Fantastic
‘Career’ Ends
In Court Here
Career of Gerald Ned Williams,
• 16-ye«r-old Morganton youth, who
for the past few weeks has been
“wowing” audiences of schoolchil
dren, coi1 students and adults
with his -ounts of his life as a
soldier in the British army, who
took second place last summer on
a Major Bowes radio program with
impersonations of President Roose
velt, Walter Winchell and Major
Bowes himself, who has several
times posed as p. member of the
United States navy and Polish
navy, and who has registered num
erous times for service in the U.
S. army, came to an anti-climax
this morning before Judge E. Yates
Webb in United States District
Court as the court sentenced him
to a year and one-half in the
National Training School at Wash
ington for being a juvenile delin
quent.
In Macon county last week “Wil
liams” taxi fare was being paid
to several schools in the county by
interested citizens who were so de
lighted and thrilled by his story
of how he had escaped robot
bombs in England and with his
huge store of information on the
value of their produce in terms of
pounds sterling and shillings that
they wanted their school children
to hear his story.
BUSHING GIRLS
when williams was arrested ne
was giving the girls at Western
Carolina Teachers college at Cul
lowhee a grand rush, having lined
up lour dates in one evening, the
evening that the sheriff took him
Into custody.
His story varied from time to
time according to investigation
made by T. J. Lynn, special agent
with the department of justice, who
testified before Judge Webb this
morning. His British accent seem
ed convincing substantiation for his
story that his mother and sweet
heart had been killed by robot
bombs.
At other places he told of how
ships had been shot from beneath
him at sea. He told Judge Webb
that he got this story from a Bri
tish sailor at Norfolk. He also said
that he had no trouble in adopt
ing different brogues and different
accents; that when he was in the
north he generally spoke like a
southerner that when he was in
the south, he spoke like a Yan
kee and when he was out west he
talked like an easterner. The Brit
tish accent he said he found little
more difficult than any of the
others.
He told Judge Webb that he
had tried every way under the sun
of getting into the armed services,
even to fashioning his own uni
form. He is an expert tailor as well
as welder.
“I guess I’m just bad,” he told
the court.
The court suggested to him that
if he made a good record at the
National Training school he could
probably get into the service.
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CAPT. McBRAYER
Starts On Pare One
by Bill Baley, now in the Navy.
The latest recipient of the award
has a distinguished service record
as well as being one of the most
popular younger men of the county.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Mc
Brayer of Mooresboro, he attended
the Mooresboro school, Gardner
Webb Junior College and Elon
College where he was an outstanding
basketball and baseball player.
Following college he took a teach
ing position at Polkville where he
successfully coached athletics un
til he entered the Army Air Corps
three years ago. His advancement
was rapid in the service and he
was assigned to the Chinese theat
er of operations where his accom
plishments made him an out
standing member of that air force.
In February, 1943, with a volunteer
crew, his plane ran into a terrific
storm and was forced down out of
gas, he and the crew members bail
ing out ever Jap-held territory—but
with help of friendly Chinese they
made their way back to the Amer
ican lines after being listed as
missing for weeks. He returned to
active service shortly thereafter and
on April 1, 1944, he was taking a
new crew up in a B-24 Liberator,
training them for a flight “over
the hump’’ to India when one of
the four propellers flew off and
crashed through his cabin to cause
him to lose his leg.
uncnsmayea, nowever, he was re
turned to this country for hospital
ization and time and again he has
expressed his conviction that des
pite loss of his leg he hopes “to do
many things yet that fellows with
two legs won’t undertake.” His
courage has been a symbol of en
couragement to everyone in his
home community and Mr. Black
ley, in making the presentation of
the award last night, praised him
Tor his fine spirit and courage.
Capt. McBrayer is still assigned
to Lawson General hospital in At
lanta where he hopes soon to have
an artificial limb fitted for his use.
Mrs. McBrayer is the former Miss
Mildred Williams of Fallston.
TAR HEEL LEATHERNECKS MEET IN THE PACIFIC—These Marines, all natives cf North Carolina, gathered
‘recently somewhere in the South Pacific at a state party sponsored by the Red Cross. Back row, left to right:
Corp. Walter L. Sullivan. 133 Elm Street, High Point; Pfc. Luther B. Glover. Hendersonville; Miss Edith Monks,
Red Cross worker from Yardley-on-Hudson, N. Y.; Corp. R. M. Wilson, Magnolia; Pfc. Joe J. Setzer, Hickory;
Pfc. Ernest W. Mote. Lawndale. Front row, left to right: Sgt. Freeman E. Calloway. Route 1. Rosman: Corp.
