GOV. R. GREGG
CHERRY ORPHAN
Worked Way Through College. and
Entered Legislature to Aid
A Friend
Raleigh?An orpnan who worked
his way through Trinity College and
entered politics to help a friend be
came Governor of North Carolina
last Wednesday.
Robert Gregg Cherry was born
October 17. 1891, on a farm near
Rock Hill. S. C. His mother died
that day and his -father, Chancellor
LaFayette Cherry, a Confederate
veteran, sent him to the home of his
grandparents in Gastonia. Gregg
stayed there about five years and
returned home when his father
remarried in 1896. But death claim
ed his father two years later and
Gregg went to the farm of Henry
Lineberger to live. Lineberger mar
ried Martha Davis, a sister of
Gregg's mother.
When Henry Lineberger found
school facilities inadequate in his
South Carolina neighborhood he
moved his family?which included
two other orphans?to Gastonia.
Ten years later Gregg entered Trin
ity College, now Duke University.
With the thought of becoming a
lawyer uppermost in his mind,
young Cherry waited on tables
while taking pre-law at Trinity. He
collected clothes at a pressing club
and as an agent for a clothing firm
measured students for their suits.
He did typing for the late Dr. S. F.
Mordeeai. law school dean. He
worked in a tobacco factory and sold
books during the summers and still
found time enough to make honors
and to win places on the baseball,
basketball und track teams.
In 1912 he received his bachelor
of arts degree and was awarded the
Walter Clark trophy, given to the
outstanding law student.
Two years later, in August, Cher
ry took the bar examination in the
hall of the house?where he ? later
was to gain distinction and to serve
as speaker.
In September he opened law of
fices in Gastonia and two years
later formed a partnership with A
L. Bulwinkle, a congressman since
1921 except for a two-year period
vhen Republican Charles Jonas un
seated him. The partnership con
tinued until 1928 and that year L. B.
HoUowell entered the firm, which
engages mostly in civil practice.
When America went to war with
Germany, the law firm of Cherry
and Bulwinkle sent cards to its cli
ents. informing them that the law
J. M. DEARMAN
DIES IN AVERY
J. M. Dcarraan, 62,promment Elk j
Park lumberman and ice and coal
dealer, died suddenly at his home in
Elk Park Thursday night.
Funeral services were held Sun
day afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Elk !
Park Methodist Church.
Mr. Dearrr.ir. was a member of j
the Avery county board of educa- j
tion an? had served as C.anberry
school committeeman. Since the |
outDreak of the war, he i.ad been
more extensively engaged in lum
bering
Surviving arc the widow, Mrs. Re- i
becca Hamrick Dearmin; a son, Jno. {
J. Dearmin; a daughter, Miss Rosa-!
lie Dearmin, all of Elk Park; two!
sisters. Mrs. Daisy Smith and Mrs.j
Minnie Flippin of Mount Airy; and;
four brothers, Sam and Vance,
Dearmin of Westfield; Tom Dear
min of Mount Airy, and John Dear-1
min, of Jacksonville, Fla.
office would be closed for the dura
tion. Bulwinkle, incidentally, al
ready had seen action on the Mexi
can border.
The law partnership was resumed ]
after the war and when Bulwinkle
went to congress he succeeded
Clyde R Hoey, now the state's juni
or U. S. senator, and a former gov
ernor.
It was only a month after he re
turned home, that Gastonia, in ap
preciation of his heroic war record,
elected Cherry its mayor. He served
two terms. He helped found the
Gaston post of the American Legion
and in 1928 was department com
mander.
In 1930, Willis Smith, Raleigh
lawyer and Cherry's college friend,
asked Cherry to help him become
speaker. Cherry did. He ran for
the house and won. That started |
him in politics and he served in!
each succeeding legislature through j
1943.
Cherry married Mildred Stafford
June 28. 1921. She was the daugh
ter of E. J. Stafford, several times
mayor of Greensboro. They have 1
no children.
Cherry's terms in the legislature
were marked by his interest in fi
nance. When he *was speaker, he
gained a reputation for his ready
wit. sometimes razor-edged. He was
hard-hitting and hard, both from
| the floor and from the chair, but
.was respected for his fairness.
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A volcano, located at Colima,
Mexico, produces ice. Hailstones fall
continuously around this seething
crater and arc sold to distant towns
by the natives.
