85 SELECTEES WILL GO MARCH 12TH.
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THE EAGLE TO MOVE TO LARGER BUILDING THIS WEEK
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New Location To Be
On East Main Street
Will Be Better Prepared To Serve The Pub
lic In New Home.
To Handle Complete Line of Office Supplies, Stationery
And Greeting Cards For All Seasons Of The Year.
The Eagle Publishing Company will move to a
larger buildinp- this week-end We will move to the
building formerly occupied by the Kester-Groome Furni
turfe Company on East Main street. The building is 5
feet wider and 8 feet longer than our present location,
naturally it will give us more floor space and enable us
to do better and much neater job printing.
We have been in the present location, publishing a
newspaper and doing job printing for the past 31 years,
and naturally it seems like home to us and we regret to
move from this present location, but due to the increasing
circulation to the Eagle, compells us to move to a larger
building, in order for us to do the mailing.
In our new building we will carry a full and complete
line o>f stationery, office supplies and a complete line of
Gibsons Greeting Cards for all seasons of the year.
We invite the public to yisit our new location any
time. Dial phone 2101 if you are in need of anything in
our line and we will give you prompt service.
BRIEF HISTORY OF
CHERRYVILLE’S NEWSPAPERS
THE EAGLE
The Cherryville Eagle was established in 1905 by the
ate John M. Madness. The original outfit was one large
job press and a rather small quantity of news type and a
lair amount of job type. As long as Mr. Magness ran the
paper ae owner and editor it was a small sheet of four
pages and the entire paper was printed on the job press,
one page at a time. The paper was printed and office
work done in the E. M. Berry frame building located
near the intersection of East First and North Mountain
streets, but soon after Mr. Magness acquired the outfit
and established the paper he moved over on East Main
Street and occupied the mezzanine floor of the Rudisill
& Aderholdt building, formerly occupied by the Carolina
Theatre, which burned out two years ago. The plant
was next moved into the back part of the Mel L. Rudisill
building and entrance was made from the rear door, the
public being required to go around the rear of the J. H.
Rudisill building (now occupied by the Houser Drug Co.)
and through the alley.
In June 1908 Mr. Magness died and after the paper
had been continued for a few weeks bj» the aid of Mr.
David P. Dellinger and other friends it was sold by Mr. j
T. B. Leonhardt, administrator, under order of the court
to L. H. J. Houser. The purchase price being $625.00 j
For some years Mr. Houser and with him certain asso
ciates and particularly members of the family and rela
tives continued the publication at the same location. !
In the course of time Mr. Houser secured a lease on
the front part of the building: and put in a large cylinder
press and a modern linotype machine, another job press
together with new type faces and increased the size to a
standard size newspaper. The paper was made a success
and the plant has been improved from time to time.
The present modern equipment includes the latest and
best in the way of linotype machine and rotary press, cap
able of producing the best weekly or semi-weekly paper
in the country and many thousand copies in a very short
time.
Upon the death of the owner in 1933, the present
editor became editor and the paper has continued to be
published. The job department has grown until it does
a large amount of business and even reaching out into
many other towns.
This paper has always been found ready to sponsor
all plans in the interest of all the people and the entire
community. It is always willing and ready to donate
space to all just causes.
THE CHERRYVILLE NEWS
The Cherryville News was the immediate predecessor
of The Eagle. This paper was run by Mr. John P. Book
er, a brother-in-law of Mr. W. D. Browne, depot agent
here, assisted by Rev. D. F. Putnam. Mr. Putnam did
most of the writing for some time and Mr. Booker did all
the other work. Mr. Booker had the plant under lease.
THE BAPTIST
The Baptist was the forerunner of the Cherryville
News. This paper was run as a religious paper in the
Oterest of the Kings Mountain Baptist Association. It
as published by a syndicate at Charlotte for some time.
A little later certain men at Shelby, Kings Mountain and
other places raised the money with which to buy the
printing outfit—which was later used In printing the News
and the Eagle. The Baptist was edited by Rev. D. F.