David Love. 611 South Road. Burlington; Pfc. DeLaney Young, Route 1, Bakersville; Pfc. Oren B. Walter,
Route 1, Belmont: Pfc. David Drake, Swannanoa; Plaioon Sgt. Julian Dobson, Kenansville.
Skiers Link First
And Third Armies
WITH 84TH U. S, INFANTRY
DIVISION, ARDENNES, BEL- |
GIUM, Jan. 16— f/P)—'"Nice day for j
skiing,” the captain said to the:
sergeant as they met along the
icy river Ourthe.
And that is how the First and
Third armies linked up yester-!
day.
The linking was done by two ski
enthusiasts from Seattle, Wash.,
who have many mutual friends
but met for the first time in lone
ly, enemv-infested country south
of Laroche.
They are former University of
Washington ski instructors. Caut.
Norman Brooks of the Fourth U.
S. Cavalry group, and Sgt. Law
j rence F. Becker.
Becker led a patrol from the
Third Army; Brooks from the
First.
CHURCHILL
Starts On Page One
cheered the “unconditional sur
render" stand and the praise of
Scobie.
At the same time Churchill in
dicated annoyance at being press
ed concerning statements by Pre
mier Gen. Nicholas Plastiras and
other leaders of the new Greek
regime concerning punishment of
the leftwing ELAS.
When the members pressed
Churchill to give a report as soon
as possible on what parts of the
charter were “valid immediately,”
Churchill snapped back:
“I really do not think there
Is any need to go into that.
It has been very well described
by the President as a standard
of aims—an indication of the
direction in which we are pre
ceeding. It is not law.”
Churchill told the newly-conven
ed commons “the war will be pro
longed until unconditional surren
der has been obtained.”
Laborite Rhys Davis suggested
that Roosevelt’s recent statement
“cast doubt on the genuineness of
the Atlantic charter.”
Churchill rejoined that, far from
having cast any doubt, the presi
dent had reported the objectives
were just as valid today as they
were in 1941, and that Roosevelt
had indicated the objectives were
not likely to be obtained immedi
ately.
AGREED
“I am in agreement with these
statements,” added the prime min
ister. Churchill said he had al
ready made a statement about the
application of the Atlantic charter
to the British empire, and espe
cially India. He asserted that the
objects, purpose and principles of
the charter were being achieved
already by the process of extending
self-government, but he did not
elaborate.
Churchill announced that Brit
ish casualties in Greece between
Dec. 3 and Jan. 1—the period cov
ering the major part of the Greek
civil war—total 2,101, of which 237
were killed.
Churchill sought to turn aside
questions concerning the tangled
Greek situation, saying: "I should
be glad if members will be good
enough to await a statement which
will be made on behalf of the gov
! ernment in the course of the com
ing debate.”
A full scale war statement has
been set by Churchill for Thurs
day.
The house cheered as Churchill
refused to budge from his ‘‘uncon
ditional surrender” stand.
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By LYNN NISBET
POLICE—News stories emanat
ing from Columbia about the or- j
ders given the other day by Gov
ernor Ransome Williams of South
Carolina (who incidentally is the
fifth governor our southern neigh- 1
bor state has had in four years)
for the state constabulary to clean
up South Carolina are not doing
Governor Gregg Cherry’s state po
lice idea any good. Sheriffs and
local police departments have op
posed the idea of a state constab
ulary in North Carolina because
they think it will invade what has
been their peculiar law enforce
ment preserves. The Palmetto gov
ernor in effect told his state con
stabulary that local officers were
not doing a good job of law en
forcement and he wanted them to
move in and clean out gambling
joints, vice dens and illegal liquor
joints throughout the state, begin
ning at Columbia. The South
i Carolina governor has more con
! trol over local units than the
North Carolina executive has and
I there may be more excuse for such
| action there, but the idea is not
I popular among Tar Heel sheriffs
or legislators. One veteran senator
said: "That clinches my opposi
' tion.”
