THE HARRIS HERALD
Only Negro Newspaper in
Rutherford County.
THEN
RUTHERFORD COUNTY
Population 45,577.
AgHcultwraJ Manufacturing
Center.
Summer resorts.
VOLUME 1—NUMBER 1
HARRIS, N. G„ JANUARY, 1946
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Rutherford Goes Over The Top In Victory Loan Campaign
OVERALL QUOTA
IS EXCEEDED BY
SIXTY PER CENT
Total Of $1,374,662 Worth
Of Bonds Sold In County
During Campaign
$296,445 E BONDS SOLD
Rutherfoi'c) county went jwell
over the top in the Victory Loan
drive, exceeding her quota in both
E bonds and other class of bondij,
according to W. W. Hicks, Ruth
erford county chairman of the
Victory Loan drive.
A total of $296,445 worth of E
bonds were sold against a quota
of $275,000, according to reports
received today by Mr. Hicks. The
quota was oversold by $21,445.
According to the chairman, there
are yet small amounts to be add
ed to both the soles of E bond.s
and other types of bonds, as com
munity chairmen have been too
busy since Christmas to make final
and complete report.s.
The county’.s overall quota was
$886,000. A total of $1,.874,662
was sold, or an excess of $488,-
662. Thi.s was more than sixty
per cent over the quota. It is be
lieved that the excess sales will be
well over $500,000, when final re
ports are made from all of the
county’s corainunitie.s.
This has been one of the coun
ty’s most difficult war bond
drive.s'. In the previous seven
campaigns Rutherford exceeded
her quotas by 30 to 100 per cent,
h, F l,i>’nl ;iiul fwc'all qm+ns.
The campaign just ended has re-
iiuired considerable promotion to
make it a success.
It is believed that the Victory
Loan campaign wiU be the la-st
bond drive sponsored by the gov
ernment.
Pers onals
HUNTING MINES OFF JAP COAST
“GUINEA PIGS,!’ they call Ihem.selves—sailors of the “gr.nea pig
squadron”—but Albin Seheppner (above, left) of Erie. Pa., and
Harvey Hunter, of Vancouver; Wash., prove worthy of tradition as
with their comrades they go about locating live U. mines in the
waters off Japan. Hazards are real, as suggested by the padding and
tank helmets shown in the wheelhouse of the Jose>/n Holt and as told
in news of the sinking of the Mini,vet “with moderate lass of life.”—
Navy photo. . (International)
Sesqui-Centennial
Of A. M. E. Zion Church
FARMERS ASKED
TO SIGN FOR ACU
SOIL PRACTICE
Applications For Payment
Under Farm Program
Must Be Turned In
C/P Eugene Petty, of Doggett
Grove, who recently returned
home after spending 39 months
overseas, will continue his educa
tion under the G. I. Bill of Rights.
He made an excellent record in
service as court reporter, stenog
rapher, clerk and typist.
Rev. C. G. IVIcKinney, ex-pastor
of St. John church, Rutherfordton,
has been appointed P. E. of the
Hendersonville district.
Rev. A. M. Goodwin, of Lex
ington, will succeed Rev, McKin
ney at St. John.
Rev. W. R. Bomer is the new
pa.stor of the New Bethel Station,
Fore.st City.
Rev. L. B. Burge, pioneer Bap
tist minister of Spindale, is an in
teresting person and has a message
of cheer for everyone.
The following students spent
the Christmas holidays at home:
Miss Ruth Goode, of Allen Home,
Asheville; Margaret Bristol and
Helen Williamson, of John C.
Smith University, Charlotte; Doro
thy Davis, Livingstone College,
Salisbury; Louise Miller, of A. &
T. College, Greensboro, and Mil
dred Seller and her guest, Evelyn
Faulk, of Shone University,
Raleigh.
C/P Johnnie Ray Camp, of
Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., spent
the holidays at home with his
father, Ben Camp.
