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I * * * * # # * * * * Receipts For Past Year . Warrant This Service Three Thousand Dollar Increase Over Last Year; Made Progress For Past Years. According to information learn ed from'Postmaster John W. Mos teller, the office here is now en titled to free delivery service of the mails since the receipts dur ing the past year was high enough to warrant free delivery service. However the Postmaster pointed out that we probably would not get this service during the dura tion of the war, but it will be a great advantage to the people living inside the corporate limits of the town. Mr. Mosteller pointed out that the total receipts during 1942 were $13,041.00 as compared to the previous year of $10,073.24, and increase of approximately $3,000.00, the largest .percentage of increase in the history of the office. The following will give you an idea how the office has progress ed during the past fourteen years: 1929—Receipts, $6,363.40. 1330—Receipts, 6,688.06 1931— Receipts, 5,089.77. 1932— Receipts, 6,076.94 1933— Receipts, 4,653.63. 1934— Receipts, 6,468.81, 1936— Receipts, 6,323.58. 1936— Receipts, 6,593.41. 1937— Receipts, 6,984.93. 1938— Receipts, 7,568.23. 1939— Receipts, 7,997.46. 1940— Receipts 8,659.49. 1941— Receipts, 10,073.24. 1942— Receipts, 13,041.00 Cherryville is continuing to grew at a rapid pace, and as she grows the people of this area will be 'benefited to the extent - of mors and better facilities for its homes and also the advar tag sa of trading in Cherryville as our merchants will have a larger line of .high grade up-to-date merchandise for the people of this community to select from. When a town begins to grow, it helps every one in one wtay or another, let’s all pull together and make Cherryville one of the best towns in the state of North Carolina. It can be done. Cherryville now has a popula tion of about 4,000 people and if she continues to grow as in the past few years, we will have a population of 6,000 inhabitants in the next couple of years. 200 NAZI SUBS ROAMING SEAS London. Jan. 20.—In an at tempt to keep the tremendous output of Allied war factories from the battlefields, Adolph Hit ler was said by British naval ob servers today to be maintaining 200 U-boats of his fleet of per haps 600 at sea all the time. As the Germans gave indica tions of pinning their hopes more and more on an ever-increasing fleet of submarines, which many Allied leaders rate as the greatest menace to the United Nations, demands were heard in Britain for faster freighters to outrun the U-boate. An unofficial British estimate wae that Germany is building from 16 to 20 submarines a month —faster than naval observers here believe the Allies are sinking them. The German radio meanwhile boasts to the world that the new U-boats are able to stay longer at sea than the old ones and that they are getting torpedoes, sup plies and even new crew members from large “mother U-boats.” Germany now is reported to be building U-boats by prefabrication in much the same way as freight ers in the United States. Parts are being made all over Europe, it was said, and assembled in great bomb-proof caves and concrete pens in French Bay of Biscay ports. SHARE THE MEAT In cooperation with the govern ment’s Food Requirements Com mittee, the menus on Seaboard Railway’s trains contain a mes sage asking patrons to cooperate in the “share the meat” pro gram. Average portions served in dining cars are three to four ounces, which should be includ ed in travelers’ voluntary 2 1-2 pound per week quota. ELECTRIC CHAIR BILL IS KILLED Judiciary Committee Votes 7 to 1 Aga^ist Bill To Abolish Gas Chamber; Legislature In Adjourn* ment. RALEIGH, Jan. 20.—Senate Judiciary Committee No. 1 Toted 7 to 1 Tueday against a bill by Senator Chaffin of Harnett to abolish the State’s lethal gas chamber and return to the elec tric chair, which was abolished in 1935 Appearing against the measure ! were Penal Director Oscar Pitts. Warden Ralph McLean of Central Prison, Former Warden Hugh Wil son, Ftinner Warden H. H. Hon eycutt, Dr. W. G. Cheves, prison physician, Executioner R. A. Bridges and Chief Counsel Char les Rosr of the State highway and f uM^c works commission. For it were Chaffin and Wil lis Holding, city chemist of* Ral eigh. I Bridgets, who has been with; the jrison department since 1917' and executed 119 persons, des cribed conditions of bodies after' execution and said that in hisi opinion the gas chamber was t more humane. * Dr. Chores said he believed no pain was suffered by the condemned in the gas! chamber and that execution by gas more nearly a ..cached a ««t-, ural death. The average man, he said, loses consciousness within