___
DIMES—The ‘'March of Dimes”
campaign is already underway in
most states, ificluding North Caro
lina, to raise funds for the na
tional infantile paralysis fund.
Although dimes are already being
collected, the state campaign will
not be “officially” launched un
til tonight when Governor Cher
ry goes on the air for his first
radio address since inauguration.
President Roosevelt and National
Chairman O’Connor had the air
waves Sunday night; the Univer
sity of North Carolina sesqui-cen
tennial program had the governor
tied up Monday night, so tonight
will be his first chance. The gov
ernor has contributed at least one
dime, in response to a letter from
a nine-year-old lad who is a pa
tient at the Hickory hospital and
who wrote every governor in the
union for a dime to put on his card.
SPEED—The speediest guy ob
served around Raleigh over the
week-end was a junior naval offi
cer who dashed up to the hotel in
a taxi, rushed through the lobby,
asked the elevator operator to
please run an express to the tenth
floor, on account of he found when
he got to the bus station he had
left his wallet in the room with
three months pay in it—and he
had just three minutes to catch
his bus back to port. There was no
time for introduction, but other
elevator passengers cooperated and
tojd the operator to get the sailor
in and out, then deliver them
where they wanted to go <P S—
He made it)
LEE-JACK SON — With the ses
qui-centennial program from the
University of North Carolina Mon
day night, and the centennial cele
bration of the state school for the
blind and deaf scheduled for next
Tuesday night, the general assem
bly so far is planning no observ
ance of the birthday anniversaries
of Generals Robert E Lee and
Stonewall J act son other than to
adjourn the sessions Friday and
Saturday in their honor. Lee’s
birthday is the 19th and Jackson’s
the 21st
STRATEGY—An officer veteran
of the other world war was dis
cussing battle strategy of the pres
ent conflict, and pointed out that
in both the world wars the strategy
of General Jackson was being
closely followed, and that this
should be regarded as a big tribute
to his military genius—as it is An
older man and perhaps a more
thorough student of the Bible and
of history commented: “It's good
strategy, all right; but it didn’t
originate with Jackson. They all
borrowed from Joshua's conquest
Mailman, Weatherman?
TULSA, OKLA., Jan. 16—
—(/P)This mailman didn’t in
tend to be naught by the
weather:
Firemen rushed to a blaze
and found a mailbox melted
open.
In the box was a mail bag, a
pair of overshoes, a pair of
rubbers, a pair of leather shoes
and an umbrella.
TWO YANK
Starts On Page One
driving to Urdaneta, 27 miles east,
and slightly south, of Lingayen
town.
I
But the first determined enemy;
stand is being made much nearer
Baguio against Sixth Army units
striving to push east along nine
miles of concrete road from coas
tal Damortis to Rosario.
Damortis is on the extreme
northeast flank of the 45-mile
wide beachhead, being some
nine miles above San Fabian,
one of the original landing
points. Rosario is two miles
east of the Manila north road
which winds 16 miles northeast
from there to Baguio.
Recently more than 40 enemy
ships were wiped out while unload
ing at San Fernando, the port for
Baguio. That indicated a possible
! Japanese design to move down the
1 Manila north road against Lt.
Gen. Walter Krueger’s east flank.
UNDER FIRE
Dean Schedler, in an Associated
Press field dispatch, said Yank col
umns moving east from Damortis
toward Rosario came under such
: terrific mortar and machinegun
I fire from commanding foothills
1 that they had to quit the road af
; ter an advance of two and a half
| miles.
Sunday and Monday, while the
Americans inched ahead through
underbrush. American warships in
Lingayen Gulf and field artillery
on shore blasted the enemy posi
tions while MacArthur watched
from the vicinity of Damortis.
These attacks silenced Japanese
field artillery but whenever the
Yanks tried to get back on the
road they were greeted with fire
from knee mortars, machineguns
and rifles.
(Jarrier planes of the U. S. Sev
enth fleet are ripping apart enemy
strongpoints in the foothills with
rockets as the slow advance con
tinues.
GERMAN
Starts On Page One
relieved pressure on the Ruhr and
Saar.
It cost the Germans at least 2 to
1 In manpower losses. Washington
placed American casualties at
40,000 in the bulge battle. Indica
tions at supreme headquarters were
that the German losses might be
nearer 120,000 than the 90,000 which
Secretary of War Stimson indicat
ed.
