Private Troy Goins Dies
From Gun Shot Wounds
Home On .Short Leave From Camp Lee, Va.,
And Was To Return The Day He Was
Wounded With Gun.
Private Troy Goins, 20, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Bud Goins who was
stationed at Camp Lee. Virginia
and came home Friday for a few
days leave was found shortly be
fore noon Tuesday 'beside an
outbuilding In the yard of a
brother, Mr. Ralph Goins in the
St. Mark’s community, with a
shotgun wound in his heart. It
was understood Private Goins
waa to return to Camp Lee Tues
dav afternoon.
The body is being held for the
arrival of a brother, Roy Goins
Who is stationed at Camp White,
Oregon. A telegram from him
this morning stated he would ar
rive early Monday. The funeral
services will probably take place
some time Tuesday at Hulls Grove
Baptist church in Lincoln county
with burial in the church ceme
tery.
Information learned here is to
the effect Pvt. Goiris took his
life because he did not want to
return to duty in the army.
Surviving in addition to the
parents are the following brothers
and sisters: Lee Goins and Ralph
Goins of the St. Mark's commun
ity; Raymond Goins, and Mrs.
Annie Mae Mauney of Lincolnton
and Roy Goins of Camp White,
Oregon.
Greg? Cherry Offers
15-Million Dollar
Road Bond Measure
Raleigh, Feb. 9.—Armed with
a resolution adopted by the Gen
eral Assembly, State farm lead
ers planned to submit to Federal
authorities a petition urging that
price ceilings on the 1943 crop
of flue-cured tobacco be applied
by a method which will not ab
olish the auction sales system.
The measure was rushed thro
>gh both houses after being in
oduced by Senator J. C. Lanier
1/ . Pitt.
Meantime, the legislature re
ceived assurance from OPA Chief
Prentiss Brown that careful con
sideration would be given its pe
tition asking removal of price
panalties on “oily hogs.’’ The
resolution adopted last month,
explained that penalties would
be costly to North Carolina fann
ers who feed swine on peanuts
and soylbeans.
Lanier's resolution suggested
that tobacco ceilings be com
puted on the buyers’ averages
and not by individual baskets.
The Pitt lawjmaker said represen
tatives of farm organizations
would appoint a committee today
to take the resolution to Wash
ington for presentation to the
U. S. Department of Agriculture
and the Office of Price Adminis
tration.
The Caveness “wine control’’
bill, kept from third reading de
bate by other discussions, was
held over on the House calendar
for possible action today.
Senator Gregg Cherry of Gas
ton introduced a bill authorizing
the issuance of $16,000,000 in
State highway bonds, with pro
ceeds to be used following the
war for repairing and construct
ing highways, causeways and
bridges. The measure was of
fered both to provide postwar
employment and to restore the
state’s highway system to pre-war
condition. The State treasurer
would be authorized to issue the
bonds “from time to time.”
Douglas Eaker Is
Visiting Parents
*
Douglas Eaker, Radioman First
Class, Mrs. Eaker and little son,
Douglas Eaker, Jr., arrived here
Saturday night on a 30-day fur
lough and are visiting his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Eaker.
This is their firsi visit here in a
bout three and one-half years. He
has been in the Navy for the
past eight years.
Mrs. Eaker before her mar
riage was Miss Lena Mae Smith
of Suffolk. Va
Douglas and Mrs. Eaker were
in Pearl Harbor on December 7,
1941, when the Japs bombed the
harbor for almost two hours kill
ing several thousand sailors, sol
diers and civilians and damaging'
millions of dollars worth of prop
erty. The sailor has also been
a good many battles during
,e past year.
OLD DETECTIVE MAGAZINES
WANTED FOR SOLDIERS
Bring all of your old Detective
magazines or any fictional maga
zine you might have at home to
the Houser Drug Co. These will
be sent fo government hospitals
for boys in the service who are
la the hospital to read.
POINT RATIONING
BOOK NO. 2 TO BE
ISSUED NEXT WEEK
The Point Rationing will bt
held from February 22 through
February 27 at the High school
building. Hours will be from 4
P. M. to 9 P. M., and all daj
Saturday.
Tbis is the most difficult of all
the rationing we hav'e had and
will take at least ten minutes pel
person.
The State Superintendent does
not permit calling off the school
for any part of the day, therefore,
we are asking as many people of
the community as can to assist in
this ration. Anyone wishing to
assist please notify Superintend
ent W. F. Staines.
Miss Ruth Benifield
Passes At Age Of 15
Funeral services for Miss Lily
Ruth Benifield, age 15 years, 10
months and 3 days, were con
ducted last Wednesday, February
3rd. at 4:00 o'clock from Mount
Zion Baptist church. Rev. E. S.
Elliott, pastor of the First Bap
tist church was in charge of the
service assisted by Rev. T. H.