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Zionville News
Sgt. and Mii.'Dave Pennell left
Monday for Baltimore, Md,, after a
visit here and at Silverstone with
relatives.
Mrs. Alice Wilson is seriously ill
here at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Clyd-j Reece and Mrs. Reece.
Pfc. Ernest Eggers of Augusta,
and Miss Pauline Eggers, of North
Wilkesboro, have returned after
spending the holidays here with
their parents, Rev. and Mrs. R. C.
Eggers.
M.s. Elwin Harrison, who is
employed in Sparta, spent the past
week-end here and on her return
was accompanied by her small son,
Elwin, Jr., and her mother, Mrs. N.
J. Greer, Sr., who will reside in
Sparta indefinitely.
Mrs. Howard Miller and small
daughter. Eugenia, returned Friday
from the Hagaman Clinic in Boone
to the home of Mrs. Miller's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Critcher, here.
Mr. and Mrs. N. T. Byeis had as
their guest over the week-end Mrs.
Carl Byers, of Meat Camp.
Guests of Mr. and Mrs. Olin Ste
phens Sunday were Sgt. and Mrs.
Dave Pennell of Fort Meade, Md.;
Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Pennell and Mrs.
Arville Pardue and daughters of
Shouns, Tenn., and Mr. and Mrs. J.
C. Reece, Zionville.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Bumgardner of
Cleveland, Ohio, announce the birth
of a son on December 18, who has
been named Douglas Max. Mrs.
Bumgardner was before her mar
riage Miss Faye Wilson.
Miss Edna Thomas has returned
to her school at Beech Creek after
spending the holidays here with her
mother, Mrs. Lillie Thomas.
WACS help our war-torn heroes j
by serving in army hospitals.
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Ob Id Preparation? at directed. j
sj Hillside Dairy 1
Grade A Raw Milk
Permit No. 6.
Telephone 44
BARNARD DOUGHERTY. Ovui
R. W NORRIS, Manager.
Your patronage will be appreciated
AT BARE'S
All The Time In *45
Depend On BARE'S
Since the opening of our new department store here on Sept. 9, we have had such a nice
trade, we do not have many fall and winter items left to offer "ON SALE" to our custo
mers, of whom We are very proud. However, if you will come in and see us, you will
find a nice "Saving" on every price tag. We appreciate your past trade, and look for
ward to serving you with a smile in the year 1945.
COATS
Bare s Ladies fine quality wearing "Coats"
at sensational savings now.
(SECOND FLOOR)
LADIES' SUITS
All shades that are pretty. 100 percent
wools. Prices slashed!
(SECOND FLOOR)
Ladies' Hais and Bags
'/2 price
All colors. Beautiful styles.
(SECOND FLOOR)
DUBERRY PATTERNS
Wise sewers make their plans for spring
now! New shipment of Rayon Dress Fab
rics in dress lengths. Colors in all spring
shades.
DRESSES
Only a few beautiful dresses left to choose
from. Two-piece styles, one-piece and
junior dresses. Wools, gabardines and
crepes. Dresses that will give you months
of wear. "Drastic Savings."
(SECOND FLOOR)
SHOES
New shipment of White and Brown Shoes.
The famous Craddock-Terry line for men,
women and children.
(SECOND FLOOR)
For FATHER and SON
A complete line for the father and son to
dress from. Come in and see our saving
price tags..
(FIRST FLOOR)
Bare's Fair Store
The Friendly Store Opposite Postoffice
The Northwestern Bank
NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C.
STATEMENT OF CONDITION DECEMBER 30, 1944
RESOURCES LIABILITIES
Capital Stock (Common) $ 280,000.00
Surplus 280,000.00
Cash and Due from Banks $ 4,52 1,4 I 0.1 9
Bonds, Stocks and Accrued Interest ... I 1,044,540.69 Undivided Profits 259,543.54
Loans 4,946,570.11
Reserve for Contingencies 7,500.00
Reserve for Interest Due Depositors,
1 I Banking Houses, Furniture and Fix- Taxes, Etc 78,429.93
tures, Less Depreciation 84,502.35 Deposits of Dealers as Guarantee
/ for Loans 6,201.24
Other Assets 4,028.82 Other Liabilities 6,335.40
DEPOSITS 19,683,042.05
Total $20,601,052.16 Total $20,601,052.16
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R. A. DOUGHTON, President EDWIN DUNCAN, Executive Vice-Pres. W. D. FARTHING, Cashier Boone Branch
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MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION
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