LOSSES HIGH
German losses also have been ex
ceedingly high in tanks and motor
transport, which have been found
in heaped and fire blackened ruins
blocking roads such as the one
leading into Houffalize.
South of the Ardennes bump, a
new attack by Lt. Gen. George S.
Patton’s Third army gained two
more miles in 24 hours. His assault
troops captured Borg, two miles
southeast of Tettlingen. It was the
sixth German town taken in front
of the west wall defenses this
week. Borg and the others are in
an area between the Moselle and
Saar rivers, just northeast of the
French-Luxembourg-German fron
tier corner.
East of Bastogne, the Third army
captured Arloncourt and several
other places between Wiltz and
Houffalize. In all, the First and
Third armies scooped up a dozen
or more villages.
of Jericho and other cities in the
Land of Canaan.” He also remind
ed his listeners that none of the
horror stories of cruelty in this
war can compare with the Biblical
accounts of what the conquering
Israelites did to their captured
enemies.
WEATHER HALTS
WAR INJTALY
ROME, Jan. 16.—(JP)—Deep snow
and poor visibility brought a com
parative calm today to the fifth
and eighth army fronts in the
high Apennines and the eastern
Po valley.
Oply a few patrol clashes and
artillery engagements were report
ed, as both enemy and allied forces
contended themselves for the most
part with clinging to positions in
which a storm caught them several
days ago.
Despite the poor wealther the
Mediterranean air force got ap
proximately 1,800 sorties against
the enemy. Heavy bombers attack
ed rail targets in Austria and
northern Italy, fighters and med
iums hit communications and troops
in north Italy, and fighters shot up
gun positions in Yugoslavia.
WMC
Starts On Page One
tkev men and irreplacable men
The other half-answer lies in a
revision of the national list o^ “es
sential activities,’’ which covers
businesses or occupations con
tributing directly and indirectly to
the war effort. The revision has
just been completed by top war
officials, working in secret with
Byrnes.
CRITICAL
Some of the essential industries
will be designated as “critical,”
and these will be spared the loss
of key workers until the industries
which retain merely the “essen
tial” rating have been tapped
Plants and services contrib
uting directly to the meeting
of soaring Army and Navy
demands for weapons and sup
plies obviously will get the
“critical” rating. Others—and
these are understood to include
the government, schools, news
papers and many others—will
retain only their essential
standing without the critical
designation.
Congressional study of work
or-fight legislation continued,
; Meanwhile, the National Associa
tion at Manufacturers called in a
statement for “immediate enforce
i ment of the ‘work or fight’ princi
j pie.” The association said no ad
ditional legislation is needed to do
' this. It did ask more power for
I the War Manpower commission.
URGENT
The NAM called for treatment
; of the manpower situation on a lo
cal basis, suggesting: “A canvass
of the local war production situa
tion, including all rectors; obtain
ing agreement by all elements of
the community on all parts of the
program which would contribute
to maximum production" coopera
: tion with government agencies
and ‘‘an aggressive public rela
I tions program’’ to bring home the
urgency of the situation.
Hearing the end of public hear
ings on a work or fight bill tan
tamount to national service legis
lation for men between 18 and 45,
the House Military committee
sought the views of CIO President
Philip Murray.
Murray already has made known
his opposition, advocating instead
that government, labor, agricul
ture and management work out a
voluntary solution to manpower
problems.
A similar view was voiced yes
terday by Lewis G. Hines, repre
senting the American Federation
of Labor.
Chairman May (D-Ky) predict
ed committee action ‘‘within a
week."
MULL
Starts On Pace One
last war has grown into one of
the nation’s pre-eminent feeding
institutions; he told of Joe Wright
who with an old rattletrap started
motor service from Fallston to
Shelby, expanded it to Gastonia,
then to Charlotte and from that
simple beginning grew the far-flung
Queen City Coach and Trailways
bus transportation system; he re
counted the development of the
Cleveland Cloth Mills with which
he was associated at th% beginning,
from the few thousands he and O.
Max Gardner scraped together to
“make artificial silk” from which
that industry has grown to its pre
sent stature.
Citing the power of self faith of
those men and men like them, Mr.