Williams. Burial was made in
the family plot in the church
cemetery.
Ruth was the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Lester Benifield of this
place. She died at the Memorial
Hospital in Charlotte Tuesday,
February 2nd?, 1943', following
an illness of many weeks. She
was born in Cherryville and liv
ed here all her life.
Surviving are her parents, two
brothers and three sisters, Messrs
Hugh and Glenn Benifield. Miss
Jane Benifield at home, Mrs. Van
Adams of Mount Holly and Mrs.
Howard Pope of Stanley. Also
a large number of friends and
relatives survive.
Flowers were in charge of Mrs.
Victor Stroupe. The flower bear
ers were: Misses Nellie Llynn
and Eunice .Adams, Annie Sue
Dellinger, Helen Short, Edna Sisk,
Beatrice Weatherly, Hazel Wat
kins, Beulah Clinton, Blanche
Homesley and Faye Homesley.
Active pall bearers were: Adam
Dellinger, Roland Dellinger, Coy
Dellinger, Cord Hallman, New
man Cinton and Johnnie Noles.
Ruth was a sweet and kind
young girl and will be missed by
both her many friends and loved
ones.
Death of Little
Kenneth Blackburn
Jerry Kenneth Blackburn, in
fant eon of Mr and Mrs. Hall
Blackburn, died Saturday after
noon.
Funeral services were conduct
ed from the Hephazbeth Presby
terian church Sunday afternoon
at three " o’clock. Rev. Luther
Hav^kins, was in charge of the
services assisted by Rev. J. Hes
ter Smith.
Miss Helen Barbee sang very
softly, “Asleep In Jesus.”
SurvVing are the parents, a
brother and a number of other
relatives.
The floral tributes were many
and beautiful.
Burial was in the church ceme
tery.
Flower girls were, Misses
Jacqueline and Roberta Johnson,
Barbara Ann Dev'enny, Louise
and Katherin Bess. Willie Willis
and Millie Mae Prapst.
Mrs. Blackburn was the Wilma
Propst of North Brook.
Friday Last Day
To Contribute To
Infantile Paralysis
Tomorrow, Friday, February
12th, is the last day in which you
will hav'e a chance to contribute
to the _ Infantile Paralysis Fund.
The coin collectors will be taken
up at three o’clock tomorrow af
ternoon and all who have not
made their donations are urged
to do so at once.
Remember tomorrow’s America
will be as strong as today's chil
dren. Help America’s Disabled.
SIX OUNCE EGG
Mr. J. "W. Stroupe, brought to
this office an egg which was laid
by one of his Hampshire Reds,
weighing six ounces. It is on dis
play in our window.
Chief Pauses for Army ("how in Algeria
Incidental to the historic conference in North Africa by Allied leaders |
was this luncheon in Casablanca, army style. President Roosevelt said ;
it was “darned good.” Shown left to right are Harry Hopkins, Lieut, i
Gen. Mark Clark, the President, and Gen. George Patton Jr.—Sound- I
photo. I
C.H.S. To Play
Lincolnton Here Fri.
The C, H. S. squads will play
Lincolnton here Friday. This
will be a double header. It will
be Cherrvville's second game
with Lincolnton Both the boys
and girls lost the other game to
the wolves
The girls’ game was well play
ed and it was a hard one to lose.
Mrs. Putnam’s girls have had a
very successful season and they
are out to beat Lincolnton to
I make their list of Victories big
I ger.
| Coach Carson’s boys haven t
| had as successful a season as the
| gil ls but they have been a scrappy
squad. Mr Carson started the
• year with a "green” group of
boys who knew nothing much
j about basketball but were willing
| to learn. They have been work
| ing hard to take this last one
' from Lincolnton.
1 GIRLS
CherryT«l«
Goals
j FJebrvs 5
I Dellinger 2
Meam --- _ <1
Cobb—s
j Randall
j Prorpst
l Raker
iLincolnton
Redttie 18
Beam ... 4
Beal - 6
Proctor - 3
Gragg
Cash in
Robinson
BOYS
CWerryTille
Goals
Summers
Sellers _ 3
M. Carpenter
Putnam -3
Boyles -,3
Elliott—s
Starnes—s
Waterson—s
H. Carpenter 1
(Branklin I
s—Substitutes.
LincoJnton
Goals
Voder - - 10
Helms—s _ 1
Doogan-- 4
Elmore—s 2
Connor—s - 4
C. Gracrmiel 3
Reinhart—a
H. Grabriel - 3
Clinton—s - 7
Miss Ruth Sneed
Enrolls With WAAC
Miss Lola Ruth Sneed, dau
ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Wiley
Sneed, was officially sworn into
the Women’s Army Auxiliary
Conps last Thursday at the re
cruiting office in Charlotte. She
ig expected to leav'e soon for her
basic training. Miss Sneed is the
second young lady from this town
to enroll for service in WAAC’S,
Miss Ruby Stroupe, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. Cliff Stroupe,
enrolled last August and left for
her basic training at Des Moines,
Iowa, on October 3rd; from there
she was transferred to Daytona
Beach, Florida, and since Christ
mas her destination has been un
known, but in all probability she
is in North Africa.