Putnam, and assisted by Rev. R. F. Tredway, pastor of
the First Baptist Church, Shelby, and Mr. L. F. McRrayer
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Red Cross Chairman
S M. BUTLER
Mr. S. M. BUTLER who has
been appointed chairman of the
Red Cross for Cherryville. This
iij pointment was made by county
chairman, \V. L. Balthis of Gas
tonia. Mr. Butler has been ap
pointed chairman for Cherryville
several times and ha9 always
made a successful drive.
9-MONTHS SCHOOL
BILL APPROVED BY
COMMITTEE
Appropriation Body Adopts
Spending Measure
Tentatively.
; Raleigh. — The nine-month
school bill, carrying a $7,014,309
allocation, was voted favorably
today by the joint appropriations
committee, which also tentatively
adopted its huge spending bill in
its entirety and appointed a sub
committee to study the measure.
An amendment to the school
bill, which the Governor request
ed, was adopted. It provides that
in each of the two coming school
years the 180-day period may be
reduced by him to 170 days if
revenue fails to meet expecta
Both senate and house bills,
which were identical, were voted
favorably.
DEATH OF MISS
SARAH E. BEAM
Miss Sarah E. Beam, 88, bet
ter known as Aunt Sallie, died
at her home Saturday, February
20th, about noon, following an
illness of several months.
Funeral services were conduct
ed from the home Monday morn
ing at 11:00 o’clock. Services
were in charge of Rev. J. E. B.
Houser, assisted by Rev. Mr.
Fisher and Rev. Mr. Wesinger.
Burial was made in the Bethpage
Lutheran cemetery.
Miss Beam, was a daughter oi
the late Mr. and Mrs. Jacob
Beam and a sister of the late
Peter C. Beam, Polie Beam and
Charlie Beam. She was bom
November 25, 1854.
Her sister, Mrs. John Queen
and family made their home with
Miss Beam. Surviving in addi
tion to Mrs. Queen is one other
sister, Mrs. Fox Craft.
FORMER EMPLOYEE
VISITS EAGLE OFFICE
Mr. J. P. Costner, _ who was
foreman and advertising direc
tor of the Eagle publishing Co.,
from 1927 until 1933 was a call
er at our office Tuesday after
noon. Mr. Costner moved to Lex
ington in 1933 and has purchased
a large Jewelery Store in that
city of which he and his wife,
Ola, are operating v’ery- success
fully and have prospered since
leaving Cherryville.
Mr. Costner was very well
pleased with the new and up-to
date machinery the company has
recently purchased and said we
were doing a wise thing to moVe
into a larger building stating wte
would be better prepared to
serve the public in our new home.
MUST REGISTER
IN NEW RATION
PUN FOR BOOK 2
The registration of the Cher
ryville area for War Ration
Book No. 2 started here Monday
morning and everything- has been
going on smoothly according to
reports from Superintendent W.
F. Starnes.
Registartion is being held in
the H. D. George building on
South Mountain street each day
and will continue until Saturday
noon. In the afternoons regis
tration is going on at the High
School building and continues each
night until 9 o’clock. Mr. Starnes
urges the public to register at
once as they will not be register
ing Saturday afternoon. The reg
istration will close at noon Sat
urday and everyone must have a
War Ration Book No. 2, and the
Superintendent is very anxious
for everyone to be sure they are
registered.
Ration officials here today
praised the efficient manner in
which school teachers and civilians
volunteers are handling the job
of registering the large number
in this community Co-operate
with them and register before
Saturday noon.
4,154 have registered for Ra
tion Book No. 2 up until 12 o'
clock noon today.
Funeral Services Held
For Kelly Chapman
DIED SUDDENLY SATURDAY
NIGHT OF HEARf ATTACK
Funeral services were conduct
ed from the Tabernacle Monday
afternoon at 4 :00 o’clock for Kelly
P. Chapman, 75, who passed a
way Saturday night about 10:30.
following a heart attack suffered
about thirty minutes earlier
Services were in charge of
Rev. Durham Whisnant of Lawn
dale, assisted by Rev. Timothy
Williams and Rev, E. S. Elliott.