four seconds after the first whiff of the gas. McLean said the1 fumes rose to the condemned per son’s head within 10 seconds af- j ter the pellets are dropped into, the acid and the gas reached a ! maximum concentration in the death chamber wTthin 20 seconds. ' Chaffin contended that death by electrocution was quicker and | that if the state was going to | carry out capital punishment, death should be made as easy as i possible. He said, however, he had never witnessed an execu-' tion. The House appropriations com mittee Voted unanimously to fav orably report an amended Senate bill providing for the investment of $20,000,000 of the state’s gen eral fund surplus in short term paper of the Federal or State gov ernments. The Senate measure as receiv ed by the House provided for the investment of $22,000,000 in State or Federal long-term bonds. Judge Marshall Spears of Dur ham. who headed a gubernatorial committee which investigated con ditions at the State Hospital at Morganon, was invited to speak tomorrow afternoon before a joint committee on mental institutions. The legislature adjourned un til noon tomorrow in honor /of Robert E. Lee, whose birthday was today. Slicing Of Bread And Cakes Reduced Better get out the old bread ^ slicing knife, because it’s going to be very much in style after this. New regulations concerning sliced bread went into effect Mon- j day. They follow: No bread or rolls will be sliced; no bread will be double wrapped for sale, only six varieties of bread, no more than three of which can be pan bread can be I handled; for restaurants, hotels, I and institutions, not more than I ten varieties of bread, and not I more ^han three of these shall be I pan bread. I Some types of bread—rye,' I French, etc., are cooked on! | screens and not in pans. It is predicted that the volume of cakes for the maaket Will be greatly reduced, because all types of cane syrup and corn sugar are; being rationed to the bakers. TONY THAMER STROUPE Mr. and Mrs. Thamer Stroupe announce the birth of a son, Tony Thamer, Wednesday, January 13th, at the Crowell Memorial Hospital- Linoolnton. Mrs. Stroupe was formerly Miss Alette Sellers. I On The Pacific Pvt. Clyde H. Smith, sen of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Smith of Cherryville is stationed some where in the Pacific. His address is ASN 34431269 APO 8424 c,o Postmaster, San Francisco, Calif. He would like for all his friends to write to him. FATHERS TOBE DRAFTED NEXT —t— Washington, Jan. 20—Selective Service soon will announce plans to lilt the han on the drafting- of married men with children, au thoritative mines said today. It was learned that preliminary reports of a nation-wide survey by draft official* on the number of single men and childless married men available for call to the arm ed services showed that it would he necessary to call married men with children and collateral de pendents by the end of the sum Whan drafting- of these men become* necessary, it was said, these with collateral dependent* probably will be called first, then those with one child, followed by those with two. three, or more children. The plans on just how hoards will bo instructed to call those with children and collateral dependents are still indefinite. War Manpower Commission Chair"- Paul V. McNutt re fused to five any indication on how soon Selective .Service, now a bureau in his commission, will take this step. . He insisted that it till was “uncertain” when niar i ied men with children must be WARTIME RATIONING GUIDE SUGAR—Stamp No. 10 good for three pounds until January 31. COFFEE—Stamp No. 28 goodl for one pound until February 7. FUEL OIL—Period 3 coupons good for 9 gallons and valid through February 19. No. 2; coupons valid until January 22.1 No. 1 coupons expired December i 26 GASOLINE—Coupon No. 3 in A book good for three gallons i until January 21. No. 4 coupons become valid January 22. Tem porary T coupons will be issued directly until February 1, when thereafter they well be issued on basis of ODT certificates of war Necessity. TIRES—Holders of ration A coupons must have tires inspected by OPA on or before March 31. Ho'ders of B and C must get first inspections by February 28. WAR RATION BOOKS—Ra tion Book No. 1 is being current ly usrijfor the purchase of sugar and coffee. It will be necessary to possess Book No. 1 before the hourshclder can obtain ration book No. 2 for point rationing of various commolities, soon to be issued. To those not holding Book No. 1 the deadline for ob taining same was January IS. J. E. Britain Catches Large Hawk Mr. J. F. Britain caught a large hawk in a steel trap near his house Inst Wednesday nio’ning The hawk caught cne of Mr. Brittain’s hens on Tuesday