To Mr. and Mrs. Will Bristol, of
Avondale, goes the proud distinc
tion of having three sons in the
U. S. Army. They are John Wil
liam, Frank and George. They
are making a fine record in the
service. Frank and George were
recent graduates of the Graham-
town high school. Forest City.
The editor spent Sunday night,
December 30, in Asheville with
Dr. and Mrs. R. M. Matchell, Sr.
He spent Monday in Asheville on
business.
Due to sickness and severe
weather, some of our reporters
failed to send news, however they
will report in the February issue.
M. E. Zion Church To Ob
serve Its 150th Anni-
versray This Year
Whereas, the A. M. E. Zi.on
church was founded in New York
City, 1790, and whereas, this was
the . first negro organization in
New Yoi’k and in the United States
save one other attempt, and
whereas this organization has
.spread throughout America to
Africa, South America and the
Southern Islands and is now ap
proaching its 150th anniversary in
1946 and whereas this great
church has been a blessing to hun
dreds of thousands of race people
in creating living, soul saving and
practical race work such as edu
cation, home building and general
social uplift and political and
busine.ss leadership, and whereas,
it has led the race in establish
ing character, erecting churches
and institutions, and making op
portunity for the better life, and
whereas, this is a day of recon
struction and looking forward to
ward the expansion of freedom
Under its new interpretation and
Christian evolution, the issue
from the bloodiest war of history,
and whereas, the needs of our
church are growing increasingly
great for the manning of these
institutions to meet the expand
ing demands -and competition of
our time upon the helpful influence
of this most useful .negro Chris
tian organization. Be it resolved,
that we celebrate the 150th anni
versary including a period of two
—Turn to Page Three
DOGGEn GROVE
CHURCH NEWS
This is to remind all producers
who have not signed the,',r 1945
applications for payment under
the ACU Program that December
31, 1945, is the dead line for car
rying out .soil building practices
and u.sin,g' conservation materials
received through the AA.A office.
The county office has already
sent in 550 applications for pay
ment, and checks should be com
ing out to the individual produc
ers at any time.
The county office is ready and
waiting to work out any produc
ers application just as soon as he
files his report.
Let’s all work together and get
the 1945 program out of the way
in order to take up the new pro
gram for next year. Notices are
being sent to all those who have
not coinjileted their applications,
so if you are one of this group,
hurry to the county office and get
your name in the pot for the 1945
rental check.
Dairy Production Payments To Be
Made During March
This is to advise all dairymen
and any other.s who are selling
whole sweet milk that payments
for October, November and De
cember will^ be piade be.ginnijig
I’he rules are Lie same for IJiis
pay peil.od as in forme." months,
which means that payment will be
made for milk produced and sold
during the months of October, No
vember and December. In order
to be eligible for payment the pro
ducer must furnish the county of
fice with a daily record of sales
—Turn to Page Three
Staff Correspondent Mamie
S. Ford, Writes
Personal Items
The Ogden and Volstate are
two of the best varieties of soy
beans for eil and hay, says the
Agricultural Experiment Station
at State College.
We, the members of Doggett
Grove A. M. E. Z. church, put on
a rally for the first Sunday in De
cember to raise money to pay off
the indebtedness against our
church. It was stated that the
men were to pay ten dollars, and
the ladies were to pay five dol-
ars on that day.
We were expecting to have with
us on that day Dr. H. T. Medford
and Elder Houston, but they were
unable to come. We had instead
on that day Mr. Miller and his
choir , from Spindale and Mr.
Lynch and his choir from Harris.
We also had with us that day vis
itors from Henrietta, Spindale,
Forest City and Hjarris.
The rally resulted in rais,i,ng
$261.01. Everyone responded
nicely. Rev. W. L. Goode, of
Lowell, N. C., is pastor for an
other year.