Active pallbearers were Messrs.
Howard W. Allran, Lawrence L.
McGinnis, Garland Sigmon, Hun
ter Self, E. M. Quinn, and Joe
Flowers were in charge of Mrs.
Hunter iSelf with friends of the
family serving as flower bearers.
Burial was made in the New
Memorial cemetery.
Mr. Chapman was born and
reared in Burke County and had
lived in Cherryville for the past
28 years. He was married to Miss
Sadie Wise August 4, 1802. and
they celebrated their Golden
Wedding Anniversary last Aug
ust.
Surviving m addition to ms
wife are the following children:
John Chapman,. Mrs. Roy Quinn,
Ed Chapman, Mrs. Carl Hicks,
Walter Chapman, all of Cherry
ville; Mrs. J. V. Randall of Sal
isbury. Also surviving are five
brothers: Fate Chapman of Hick
ory, John Chapman of Hickory,
Jenk Chapman of Texas and Pink
Chapman of Valdese, together
with twenty grand-children and
six great-grand children.
Farm Loan Ass’n
To Meet Friday
Mr. R. E. Eaker, president of
the Cherryville National Farm
Loan .Association, announces that
there will be a meeting of the
stockholders of the association
on Friday afternoon, February
26, 1943, at two o’clock in
Pythian Hall- The operations of
the association for the past year
will be reviewed and directors
elected for the coming year. Mr.
O. H. Phillips of Mecklenburg
county will make a talk on the
“Production of Food and the
War effort.” ,A11 persons inter
ested in agriculture are cordially
invited to attend.
Get Tax Returns
Among the North Carolianians
receiving refunds on 1912 in
come taxes, in excess of $500,
were the following from Gaston
county: Estate of Stuart W.
Cramer, $523 W. D. Lawson Co.,
cotton brokers, Gastonia, $1,331;
Carl A. Rudisill, Cherryville,
$629.
RED CROSS DRIVE!
TO BE MARCH 5TH.
Our Quota $2,402.00.
The 194:j American Red Cross
War Fund drive will take place
throughout the entire Nation dur
ing the week of March 1 through
March 6 and S. M. Butler, local
War Fund Chairman, states that
our local drive will be made on
Friday, March 5th Cherryville’s
quota is $2,402.00.
To our Sons in service, the
American Red Cross is perform
ing uncomparable tasks at home
and abroad, to their families, as
well as all emergencies through
out our Nation. Wherever our
troops may go. there, too, goes
the Red Cross. The Red Cross is
the only institution permitted to
deliver food packages or parcels
to our boys who are so unfortu
nate as to become prisoners of
our enemies.
From practically every Ameri
can home there is some member
now serving in the Armed Forces
and everyone who is so fortunate
as to remain at home to carry nil
the important local activities,
should consider it a privilege and
a pleasure to contribute to a
fund which will mean so much
to the comfort and pleasure of
our boys in service.
Mauney Says Black
Out Here Not a Com
plete Success Tuesday
Mr. I). R. Mauney. Sr., chief
I Hir raid warden here, informed
us Wednesday morning the first
actual air raid practice for fher
ryville was not an entire success,
however, lie stated the town was
in darkness, but some of the cit
izens were confused to the new
siren blows. Mr. Muaney will
' have something for the paper
j next week which will he a great
I help to the public.
| Mr. Mauney urges the public to
co-operate with the air raid war
dens, as they ait? only patroling
and doing their patriotic duty.
He said some of the wardens were
I abused considerably Tuesday
| night and said the next time it
occurs he would have the parties
I prosecuted. The air raid war
| dens know the signals arid know
when the lights are to be out, Mr
! Mauney said.
Father Of Dr. E. S.