Mull said the community had never
in the 40 years he’s known it let
down its citizenry. He told of the
Wool worth comer that he recalled
once sold for $5,000; of the Bank
building corner that sold for $25,000;
of the Union Trust corner that
sold for $10,000—all exceedingly
valuable properties now—that to
him are tangible evidence of how
the community justifies those who
have manifested faith by making
investments in it.
BET ON YOURSELF
“Don’t be afraid to bet on
yourself, young men,” Mr. Mull
shouted. “If you’ve got the abi
lity and show it the money will
get back of you easily. What we
need in carrying forward this
community is men, not money;
had those men who have done
big things here waited till they
got the money to do them,
they’d still be waiting.”
Mr. Mull called also for faith
in the town and county—neither
can lie down on the other, he said,
i "You must have a good town for
the folks in the country to go to,
and a good country for the folks in
town to go to—it’s a continuous
circle,” he continued. “And don’t
forget there’s no place here for the
fellow who does nothing for the
other fellow.”
Guests at last night’s meeting in
cluded Maydr Harry Woodson, Al
dermen Tom Moore, Yates McSwain,
and Farris Ledford, Commissioner
D. D. Lattimore, J. O. Lutz, Ki
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N. Y. COTTON AT 2:00
Today Prev. Day
March..22.21
May .22.09
July .21.76
October -_ 21.12
December . -.—21.07
22.12
21.97'
21.69
21.12
21.07
' CHICAGO GRAIN
WHEAT
May.-_1.62%
July...1.55%
September _ —.1.54%
1.63
1.55%
1.54%
CORN
May .1.13%
July--- 1.12%
September - _1.10%
1.14%
1.13
1.11
RYE
May . _1.14%
July _ _1.12%
September _ —-1.09%
1.14%
1.12%
1.09 Ts
STOCKS AT 2:00
Amn Rolling Mill..- 16 5-8
American Loco- 27 3-8
American Tobacco B-68 1-4
American Tel & Tel-163 1-2
Anaconda Copper-31 1-2
Assoc Dry Goods_18 3-8
Beth Steel . 70
Boeing Air. 18 3-4
Chrysler ...-. 94 3-4
Curtiss-Wright..6 1-8
Elec Boat. 15 1-2
General Motors .. 63 7-8
Pepsi Cola . 24 1-4
Greyhound Corp . 23
International Paper_21 1-8
Nash Kelv. 16 1-2
Glenn L Martin.24 1-2
Newport Ind _ 19
N Y Central... 24 1-2
Penn R R .. 35 5-8
Radio Corp _ 11 3-8
Reynolds Tob B..33 1-2
Southern Railroad ..35 1-4
Standard Oil of N J. 58 3-4
Sperry Corp __ 29
U S Rubber . 53
U S Steel . 61 1-2
Western Union . 47 1-8
Youngstown S & T.41 7-8
TRENDS MIXED
NEW YORK, Jan. 16.—</P)—Re
cently depressed rails, steels and
specialties came beck moderately
in today's stock market although
many leaders lacked recovery pow
er.
Armament-connected issues im
proved when Prime Minister
Churchill told the house of com
mons that "the war will be pro
longed until unconditional surren
der is obtained.” The sweep of Al
lied forces in eastern and western
Europe, however, still was a prop
for peace psychology. Individual
situations were helpful to favorites
and inflation demand revived to
some extent.
Bonds and commodities were un
even.
N. C. HOGS
RALEIGH, Jan. 16—i.JP)—(NCD
Ai—Hog markets steady with fops
of 14.30 at Clinton, 14.25 at Rocky1
Mount and 14.10 at Richmond.
N. C. EGGS, POULTRY
i RALEIGH, Jan. 16—</P>— (NCD- ;
A)—Egg and poultry markets
1 weaker to firm.
RALEIGH — U. 8 grade AA
; large 47; hens, all weights, 25 1-2.
WASHINGTON—U. S. grade A
i large 46 to 48; broilers and fryers,
32.
BUTTER AND EGGS
CHICAGO, Jan. 16—l/P)—But
ter, firm; receipts 208,383. Eggs,
receipts 9,077.
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK
CHICAGO, Jan. 16—</P>— <WF
A>—Salable hogs 14,000; total 20,
000; market active, fully steady;
good and choice1180 lb. and over
14.75 ceiling; few good and choice
150-170 lbs. 14.25-14.75; good, and
choice sows 14.00; complete clear
ance early.