“The pear is not yet ripe,” ex
claimed Napoleon dmlng the time
he was at the peak of hi.s military
genius. Though he had won fame
in the hearts of the French people,
he felt that he must fight more
battles, win more victories, con
quer more nations and cause more
suffering before he reached his
pinnacle. Napoleon’s pear never
ripened because he won his way
to fame and fortune through a
sea of blood at the perilous price
The Herald has been mailed to
many of our fri,ends. If yon like
it, won’t you please send in yoiii
subscription today?
All of our service men should
read the Herald. Subscribe for
them.
To Receive Silver Beaver Awards
DR. K. W. CARVER
J. J. TARLTON
RALPH A. DICKSON
The three above volunteer leaders of the Piedmont Council, Boy Scouts of America, will receive
Silver Beaver awar Is for outstanding service to boyhood at. the annual meeting and banquet of the Pied
mont Council which will be held at the Boy Scout headquarters building in GastSnia on Tuesday night,
January ,15, at 7:00 o’clock. The Silver Beaver award is the Irlghest award which is presented to Scout
leaders, by the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America upon the recommendation of a Boy Scout
Council. Dr. R. W. Caiver, superintendent of city schools. Hickory, has long been associated in the work
of the Boy Scouts of America, having served as the council vice president lor Catawba county since 1940.
He has served as a member of the executive board of the council since 1938, and in 1938 and 1939 served as
the chairman of the council committee on school relations. Prior to that time, he has served Scouting hi his
home community and has a lofig record of outstanding seivlce in the Scouting program-. Under his leader^ip
Scouting in Catawba county has made- much progress. J. J. Tarlton of Rutherfordton, county supffin-
tendent of schools for Rutherford county, has served actively in Scouting since 1926,..seiving first as Sdout-
master, and«m 1938 being elected to membership on the executive board of the Piedmont Council ^and as
county vice president for Rutherford county in which position he has served'ilb to the present time.,Mr.
Tarlton has an outstanding. record of service in work in behalf of ybuth and especially in the progi-am. of
the Piedmont Council, Boy Scouts of America. R. A. Dickson of Gastonia, member of trfe firm of Moore &
Stewart, IncJ( became a member of the executive board of the Piedmont Council in 1940 and has served
continuously since that time. In 1941, he served as the chairman of the annual Boy Scout finance campaign
in Greater Gastonia and in 1943 he .served as the chairman of a special drive, for funds in Greater Gastonia
juf Luc! i--iedru'oi'ii;''Hu.v bcoiu, Camp uaiiuiiig land, ne iiks lUtewise Sti’ved as a‘men.. ;r of the rroop com
mittee of Troop 11, Gastonia, and as the chairman of the Greater Gastonia district committee of the Pifd-
mont Council since 1943. His record of service has been especially outstanding.
NEWSPAPER IDEA
HAS MET WITH A
FINE RESPONSE
Negroes Of Rutherford
County To Have Own
Newspaper Each Month
GETS GOOD SUPPORT
West End News
■Wilfart J. Camp has re-enlisted
in the army. Robert B. McEntyre
has also re-enli.sted.
Erwin Camp has received a dis
charge from the navy.
Rev. W. L. Goode, who is serv
ing his second year as pastor of
Hopewell church, filled his regu
lar appointment December 23.
The church extends a cordial wel
come'to visitors at all times.
Rev. E. 0. Bass, pastor of Je
rusalem church, also extends an
invitation to visitors. A new
church will be built under the
leadership of Rev. Bass.
Miss Reubema McEntype visited
Miss Mattie and R. B. McEntyre
during the holidays.
Golar Harris has been indispos
ed for a few days but is now im
proving’.
Ceif McDowell Is building a new
home and hopes to move in soon.
We regret that Mr. Lee Camp
and family are moving away. We
wish them much luck, health and
happiness in their new home near
Bethany.
M|rs. Edna Garrett, who has been
sick for several months, hopes to
recover completely soon.
