(One Day Nearer Victory) THURSDAY, MAY
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THE WAYNES VTLLE MOUNTAINEER
Two Chambers Brothers In Service
News and Comment From Raleigh
Library News
MARGAEE TJOHNSTON
County Librarian
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By
THOMPSON GREENWOOD
A
SHINE State officials who trav.
el over North Carolina in connec
tion with their various activities
studiously avoid the shoe shine
boys of Elkin, it is reported, for
Elkin a shoe-shiners have the repu
tation of charging the highest
prices in the State. Although this
city is many, many miles from the
nearest Army camp, it has a shin
ing example of wartime inflation
16 cents a pair. Fayetteville, 10
cents, and nearby is Ft. Bragg;
Durham, 10 cents, and only a few
miles away is the immense payroll
of Camp Butner; Jacksonville, 10
cents, and within a stone's throw is
Camp LeJeune; Raleigh, in some
places, five cents, and within a
radius of 60 miles is 100,000 sol
diers. Elkin 15 cents in most
places, unless a recent downward
revision in price has occurred.
LIGHT Most merchants and
others of their ilk like for folks to
pause at their windows and look
over their wares. But there is a
jeweler in West Jefferson who has
put a sign on his window asking
folks not to stand in front of his
place "you get in my light." And
you just disregard the sign for two
minutes and he will look as if he
intends hurling one of those big
dollar watches through the win
dow at you.
sioner Scott has to pay the ac
countant.
RADIO An embarrassing co
incidence happened here on sta
tion WRAL one night last week.
Gregg Cherry (candidate for gov
ernor) was scheduled to talk by
electrical transcription Over
WRAL, which is owned and operat
ed by the Fletcehrs (Ashe County
folks who migrated down here)
Cherry was just getting underway
pretty well when something went
radically wrong with the program
brrrroooooeee-oo-oo-oo and the
announcer was forced to discon
tinue the show. Nobody would
have thought much about it if it
had not been for the fact that the
Fletchers are vigorously opposed
to Cherry. Raleigh is evidently
strong for Cherry and a howl was
heard throughout the place.
But the following night every
thing cleared up and the Cherry
speech went off all right.
EXPENSES This thing of re
porting campaign expenses is a
joke, say what you will. Each can
didate has turned in his account,
but it is just one of those things.
Those reports don't amount to anything.
CHAIRMAN You may expect
Winiam B. Umstead, of Durham,
or Wilkins P. Horton, Pittsboro, to
be the next chairman of the State
Executive Committee.
REFERENDUM Although both
the candidates, as we promised you,
have come out for a Statewide ref
erendum on liquor, nobody is pay
ing much attention to the state
ments. And unless something un
usual happens within the next two
or three days, these great utteran
ces should not swing the vote more
than two per cent either way.
It is virtually impossible for any
candidate for any State office to
say anything which would electri
fy the people at this time. The
electricity is now elsewhere about
3,000 miles east, to be exact.
TAX Agriculture Commission
er Kerr Scott received a'visitor the
other day from the income tax
people. They inferred that they
did not believe that a big dairyman
could make as little on 12 months'
operation as he had reportedfl
Commissioiner Scott immediately
employed a certified public accoun
tant. After thoroughly checking
the Scott Farm s records, he found
total profits for last year $90
that's the C.P.A. report. And now
that's probably gone, for Commis-
Ixtra Sugar for Canning
Is Available NOW I
Toar CovmMnt wants yo to ktip
h th prucnt food ihortag by pr.
wvlng fruHl and berriet rim Spring
end SuniMr and ha allotted 30
poud of jrfro sugar pr ps-rtoa
far this purpos which you eon gat
by applying (lthr by mall or la
ponon) to your local Ration Board. -
The law says the maximum must
be $12,000. The Republicans usual
ly tell it right $7-$24-$19, etc.
But the Democrats Oh, my. Now
McDonald says he spent something
over $4,000; Cherry, approximately
$8,000. Well, of course the lay
man doesn't have any idea what
the cost of running for office is in
North Carolina. But the advice in
political circles is: Don't run for
governor or U. S. senator unless
you have $50,000 to spend. Mc
Donald and Cherry, it is said, have
spent upwards of $100,000. In
1936, $500,000 was expended in
the various political races.
And you can put this down in
the book as CORRECT: There is
one cool million dollars standing
waiting for one candidate at a mo
ment's notice if it is necessary
That's politics in North Carolina,
like it or not.
Two new book stations have been
opened in the county recently. They
are located in the Town of Clyde
and in the Francis Cove section.
Citizens of Clyde may now bor
row books at the Town Hall where
a collection of 75 books have been
placed for use in that vicinity. The
station is being sponsored by the
Home Demonstration Club of
Clyde. Mrs. Haynes will help any
one in selecting books and in filling
special requests for books.