and he set the trap and caught the hawk Wed nesday which meaaured 28 inches ■ from wing tip to wing tip. I Lions Have Meeting; IVw Members Taken In Seven New Members Added To Club; Doing Great Work Giving Needy Glasses. President D. E. Mauney, Jr., ipresided over the second regular monthly meeting of the Chsrry ville Lions Club which was held at the Woman’s Club House Tues day night. The meeting was op ened with the singing of “Amer ica” and the Lions Song” by the members after which Lion W. J. Allran asked the blessing and the members were served a delicious steak supper by members of the Woman’s Club. I he month of January is an nually set aside as Melvin Jones’ Birthday period at which time the clubs everywhere pay honor to the founder of Lionism by bring ing into the club new members. The Cherryville Club honored the Secretary-General by having sev en new menfbers join the club. Lion K. Hunter Carroll was re instated into the club, and Lion C. B. Newton was accepted into the club on transfer from Mur phy, N. C. The remaining live new members were Dewey F. Beam, Kenneth Mayhue, Rev. C. O. Groves, Ed Embree, and T. A. Carter. Past President Henry Michael presented these members with the Lions Club button and welcomed them into the club, ex pressing the hope that the Lions Club and the individuals would profit greatly b,v their coming in to the club. Secretary R. F. Smith read a letter to the club from “Uncle Charlie" Garland (colored) thank ing t&e club for a pair of glasses which had been given him by the club. One of tha “highlights” of the meeting was the report made at the culmination of the “Dollar Talent” enterprise. In Septem ber each Lion was given a dollar and told to see what could be done in causing that dollar to grow. The club realized a profit of $154.00 from the profit with some few members still to report. The plan for this project was proposed by Lion G. V. Lohr, and President Mauney thanked Lion Lohr for his interest and initiative in thinking of the enterprise to help the club financially. Lions E. S. Wehunt and D. O. RudisiU had charge of the pro gram and Lion Wehunt introduc ed Liou Claude Woltz of the Bes semer City Club as the speaker of the evening. Lion Woltz has re cently taken over the duties of Draft Board Clerk. He spoke briefly on “Loyalty and Firm ness” and said that when the victory ia achieved in the strug gle which is now going on that Americans must be loyal to the Christian principles which they adhere to, but at the same time there must be a firmness in the peace terms which were lacking in the last war. Lions John Wilson and R. C. Sharpe will have charge of the program for the first meeting in February. After the singing of “God Bless America” the meet ing was adjourn ad. At a special meeting of the Board of Directors it was propos ed and passed that the club raise the price of the supper plates from fifty to seventy-five cents. Members of the Womans Club serve these meals and the rise in the cost of foods necessitates an increase in the charges. The club was informed by Lion W. J. All ran that Cherryville was entitled to city delivery of the mails since the receipts for the past year had been high enough to warrant this service and the club went on rec ord as favoring this progressive ■tap. Harrelson Is Manager Of Kester Groome Co. Mr. Vernon Harrelson has ac cepted the position as manager i f Kester-Groome Furniture Com pany here, succeeding Mr. L. W. (^peed) ..Short, who has been manager of the store since it op ened here six and one-half years ago. Mr. Harrelson has had much experience in the furnitura lina and wa ara aura ha will make Kestar-Groome a #eod man in the Held hare. GASTON COUNTY SEEKSCANNERY Movement Inaugurated For Establishment of Pub lic Project. Gastonia, Jan. 1C.— A move ment was inaugurated here yes terday by the agricultural com [ mittee of the Chamber of Com merce looking to the establish i men! of at least one public can I nery in Gaston this summer with a probability that several com munity canneries may also he put ' into operation A committee com posed of Maury Gaston, county agent. Postmaster C. W. Bosh ammer and Secretary Brice T. Diekson of the Chamber of Com merce, was appointed to investi gate tlie need and possibilities for such an institution. They were in structed specifically to visit Clover, S. C., near here, where a public cannery has been unusually successful. In the early years of the depres sion, 1933 or 1934, a public can nery was operated here under the supervision of a government agency and was widely used by farmers and people who had truck gardens. A large quantity of veg etables and fruits was canned. It is believed that the equipment used at that time