Mrs. Carrie Harris underwent
an operation at the Rutherford
hospital on January 2. It is the
prayer of her many friends that
she will soon be well again.
Mrs. Caroline Lynch, of Spin-
dale, visited Mr. and Mrs! Harri
son Proctor during the holidays.
Employment|Service
Set Up To Give Aid
To Returning Vets
Manager Earle W. Justice
Points Out Advantages
Offered By Office
'Never say a woman is lovely un
til you see her get mad. If there
is trash in her, wrath will .make
her as ugly as home-made sin.
The world carry-over of cotton
stands at 26.6 million bales as
compared with 22 million bales
before the war.
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of greed, selfishness, arrogance,
covetousness and dishonesty. Con
sequently his fame perished with
him.
Indications seem to point to the
dawn of a new^ era for the Ne
groes of Rutherford county. Here
and there ambitions are manifest
ed, ideas are conceived, advice is
sought, help is solicited, sug-ges-
tions are welcomed—a be.ginning
is made. The helpful phase of
many of these beginnings is that
they seem to take a logical se
quence.
Before one begins any worth
while undertaking there should be
a rvaiting period, a period of pre
paration. This period of prepar
edness should include among other
things: 1. A thorough understand-
—Turn to Pago Three
Co-operate with your commun
ity reporter by giving them news.
In an interview with Mr. Earle
W. Justice, mana,ger of the United
States Employment Service, office
in Rutherfordton, we secured
some information that we think
should be of interest to our read
ers, as it has to do with matters
that have a very important bear
ing on many phases of the inter
ests of our entire section. .
One of the n atters of supreme
interest at the present is the wel
fare and best interests of the
many veterans who are now re
turning from their service in the
armed forces. Mr. Justice states
that his office is the information-
center for the veterans, and they
are given every service possible,
and directed to other agencies
that handle matters not handled
direct in the Employment Service
office. Mr.' Justice states that he
is deeply concerned to get the
veterans into suitable employment,
and in an effort to secure job
openings employers are visited by
members of the office staff to so
licit or'ders for workers. The vet
erans who call are registered for
work, and thus an effort is benig
■made to bring the job hunter and
—Turn to Page Three
WASHINGTON
■k * NEWS LETTER ★ *
THE NEWS BEHIND THE NEWS
PAUL MALLON
Washington—Mr. Byrnes avows
the Christmas season peace he
made at Moscow is an excellent
comprom,ise of difficult diverg
ent views—a 50-50 settlement. He
is prejudiced. He made the agree
ment. To" an objective analyst,
the agreement resembles the rab
bit stew prepared by old Trader
Joe out in the Dakotas and sold
to the Indians. One ■day an In
dian complained about the rabbit
stew. He said.
“It tastes like horsemeat.”
“Oh, no,” said Trader Joe in an
injured tone, “it has good babbit
in it.”
“But does It have any horse-
meat?” asked the Indian.
“Only 50-50,” conceded Jake.
“Whattayamean fifty-fifty?”
shouted the Indian. “This is
horsemeat.”
—Turn to Page Three
PERSONAL ITEMS
FROM OAK GROVE
Late News Items Gathered
By Mrs. Alberta
Harris, Reporter
With this issue The Harris Her
ald makes its hew to the reading
public of Rutherford county. F-or
sometime the editor has felt that
there Is an urgent and long felt
need for such publication, cater
ing exclusively tc3 the Negi-oes -of
the county.
When the idea was presented to
the leaders of the Negro citizenry
of this county, it met with imme
diate and enthusiastic resjKcnae.
The idea was also quickly embrac
ed by the business leaders of the
county, as evidenced by the heavy
run of advertising’ appearing
herein. These advertisers have
made the paper possible, and they
should be given your fullest .sup
port.
