBORO Ausmus Miracle Pierce Moorman Mays Petrey Buckncr Billingsly Hamlett Pitzer POS. 3rd base Center field 2nd base 1st base Left field Catcher Short stop RifTht field Pitcher Short stop Russell F Alt Given Citation With the Fifth Army, Italy - Private Russell F. Alt, whose wife. Fi ances L., lives in Andrews. North Carolina, machine gunner. has been cited by the 349tli "Kraut killer" Regiment of the Fifth Army's 88th "Blue Devil" Division and awarded the Combat Infantry man Badge for actual participa tion in combat against the enemy in Italy. Standards for the badge are high. The decorat on is awarded to the infantry soldier who has proved his fighting ability in com bat. Tile handsome badjre consists of a silver rifle set against a back ground of infantry blue, enclosed in a silver wreath. Revenue Stamps Are On Sale Collector of Internal Revenue, Charles H. Robertson, has an nounced that auto use tax stamps in the denomination of $5.00 were placed on sale in all post offices and offices of Collectors of Intern al Revenue on June 9. The stamps will evidence payment of the tax for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1945. The stamps will be serial ly numbered, and will be gummed on the face, and will have pro vision on the back for entry of the make, model, serial number and State license number of the ve hicle. Eyery owner of a motor vehicle which is used upon the highways should call at his local post office or at the office of the Interna! Revenue Collector and secure a $5.00 use tax stamp and affix it to his vehicle, the Collector said. The various post offices will sell the stamps over the counter for cash only and no mail order busi ness with \esi.^t will be conducted by the post offices. Col lectors of Internal Revenue are authorized to accept cash, post office money orders, certified and cashier's checks in payment of the use tax stamp. Personal checks will not be accepted. Queen Is Home From The Pacific Ernest C. Queen, M. M. 1/C of the U. S. Navy is spending a 30 ciay leave here with his mother, Mrs. J. H. Queen, and other rela tives. He has been in the South eastern Pacific theatre of war for two years. Queen received his basic train ing at Camp Bradford, Norfolk, Va? and Port Huencme, Calif., be fore going overseas in July, 1943. Before volunteering for the Navy in 1942, he worked with the T. V A. at Bristol, Va. He was a member of the 1007 Detachment of the Seabees and was stationed in the New Hebrides Islands. Advance In Smoke Screen OtEcial U.S. Signal Corpt Photo Soldlm W the Fin* Infantry Reftmrnt. Wh IMrWon, adtinrr ?"*?>* Jjl"' of ijiiiwi after thmrinc moke grenade* ahead. Too can help these boy th? raclik b, tajfa* Biffer Bond. In the S crmtk War MM B*f+ v ?? MAKES FINE RECORD ? Dev ero Martin, son of Mr. and Mi?. Fred Martin of Unaka. who has received four perfect attendance certificates. He has been neither absent nor tardy for the four years he attended Murphy high school. He also attended Ogi-eeta irrammar school two years with out being absent or tardy. He is the second graduate who has fin ished high school after graduat ing from Ogteeta grammar school. He graduated at the age of 16 from Murphy high school, where he completed a wood working course and made several useful pieces of furniture which his par ents are fond of, especially his chest of drawers and vanity which were made of cherry. Bible School At Lutheran Church 9th-20th ANDREWS ? A vacation Bible School will be held at St. Andrew's Lutheran church, July 9-20th from 8:30 to 11:30 o'clock each morn ing. The school will be under the dixection of the ,gjsto>\ Rev. W. Leo Smith. All courses offered in the school will center around the person of Jesus Christ. The curriculum will include the following courses: Be ginners: "We are Jesus' Chil dren"; primary: "Learning of Jesus'; juniors: "We Want to Know Jesus"; and intermediates: "Bible Challenges". Special attention will be given to music and hymn singing. Miss Rachel Beatty of Charlotte, will be organist, and music will be un der the direction of Mrs. W. Leo Smith. Also assisting in the school will be Miss Amelie Ewbank of Hender sonville, who is a graduate of Columbia Bible College, Columbia, S. C. Miss Ewbank will have charge of the Junior department. Business Circle Meets