In the Francis Cove area the
Home Demonstration club is spon
soring the station which is located
in the home of Miss Marian Boggs.
Any community not already serv
ed through book stations may get
books by contacting Miss Margaret
Johnston at the county library
headquarters in Waynesville.
INCREASE Here is something
which will be of value to you if
you are a farmer; If you will use
250 pounds of nitrate of soda to
each acre of corn, you will double
your yield. Put it on when the
corn is about knee high, and then
see if this statement is not correct.
I &&jsitm- 1
Mark S. Swanger
Is Now Corporal
The promotion of Mark S. Swan
ger from private first class to the
grade of corporal has been an
nounced in England by headquart
ers ot the IX Fighter Command
Mustang station to which he is
assigned.
Corporal Swanger, the son of Mr
and Mrs. Joseph Swanger of Clyde,
is a cryptographic clerk in the com
munications section of a Ninth
Air Force P-51 Mustang fighter
group in the European Theater of
operations.
He is a graduate of Fines Creek
high school, and prior to entering
the service in January, 1943, was
employed as an electrician by the
Newport News Shipbuilding and
Dry Dock Company, in Newport
News, Va.
Corporal Swanger received his
army training at Atlantic City,
N. J., and was assigned to his pres
ent organization at Tonopah, Nev.,
in March, 1943. He arrived over
seas with the unit late in 1943.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. William Sanford
Ledford, of Waynesville, R.F.D.
No. 1, announce the birth of a son
on May 21 at their home.
Liability Insurance
Would a law" suit as a result of an accident take the
savings of a lifetime? Such might be your luck if
you do not have liability insurance.
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PHONE 77 MAIN STREET
ART EXHIBIT
The Art Exhibit sponsored by
the Waynesville Woman's Club
attracted around 100 people in its
three days at the county library.
All of the 32 entries were painted
by North Carolina artists and they
were all enjoyed, particularly the
one of the Asheville bridge. For
the benefit of those interested in
Art the following books are suggested:
"Anyone can draw," by Zaud
enberg; "Drawing people for fun,"
Vernam; "Black and White,"
Brown; "Block cutting and print
making by hand," Dobson; "Etch
ers and Etching," Pannell; "Screen
process production," by Hiatt;
"How to paint signs and show
cards," Matthews.
A girl may wear a golf skirt
and never play golf, or wear a
bathing .-suit and never go near
the water but when she puts on
a wedding gown, boys, she means
business.
Boy Did Edison make the first
talking machine, Daddy?
Dad No, son, God made the
first one; Edison made the first
one that could be shut off.
MR. AND MRS. E. K. CHAMBERS, of Waynesville, R.F.D. No. 1,
have two sons in the service. They are: Private First Class Guy R.
Chambers ( left), who is now serving somewhere in England, and
Ted H. Chambers, seaman first class, who is now in the South Pacific.
Pf . Chambers entered the service in February 16, 1942, and was
indiu 1 at Fort Jackson. He was transfered to Keesler Field, Miss.,
and ihn to Chanute Field, 111. From the latter he was sent to Eng
land. Before entering the service Pfc. Chambers was employed by
the Ltah Construction Company.
S-aman Chambers was inducted at Camp Croft on March 20,
1942,' and took his boot training at Bainbridge, Md., and from there
was sent to a gunnery school in Virginia, after which he was assign
ed sea duty. Before entering the service he was a student in the
Waynesville high school.
Pulpwood Cutters
Are Eligible
For Deferment
Pulpwood cutters of 26 or over,
regularly engaged in this essen
tial home front occupation, are
generally eligible for deferment
under the new Selective Service
rules recently announced, accord
ing to the local Victory Pulp Com
mittee. Serving from Jackson
county on this committee are: Paul
Ellis, R. U. Sutton, E. L. McKee,
G. R. Lackey and Ray Orr.
Deferment of men from 26
through 29, the committee explain
ed, is authorized if the registrant
is "necessary to and regularly en
gaged in "a war activity such as
pulpwood cutting. Men of 30 or
older, however, may be deferred
merely if they are "regularly en
gaged" in such work.
The new selective service regu
lations also make provision for re
classification of 4-Fs into 2-A and
2-B provided they are engaged in
an "essential" activity such as
pulpwood cutting.
Back the attack. Boy War Bon.
and Stamp.,
Bethel News
(Written for last week)
The Vavation Bible School open
ed on Monday at the Baptist
church. All children from the In
termediate's regardless to prefer
ence are urged to attend.
The Bethel Girl Scouts will meet
throughout the summer at the home
of Mrs. Elwood Shook.