is stored some where in the county and the com mittee hopes to be able to locate | it. It is believed that, in view of the pending shortage in foodstuffs, that a very large amount of veg etables will be produced in Gas ton this summer. The committee was also charg ed with the duty of looking into the proposition of the establish ment in the county of a freezer locker plant similar to those in op eration at Clover and Kings Mountain. It is believed that a large amount of poultry, meats and even vegetables would be tak en care of through that method. SOIL CONSERVATION NEWS By R. J. SEITZ O P. SOUTHERLAND R. L. Cloninger, Route 1, Dal las, in the Dallas community, said that he had fed his last pitchfork full of hay to his livestock last week. In order to have enough to go through the winter in future years, he said that he was going to sow three additional acres this spring. The sericea hay which he has been using was mowed from a hollow in his field which serves as a waterway to take care of the water from the terraces. This meadow contains about an acre. Edgar Abernathy', in the Stanley community has recently received a shipment of 2,000 lob lolly pine seedings which he pur chased from the State Nursery. These seedlings will be planted on idle land which will prevent it from eroding and put it to work producing a future crop. This past fall, C. 0. Carpenter, Route 4. Lincolnton. in the Land ers community, received 2,250 brean and 150 bass to stock his one and a half acre pond. These fish were furnished by the Fish and Wildlife Service and made available through the Lower Catawba Soil Conservation Dis trict. This pond will help pro duce more food on the farm. James Benson, Route 2. Cher rvville, in the Cherryville com munity, has constructed approxi mately 1,800 linear feet of ter races with the use of a two-horse plow and a Martin ditcher. By using a team and drag pan, the banks in the lower spots were built up and the high spots along the terrace lines were graded. By following good maintenance prac tices in plowing the land each year, Benton can increase the carrying capacity of the terraeee and prevent theta from break ing. RECEIVES HONORABLE DISCHARGE SGT. PAUL II. BEAM, s< n of Mrs, J. M. Beam and the late Mr. Beam of Cherry ville who erlisted for service in the United States Anny in November and was commissioned as Sergeant and stationed at. Fort Bragg has received his Honorable Disability Discharge from the service. Sgt. Beam who is a member of the County Board of Commis sioners from C-herryville Township, Gaston County, has been on leave of absence since his enlistment and will return to civilian life and resume his duties. THIRD CLASS PETTY OFFICER CHARLES PARKER GEORGE, son of Mrs A R. George en listed in the Navy in August, 1042 and received his basic training at Norfolk, Virginia. Parker, formerly worked for the Dixie Lumber Company before he enlisted in the Navy. He is . .utioned somewhere in the British Isles. IIis address is: Charles Parker George, C. M 3 C. 8155 c o Fleet Post Office, New York, N. Y. 150,000 BOYS MAY MAKE USE OF ARMY’S COLLEGE PROGRAM YEARLY Knoxville, Tenn., Jan. 10.— I The army’s college program will be available only to approximately 150000 young men1 each year, Brig Gen. Joe N. Dalton disclos ed today. Dalton, assistant chief of staff for personnel, services of sup ply. said in a speech prepared for delivery to the Knoxville junior chamber of commerce that the program “is not designed to ofTer a nice, soft sjpot for young men who have been inducted into the service.” CADET CORPS At colleges selected for partici-1 pation in the army specialized training program, the soldier students will be organized into ai cadet corps under a commandant1 whose military authority will be j final, he said. “It will not be peseible to ut-1 ilize all colleges and universities,” Dal*on said A joint committee of the armv. navy and the man power commission is now select ing schools where required facili ties are available.” COURSE INSTRUCTION The army, Dalton added, will sign a contract with the govern ing body of each selected college under which the school will fur nish a prescribed course of in struction under its own professors, in a manner meeting army regu lations, and provide textbooks, laboratory supplies and other ac ademic equipment. Beyond that, the army will supervise and dis cipline its men. and give them in struction in military subjects. All the students must be under 22, and they will spend from 12 to 48 weeks in studies preparing for special duties in the air forces engineers, medical corps, dtami eal warfare, signal corps tm ad> jutant general’s deparemeat.
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