On Monday Mrs. Alvin Buchanan and Miss Susan Beck were co-hostesses for the meeting of the Business Wom en's circle of the WMS of First Baptist church Monday evening at the home of Mrs. Buchanan. The program planned by Mrs. J. W. Davidson, opened with the singing of "America" by the group followed by the Bible study by Mrs. Lloyd Hendrix, and pray er "That we may realize the privi leges and duties of American Citizenship", by Mrs. Buchanan. "Patriotism" was discusscd by Mrs. J. W. Davidson, and "Ameri ca, the Beautiful" was sung. "Mor al Standards for Ourselves" was the topic introduced ty Mrs. An nie Ruth Blake: Miss Addle Mae Cooke offered prayer that "Clean lives may prepare us for good citi zenship". "Moral Standards For the Family", "Moral Standards for the Community and Country", "Moral Standards for the World" were discussed by Miss Emma Louise Jenkins. Mrs. Anna Mae Jones and Mrs. Ruth Nichols, re spectively. "Lead On, O King Eternal" was the closing hymn, the watchword was given, and the meeting was closed with prayer That we may be true to our moral standards and may be good Christian citi zens of our country and of the world," by Mrs. Joe Hamilton. A social hour, with refreshments served by the hostesses, followed Cherokee Over The Top In Seventh War Loan Cherokee county went over the top in the ' Seventh War Lean drive. I he latest report, as of June 29, gave the county credit for the sale of $379,104 over-all, of which $136,410 were in series E bonds. The over-all quota was $226, 000, and the E quota $1 26,000. Chairman P. B. Ferebee states that the above figures will be swelled considerably when the final accounting is made. Miss Cornwell Announces Club Schedule, July Following is the schedule for Cherokee county home demonstra tion clubs for July, as announced by Miss Mary oCrnwell, agent. July 4. Postell, with Mrs. E. C. Swain at 1:30 o'clock: July 5, Peachtree, vrith Miss Dale Sud derth, at 1:30 o'clock: July 6, Violet, with Mrs. Pryor Hamby, at 1:30 o'clock; July 10. Bellview club room, with Mrs. Lassie Hugh es. hostess, at 2 o'clock; July 11, Liberty, with Mrs. Otis Ledford, at 2 o'clock; July 12, Slow Creek, with Mrs. Callie Morrison, at 2 o'clock; July 13, Sunny Point, pic nic at Bryant's spring at 11 o'clock. July 17, Grandview, with Mrs. Ralph Adams, at 2 o'clock: July 18, Unaka. with Mrs. Oscar Davis at 12 o'clock: July 19. Tomotla, with Mrs. John Keener at 2 o' clock: July 23, Marble, with Mrs. Venson West, at 1:30 o'clock; July 24, Martin's Creek school, at 1:30 o'clock: July 25, Valleytown. j with Mrs. Richard Waldroup, at 2 o'clock; July 26, Ranger, with | Mrs. W. W. Hall, at 1:30 o'clock; j July 27, Wolf Creek, with Mrs. W. L. Cole at 1 :30 o'clock. GETS COMBAT BADGE With the 78th Infantry Division in Germany ? Combat Infantry men's Badges for "exemplary con duct in action against the enemy" have been awarded soldiers of the "Lightning" Division in Germany, commanded ty Major General Ed win P. Parker. Jr. They include: Cpl. Henry W. Miller. Murphy, Route 2. REVIVAL BEGINS SUNDAY t UNAKA ? A revival will begin > at Beaver Dam Baptist church the | second Sunday in July. The Rev. ] W. T. Smith will conduct the ser- 1 vices with the assistance of Rev. j J C. Millsaps of East La Porte, j The public is invited to attend. TO PREAC H SUNDAY The Rev. R. E. McClure, exe cutive secretary of Asheville Pres bytery .will preach at the Presby terian church here next Sunday at 11 o'clock. The public is invited to attend the service. Bradford Doing Important Job Algiers, Africa ATC Air Base, Algiers ? Hold ing down an important job as As sistant Maintenance and Utility Officer with the Post Engineers at Algiers is 1st. Lt. Lewis P. Brad ford, Sanatorium, Miss., now com- ' pleting his 14 month of overseas duty. He is now stationed* at Al giers, one of the bases in the North African Division of the Air Trans port Command. With the war shifting to the Facific, the North African Division of the Air Transport Command ex pects to be busier than ever. In a recent month over 20,000,000 pounds of vital cargo were flown to the front lines. Lieutenant Bradford in his stay overseas has been stationed at Tunis and Teheran before coming to Algiers. He has aslo visited numerous cities including Casa blanca and Cairo. After