Salable cattle 19,000; total 10,
000; salable calves 1,000; total 1,
000; fed steers and yearlings steady
with choice yearlings strong; me
dium weight and weighty steers
slow, top 17.7 paid for choice to
prime 1.050 lb. yearlings; bulk!
14.00-16.25; heifers easy, top 15125; j
other killing classes steady, all
grades cows active; cutter cow 8.00
down; most beef cows 9.00-12.50,
with good kinds to 14.50; weighty
sausage bulls to 13.50; bulk sau
sage bulls 10.00-13.00; heavy fat
bulls to 14.25; vealers firm at 15.50
down.
Hardin Attending
Emory University
Minister’s Week
Rev. Paul Hardin, jr., pastor of
Central Methodist church, has gone
to Emory University, Atlanta, to
attend Minister’s Week lectures and
the reunion of his class there. Dr.
W. A. Smart, who will conduct a
series of special services at Central
church here in April, will be one
of the lecturers on the series.
Dixie Home Has A
Run On Coconuts
A veritable run on coconuts, of
which 500 Just received had been
advertised in a small ad in the
Star on Monday, sold out the whole
stock in a little over an hour at
the Dixie Home Store this morn
ing, Manager H. E. Wilson report
ed.
wanis past president; R. J. Rucker,
Lions president; J. Reid Misen
heimer, Kiwanls president; Shem
Blackley, Rotary president; Clyde
A. Short, Chamber of Commerce
president; James Corbett, James
Harris, Carl Lattlmore, John Burn,
R. M. McBrayer, Mrs. Rush Ham
rick, Jr., Mrs. J. P. Smith and Mrs.
Jimmy Irvin.
TO SUCCEED DIES — Rep. Ed
Hart (above), New Jersey Demo
crat, has been nominated to head
the new house committee on Un
American Affairs, successor to the
old “Dies Committee’’.
CARRIER
Start Is On Page One
Japan's inner defenses.
They also heavily pounded key
facilities at Saigon and Camranh
Bay. excellent Indo-China porta in
enemy hands.
Oil refineries in the Saigon area,
vital fuel source for Japan, were
badly damaged. Fires were started
in the Saigon navy yard. Oil storage
facilities, .warehouses and build
ings in the Saigon area were set
ablaze: A large dock at Camranh
Bay, one of Asia's best harbors, was
demolished.
Sixteen American planes were
lost in the Indo-China raids—re
markably few for the results achiev
ed in crippling an area from which
the Japanese likely would be able
to bolster their slipping Philippine
holdings.
TWO CONVOYS
Two convoys were knocked out.
One contained an oiler, four med
ium cargo ships, two destroyer es
corts and four coastal cargo ships.
All were sunk.
The second convoy included a
light cruiser, four destroyer escorts,
four oilers, seven medium cargo
ships, two small cargo ships and
one coastal vessel. These were all
sunk or beached
* In Camranh Bay, which is some
150 miles north of Saigon, a de
; stroyer escort and a small freight
, er escort and a small freighter were
, sunk. At Cape St. Jacques, near Sai
i gon, one tanker, three large cargo
ships and a small cargo vessel were
| sunk.
in tne baigon area itseu a large
oiler, a big troops transport, two
medium cargo ships and the dis
mantled French light cruiser, La
motte Picquet, were sent to the bot
tom.
Along the coast a medium cargo
vessel, an oiler and live small coas
tal ships were sunk.
The 41 ships destroyed totalled
about 127.000 tons; the 28 damaged
amounted to about 70,000.
Ambergris, a costly ingredient
of the rarest perfumes. 1s an ab
normal growth in the body of a
whale.
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53. 2t 16p
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return to Velie Thompson, route
2, Shelby. ltp
FOR SALE—One 4'i inch joiner
with motor and one 15 inch Jig
saw with motor. Ralph Wallace.
Lawndale. N. C. 3t, 16p
FOR SALE: ONE CHEVROLET
pickup truck, also girl’s bicycle.