Wehunt Passes
Mr. Elijah Wehunt. SO years
of age, father of Dr E. S. We
hunt died at his home in the
North Brook section this morn
ing about 2 o’clock.
Funeral arrangements are in
complete, but will probably be
held at Bess Chapel church to
morrow afternoon.
Funeral Services
For J. C. Eaker
. Funeral services were conduct
ed from Bethlehem Methodist
church Wednesday afternoon at
4 o’clock for J. C. Eaker who was
found chocked to death at the
Morganton Hospital last Sunday
morning.
Services were in charge of
Rev. J. E. B. Houser. Special
music was rendered by Miss Mar
garet Houser and Miss Floe Beam.
Active pallbearers were Dean
i Houser, Vernon Houser, Carl
1 Eaker, Quentin Eaker, Glenn K»
ker and Elden Eaker.
! Flower girls were: Misses Vir
| gmia Houser, Blanche Houser.
Hattie Lackey, Kathleen Eaker,
! Hilda Eaker, Alma Houser. Mary
1 Lou Leonhardt, Margaret Houser.
Jessie Eaker and Mesdames Dean
Houser, Warren Eaker. Leonard
Gamble and Arthur Beam.
J. C.. was only 20 years of
age and a son of Mr. and Mrs.
Julius Eaker.
Surviving in addition to his
parents are the following broth
ers: Fred Eaker Dallas: Cone
Eaker, San Houston, Texas; Rus
sell Eaker of the North Brook
community.
Funeral services were delayed
j due to the arrival of Cone Eaker
who is in the army and stationed
in Texas. „ 1
Forty-Five Colored Men
To Leave March 10th
White Selectees To Be Inducted At Camp
Croft And The Colored Boys To Be
Inducted At Fort Bragg.
First To Join Legion
PAhft H. BEAM
S£t. Paul 'll. Beam, who recently
received an honorable disability
discharge from the U nited States
army, is now the first soldier
from World War II. to join the
American Legion Post No. 100
here. Sergeant Beam sent his
application into the Post last
Friday night.
Pvt. Warlick Neal
Laid To Rest Sunday
DIED FROM GUN WOUNDS
WHILE HOME ON FURLOUGH
Funeral services were conduct
ed Sunday afternoon at 3:00 o'
clock for Private Warlick N.
Neal, wlio was home on leave
from Camp Dav'is near Wilming
ton, and was found mortallv
wounded front the discharge of
a shotgun in a room at the home
of his father in law, Mr Smith,
in the Indian Creek section of
Lincoln county Thursday after
noon about 4:00 o’clock. He died
in ihe Gordon Crowell Memorial
Hospital about S :00 o’clock Thurs
day night. Private Neal had
neon ill with influenza.
Services were held at the
home of his' mother near Lin
cointon and burial was made at
Leonard Fork church
Young Warlick was a sun of
the late Dorns Neal and Mrs.
Neal. His father died last Oc
tober The deceased was 19
years and 10 days old, being
born February S. 1923.
Surviving are his mother, his
wife, Mrs. Lela Pravel Neal, and
the following brothers and sisters,
Charlie Neal, Junie Neal, War
ner Neal, J H. Neal. Mary Neil,
Pauline and Pruo Neal.
Mother Of Mrs.
R. C. Hardin Dies
Funeral services were con
,1 tic ted Sunday afternoon at three
| o’clock from Salem Methodist
church in Rutherford countx for
Mrs. L. M Wells, mother of Mrs.
R. C. Hardin of Cherryville,
Route 1. Mrs. Wells died at the
home of Mrs. Hardin last Satur
day aftei an illness of two weeks
Services were in charge of Rev
R. D. Jones of Forest City.
Active pallbearers were: Pvt.
Rufus Hardin, Clyde Barrett,
Hudson Wilson, Dwight Beam,
Jarvis Hambriek and Hershel
Wilson.
Flower hearers were grand
daughters, Misses Alma Sue
Hardin and Hazel Wells, Mrs.