his induction in October 1942, the Lieutenant attended O. C. S. at Boca Raton, Fla., and was stationed at Kelly Field, Tex as and Keesler Field, Miss., be fore coming overseas. Lieutenant Bradford, prior to his induction was employed as an engineer with the Tennessee Val ley Authority, Murphy, N. C? and attended Mississippi State Col lege. He is a nephew of Mr. and Mrs. Jamieson V. Scaife, Sana torium. Mississippi. ALL-DAY SERVICE POSTELL ? All Preachers and singers are invited to attend the Swanson church on the second Sunday in July at an all-day wor ship service. There will be dinner on the grounds. The Rev. Noah Stiles, pastor, and the Rev. Ear lee King and the Rev. W A. Brown of Warren, Ga., will start a revival on the night following the all-day worship. IN ASHEVI1XF ANDREWS ? Howard Ford, of the Seabees, who sustained a back Injury some months ago, has been transferred to the Naval Convales cent Hospital in Asheville. His wife, the former Miss Lenna Hamilton, lias been spending sev eral days visiting him American Legion Seeks Lasting Pcace Edward N. Scheiberling, national commander of the American Legion (right) advises Secretary of State- Stettinius (left) of the Legion's determination to see that a strong and lasting peace follows World War IJ. The Legion commander says: "Now that the cannons roar no longer in Europe there will emerge from present obscurity many organisations and individuals who seek ? 10ft peace, who would have America retire again into the false shell of isolationism. It is our duty, for the sake of future generations, to warn against this falae and dangerous doctrine. The forces of the axia power* must be kept In restraint. This is not a doctrine of hate, but the same common sense that pretenta the criminally in ?im frua attacking Inooctnt victims. * - - i> mi LOCATES HERE ? George S. Coble, owner of Coble Dairy Pro ducts Company, Lexington, who is establishing a plant in Murphy for condensing skimmed milk and selling sweet cream. This is the fourteenth plant that Mr. Coble has constructed in the develop ment of his business in this state. Major Adams Is Killed In Action ANDREWS ? Mr. and Mrs. Zala Adams received a message last Sunday that their son, Major Lionel Adams, is missing. Major Adams has been in the Pacific theater of war for several months. The second message came Sun day stating that Major Adams was killed in action. Hugh W, Rogers Is Commended Mrs. Lela Rogers has received v.ord that her husband, Cpl. Hugh W. Rojrers, has been commended for outstanding performance of duty in action, by Jacob L. Devers, Commanding General of the Sixth Army Group, "in our hour of tri umph, I salute you and the officers and men of the XV Corps. Your spectacular deeds, exemplifying the courage and resolution of pride and satisfaction. That the XV Corps was part of my com mand in the strujrgle now ended will always be a source of deep in spiration to me." Cpl. Roger's Unit also received a Citation, by Command of Major General Haislip. Jas. A. Watkins Gets Promotion Somewhere In The Western Pacific. ? Pfc. James A. Watkins, 31. of Andrews. North Carolina was promoted to the rank ol Technician 5th Grade effective June 1. it was announced today by Lr. Colonel Irwin Alper. MC, Com manding Officer of the 88th Field Hospital. Corporal Watkins is the proprie tor of James A. Watkins Store, he nas inducted on September 30, 1943 at Port Jackson. South Caro lina and received his Basic Train ing at Camp Lee Virginia. His principal duty is Stock Record Clerk in the Medical Supply Office with this medical unit on this Pacific Island Outpost. Corporal (Watkins held a similar position in detachment supply office during activation of the unit. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Wat kins of Andrews, Cpl. Watkins was born in Andrews, and graduated from Andrews High School, class of 1931. He also holds a BS degree from North Carolina State Col lege. His wife is the former Mary L. Almond of Andrews. Corporal Watkins was awarded the Good Conduct Medal for con tinuous soldierly excellence while unit was taking Special Training at. Camp Cooke, California in pre paredness for Overseas duty. Among his buddies in the unit he is known as a shrewd checker player.
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