Our correspondents have aided
us materially in putting, out this
first edition. We realize that this
is but the beg-inning, and we hojK-
in future is.su».s to have every
conunun.i.ty in Rutherford county
represented, with all the news per
taining to our race.
We have also 'had fine support
thus far in the matter of subscrip
tions. However, we are anxious
to g-et every Negro in Rutherfoi’d
on ov:'.- i-miling’ list, as ’>vxR
as those from Rutherford county'
who now reside elsewhere. You
can g’ive good support to this
newspaper i*y forwarding’ yo«r
subscriptiodi at once.
Hollis News
The Oak Grove Baptist church
of Forest City is making’ great
progress under the leadership of
our pastor, Rev. J. T. Laster.
We have preaching twice a
month on the first and third Sun
day evenings at three o’clock,
"lye invite you to come and bo
with us during our services.
The Oak Grove Sunday school
gave a Christmas progTam and
had their Christmas tree Monday
night, December 24th.
The members of the Oak Grove
church gave the pastor and his
wife their Christmas present the
third Sunday, December 16th,
which was $31.50, with other-
gifts.
Veteran’s Service
Office Will Aid Men
Returning veterans will find in
each community persons who are
eager and willing to help them'in
any way to take advantage of the
many opportunities offered the
veteran. The Rutherford county
"Veterans Service office, located in
the court house in Rutherfordton,
lis equipped to offer any assistance
in filing claims. They will assist
in educational, on-the-job training
or information on G. 1. loans.
The office is under th* super
vision of Mr. W. L. Brown. You
are invited to call at any time for
any service needed.
The yield of cotton per acre in
North Carolina was 254 pounds
in 1930 and 454 pounds in 1944.
More cotton on fewer acres at a
cheajrer cost per pound.
The U.S.D.A. has reduced the
avex'age selling price of wool own
ed by the C.C.C. about 7 ,cents
a pound to encourage greater use
of wool by U. S. manuSacturers.
By MARION BROOKS
(Correspondent-
Mrs. Emmie Brooks passed away
on November 26. She died sud
denly from a hemorrhage. She is
survived by her 'huebend, Robert
Brooks, and five children, Cleve
land, Danish, Helen, Robert, Jr.,
and Carolyn. She was buried at
the White O'ak Springs Baptist
church on Friday, November 30,
with Rev. G. W. Drisckell eonduck-
ing the services.
Rev. C. E. Stistly spent Decem-
bar 22 at the home of Mr. .and
Mrs. Ralph Brooks.
Willie McDowell is complaining
but still goes to church.
Brother Isiah Wright,
Brook’s Chapel church, passed
away December 3. Burial was
held Wednesday, December 6.
He was about 103 years old.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Brooks is serving overseas and is
stationed in Manila.
Those recently returned from
overseas and who have received
dischai’ges are John C. Gidney,
Samuel E. Gidney and Wiilliam L.
SpiiksB.
Miss Catherine Brooks, daugh
ter of Anther Brooks, of Hjolli.s,
is a graduate of Grahanutown
high school and is now in Asheville
taking a beautician course. Marie
John*m expects to leave soon to
take beauty culture in Charlotte.
LAWRENCE GORDON, JR.
ETO VET, HAS D1S6HARGE
Pvt. Lawrence Gordon, Jr., who
spent 32 months in the ai-my, in
cluding serviee in North Africa
and the ETO, has returned to his
home in Avondale after beiing dis
charged from the army. He is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawi-enco
Gordon of Avondale. He is a
graduate of Grahamtown high
school and made a good record in
service.
The Herad is printed for your
benefit. Read it.
MISSION RALLY AT
RUTHERFORDTON
The first missionary maos meet
ing of the Hendersonvilif district
will convene with the St. John
A. M. E. Zion church in Ruther-
fordton January 19 at 11a. m., ac
cording to a joint announcement
made today by the pastor. Rev. A.
M. Goodivin, and Rev. C. G. Mcr
Kinney, presiding elder. , ■
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