G. M. Self, Eastside Boarding
House. Phone 9140. 5t 16p
FOR SALE: MY HOME PLACE
of 216 acres, 165 acres in culti
vation, balance in fine timber,
two good roads through farm, ;
near churches and school. Brick
home with lights and water, two
five room tenant houses, barn,
grainary, crib, car shed, large j
potato curing house. Two tobacco
curing barns with tobacco allot
ment, 60 acres in wheat and
oats. Will sell if desired all farm
machinery including two trac
tors, combines and all other
tols, cows, mules. Possession
now or will subdivide to suit your
taste. This is one of nicest farms
in state. For price, see I. M. Al
len, three miles northwest of
Kings Mountain.
3t Thurs. Fri. & Sat. 18p
FOR SALE: SLIGHTLY USED
low compression head for U. T.
Moline tractor. Also 50 bushels
No. 7 Coker cotton seed. J. S.
Mull, Shelby, *N. C. 2t I6p
FOR SALE: 18 ACRES LAND, 4
room house with lights, barn, or
chard. All in cultivation, 10
acres in wheat land, almost lev
el. Joins my home place. Pos
session now. Price $2250. I. M.
Allen, Kings Mountain, N. C.,
Route 3.
3t Thurs., Fri„ Sat., 18p
CANDLER POST
OFFICE THEFT
IS CLEARED VP
Robbery of the postoffice at Can
dler on the night of December 31
when a safe containing $3,100 was
removed and opened was cleared
up here today with evidence offered
in United States District court
before Judge E. Y. Webb by Postal
Inspector R. C. Wells in the case of
Ferrell Thomas Smith, 17, charged
with being a juvenile delinquent.
Smith, who said that his home
was in Detroit and who pleaded
guilty to participation in the rob
bery, was sentenced to serve two
and one-half years in some cor
rectional institution to be desig
nated by the attorney general of
the United States.
SAFE FOUND
Wells testified that a few days
after the postoflice at Candler was
robbed the safe which had been
cracked open with a sledge hammer
was found in Henderson county.
Smith and his two alleged confed
erates, all of whom have been ar
rested, were trailed through Knox
ville, Tenn., where they purchased
an automobile, to Birmingham,
Ala., where the three were arrest
ed. .The other two alleged partici
pants, both of whom are being held
in Asheville, are William Howard
Ward and Morris Edward Fondaw.
These two are being held for later
trial in United States court.
It was only a few days ago that
Shelby merchants had been warn
ed not to cash any money orders on
the Candler postoffice. Of all the
money, checks and stamps stolen.
Inspector Wells said that about
$2,000 had been recovered.
BOWMAN
Starfts On Page One
the bank's report of its best year's
operation, was re-elected cashier
and secretary, and J. T. Irvin was
re-elected assistant cashier. Assis
tant cashiers in the various branches
named were Herman Beam, Falls
ton, re-elected: P. B. Price. Forest
City; John F. Carpenter, Lawndale:
Louis Nanney, Rutherfordton; J. D.
Stockton. Spindale.
J. L. Suttle, Jr., and J. F. Ro
berts were continued as managers
of the insurance department, Mr.
Bowman and Mr. Bridges at trust
officers.
All directors were re-elected, no
appointment being made to the
vacancy created by death of C. C.
| Blanton.
ENUMERATORS
Starts On Page One
The 1943 directory showed Shel
I by's population up to 15.867, but
the intervening two years have
augmented considerably the num
ber of residents despite the many
who have gone into service, the
surveys already show
Mr. Miller asked today that any
firms or individuals contemplating
1 changes in the next few months
; notify him at the Chamber of
Commerce where the directory com
pany is making local headquarters.
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE
NORTH CAROLINA.
CLEVELAND COUNTY
The undersigned,' having qualified as
Administrator of the estate of L. A.
Blanton. late of Cleveland Countv.
North Carolina. This is to notify all
persons having claims against said es
tate to present them to the undersigned
at Shelby. North Carolina. Route No S
on or before the 15th day of January.
1946, or this notice will be pleaded in
bar of their recovery. All persons In
debted to said estate will please make
Immediate payment to the undersigned
JOE Z. BLANTON AND MISS JONNIE
BLANTON. Administrators, Route No.
5 Shelby. North Carolina.
HORN 6s ANOEL, Attorneys.
4t Tues—Jan. 16 c
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MESSAGES
By ZENO WALL
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will give them strength and
courage for these strenuous,
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deepen spiritual resources.
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