Glenn Hardin, Mrs. Avery Mos
teller, Mrs. Hollas Fisher, Mrs.
Jarvis Hamrick. Mrs. T'orrenee
Carrel and Mrs. Clyde Williams.
Mrs. Wells was born on Sep
tember 2, 1857, and departed this
life at the age ol' 85 years 4
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Eighty-five white boys will
leave here Friday morning, March
12th, at 8:15 o’clock for Camp
Croft where they will be induct
ed into the service and forty-five
colored boys will leave on Wed
nesday, March 10th, to be in
ducted at Fort Bragg. The col
ored boys will leave at 7:15 A. M.
Charlie C. White, Lincolnton.
Boyd A. Ledwell, Cherryville.
David E. Carpenter, R-l, 'Res
semer City.
Loyd W. Craig, Ojus, Fla.
Harry E. Berry, Bessemer City
Sherman R. Fields, Dallas.
Johnny V. Green, Bessemer
City.
Hal M. Lindsay, Hamlet.
Henry W. Dellinger, R-l, Cher
ryville.
Ray D. Bookout, Dallas.
Julius L. Nifong, Rutherford
Henry E Farmer, Bessemer
City.
Cicero B1. Harris. Dallas
James K. Humphries, Cherry
ville.
Everett V. Harrelson, Cherry
C! /tries „ A. Roberts, Crouse,
R-! ' i
Charles E. Clemmer, Dallas.
Paul A. Hovis, Dallas, R-l.
Thomas W. Smith, Cherryville.
William L. Gonis, Cherryville.
Chalmer R. Leatherman, Cher
ryville.
David H. Rudisill, Jr.. Cherry
ville.
Grovei- E. Lay, Dallas.
Ernest R. Carpenter, Cherry
ville, R 2.
Bronee M. Shields, Bessemer
City.
Everette W Thornburg-, Dal
las, R-l.
Judson R. Black, Cherryville.
Fred D. Tallent, Bessemer
City.
Charles A. .Edmunds, Besse
mer City.
Robeit E. Daniel, High Shoals.
Jesse J. Cash, Cherryville.
James R. Cash, Dallas.
Braney M. Tennyson, Jr., Bes
semer City.
William F. Hallman, Bessemer
City, R-l.
Curtis L. Smith, Dallas.
John W. Canipc, Jr., Gaston
ia. R-l.
, Howard I.. Hovis, Stanley.
John N. Dixon, Bessemer City.
Louis K. Click, Dallas.
Robert P. Oates, Dallas ,R-1.
Chersle H. Huntsinger, Besse
mer City.
John A. Jackson, Cherryville.
Floyd Edward Abernathy,
Wiley A. Carroll, Bessemer
City.
Keid 1. Davis, Dallas.
(’;ul D Watkins, Cherryville.
Horace F. Poteat, Stanley.
Windred K. Wacaster, High
Shoals.
Percey S. Lynn, Kings Moun
tain.
Albert F. McAlister, Dallas.
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William F. Morgan, Bessemer
City.
William C. Smith, Dallas.
Alonzo Branch, Besemer City.
Raymond E Hook, Bessemer
City.
L. S. George Duncan, Cherry- '
ville.
Clint A. Jones, Ji'., Bessemer
City.
Willard F. Shackelford, High
Shoals.
Pinkney .1. Abee, Cherryville.
Hilbert L. Sneed. Cherryville.
Erman D. Busby, Besemer City.
Haskell P. Davis, Besesmer City.
Clyde L. Lansing, Cherryville.
Clarence J. Barker, Cherryville.
Henry L. Wright, Cherryville.
John C. Robinson. Anderson,
S. C.
Robert J. Ritter, Bessemer City.
Howard B. Gantt, Bessemer
City.
John F. Heavner, Cherryville.
James H. Black, Bessemer City.
Norman P. Beattie, Bessemer
City.
Wade H. Stroupe, Cherryville.
James E. Black, Cherryville.
William T. Roberts, Bessemer
City.
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