Mrs. Grace Peeke spent this
week-end here visiting relatives
but returned to Charlotte Monday.
The Bethel Baptist members vot
ed Sunday to rebuild their church,
which will start soon.
Being good won't make you hap
py. . Happiness comes from doing
good and making others happy.
AT FtfiST
SKMOFA
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CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR HAS DISTINGUISHED RECORD'
1898 -Orphaned at seven,
raised by grandparents
Jan. 1937 -Sworn in by fate
Justice Herriot Clarkson
as Speaker of N.C House
I i U
;OT. V J Became N.C.
i9oo-l9ll Worked tM5tate Democratic
on Uncles Farm I 1 Chairman .Serving
Sept 9-As Captain of Machine
yun company, parnciparea in
breaking Hindenburg Line
1928
Elected State
Commander. American
Legion, Dept. of N.C.
A career of distinguished service to the citizens of North Carolina, both as a public 'servant in
peacetime and as a machine-gun company captain during the First World War, is contained in the record
of Major R. Gregg Cherry, 52-year-old Gastonia candidate for the governorship subject to the 1944 Demo
cratic primary. Orphaned at seven, Major Cherry was raised by his grandparents, worked on the farm and
later on the Trinity College campus at Durham to obtain his education. He became and has remained a
successful attorney, with his legal career having been interrupted, however, in 1917, when he volunteered
his services in the First World War, serving overseas and rising to the rank of captain in the regular army
and later to the rank of major in the National Guard in which he was active until 1923. Founder and
commander of Gaston county's first American Legion post, he became State Commander of the N. C. De
partment of the American Legion in 1928. Prominent in fraternal and religious life, he is a member of the
Masonic bodies, was Grand Chancellor of the Knighte of Pythias in 1924 and has for many years been a
member of the Board of Stewards of Gastonia's Maih Street Methodist Church. He has served in every
session of the N. C. General Assembly since 1931 seven terms in the House and two in the Senate. He
was Speaker of the House in the regular Executive Committee in 1937 and in the special sessions of 1936
and 1939. He was chairman of the State Democratic Executive Committee from 1937 to August, 1940, a
member of the State textbook rental commission in 1937, and of the State school commission from 1938 to
1941. In every legislative session since 1931 he has been a member of the finance committee of either the
House or Senate and has held numerous other important legislative chairmanships and memberships.
Legionnaire'
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To
GREGG
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May 16, 1944
Winston-Salem, N. fj.
Honorable R. Gregg Cherry,
Raleigh,
North Carolina.
Dear Gregg:
It was my pleasure to serve in France will
you in World War I in the 30th Division. Of count,
as you know, I was in the 105th Engineers ari
you were Captain of the 115th Machine Gun Cot
pany. I recall as if it was yesterday when wi
were building concrete machine gun emplacements
in "no-man's" land near Ypres, Belgium.
As you remember, this work had to be don
at night as we were under observation and ranp
ofthe German artillery and also machine guns.
remember the many nights while we were at wort
that you would come out and inspect and a
us in the construction; and also as soon as one e
placement was completed, you and your men would
move in. I know that never a night passed bo!
that you visited each and every one of these era
nlnfpmpnls Innkintr In flip wplfarp and comfort 0
the men who served under you and my comrades
who were helping construct these emplacements,
I had the opportunity time after time to tall
to the men who served in your command, and
know that they held you in the highest esteem;
that they felt that at all times you were lookinf
after their well-being; that no task was too menial
but that you would take hold and help them
and that you had the interest of every man
your command at heart. The test of a good com'
manding officer is the esteem in which he is held
by his men. You ofttimes exposed yourself to
danger beyond the call of duty to further the wel
being and the interest of your men, and it is n?
judgment that after talking with numerous rnffl
in vour command and seein? vou in action on oil-
ferent occasions, that the spirit you engendered
by your leadership added greatly to the success of
your Company and undoubtedly saved many
and was in a large measure responsible for tin
wonderful record that your Company made
September 28th, 1918, in the breaking of the Hit"
denburg Line.
It miffht interest vou to know that my boy.
Lieutenant Bill Rierson, was recently shot do
over Germany while flying a P-38 and is now"
German prisoner, and I believe that I know son
thing about what War means; and I further
lieve that your experience as a soldier and as
looiloi. ' 4Tnlia mil). 1rxai AvnOr ipfirp. in SCtf
seven terms in the Legislature admirably fit T
to meet the problems of the returning soldier fro
this War. I also know that thousands of motn
and fathers feel about this as I do.
with n,icK t n fnr vour contu
success, I am,
Sincerely yours,
J. Bryan Rierson,
Member of the 105th Engineers Compan.
30th Division.
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