THE DAVIDS
HAVE IT
CHERRYVILLE, N. C_David
A. Rudisill, David R. Mauney,
David H. Rudisill, David K. Far
ris and David H. Rudisill, Jr.,
constitute five-sevenths of the
male membership of St. John’s
Lutheran church choir. Back of
the choir loft is a large memor
ial window reading: “In memory
of David Mauney." All five sin
gers are descendants of this Dav
id Mauney.—Washington News.
Assist With Federal
Income Tax Blanks
Mr. J. W. Dellinger, deputy
collector of Internal revenue, will
be at the City Hall here on Wed
nesday and Thursday, February
17th and 18th, for the purpose of
assisting taxpayers with the
preparation of their income tax
returns. ShouL' any information
or assistance be needed, tax pay
ers are requested to get in touch
with him wfcile he Is here en
ahoy# dhtee.
DISCHARGED
P.fe. ROBERT WATT'S, son of
Mr. anti Mrs. W. Watts re
orable (1 i s- 1
charge from 1
the anny at a
Fort Bragg on P
January 27th. |
He entered the |
s e r v i c e in
.March, 1 !M 1
'and was in the
hospital for the 1
last two and 1
one half mos.
i tie says lie is pi dim ip ne uacK.
in Cherrj ville with his wife and
parents, and wants the people of
Cherryville to know that he went
to the Army to be a soldier for
Uhele Sam and has come back
here to be a soldier for the Lord
! _ i
IN THE NAVY
WARREN
, S. Patoka,
QUINN S I C U. S. |
■ o Postmaster, New
I UI K, i> • I . Util
Division wants
the Eagle to'
[ keep flying, he |
i cannot t e 1 I j
j where he is hut |
[ says the 1T. S .
Navy is licking j
t h e Germans
and tKat he is
getting the Ea-1
gle which he
enjoys very'
j Mrs. C.
lie is son oi mr anu
E Quinn of Cherryville.
ON THE PACIFIC
Pvt. JOHN H. ANTHONY, son
of Mr. .T. C. Anthony of Cherry
whn ont.pr
ed the service <
six months a- i
go. He now is >
stationed some- J
where on for- I
eign duty. His I
address is Pvt. |
I John H. An- :
Ithony 34036472 J
I 151st Med. Bn |
! Co. D. APO I
I 3492 cjo Post
master New York, N. Y., U. S.
Army.
IN SAN DIEGO
J. D. Randall, seaman 1 /C,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Lindo Ran
nan, wno nas
; been in the
. United Sta tes
! Navy for some
time, has the
(following- a d -
dress: John
• David Randall,
S 2 C Hdq Co.
[BNC BRG Fleet
Marine Tr. Ctr.
San Diego, California .
Dora Yarn Mill Sells
Thousand Dol. Bond
Mrs. Horace Eaker, an em
ployee of tlie Dora Yarn Mill,,
purchased a thousand dollar War
Bond last Monday morning from
the Dora Yarn Mill. This is the
first bond purchase in this amount
we have had reported in Cherry
villa. Congratulations to tha
Dora Yara Mill* and Mrs. Eakar.
“SCHOOL AT WAR”
CONTEST AT NO. 2
During the first week of Feb
ruary. Elementary School No. 2
Sponsored an essay contest. Es
says were written on the subject,
“Our School At War.” The boys
and girl from the fourth and
fifth grades entered the contest.
Three prizes were offered.
1st prize—$1.00 in Defense
stamps.
2nd prize—.00 in Defense I
stamps.
3rd prize—.30 in Defense
The essays were turned in
Monday, February 8th. All es
says were judged and the winners
were: First prize — Doyleta
W"; ’ ' - ’ "”oze—Cath
erine Mayhue. Third prize-—
Neva Carol Ilarrelson.
The winning essays are publish
ed in this week's Eagle.
first prize
“Our School At War’’
We at our school and other
schools are doing our best to win
the war. We, here in CherryVille,
^iave a stamp drive, that is, we
are selling and buying war bonds
and stamps. We have been sell
ing stamps for a few weeks. Last
week we sold the amount of
$123.30 worth' at our building.
The whole building has sold
$214.70 in three weeks.
We have also tried to win this
war by getting in scrap to lick the
Japs and to build planes and
other material tor our boys in
service. Our building has col
lected more scrap than any other
two buildings in CherryVille,
16,382 pounds. The way we got
all the scrap and paper was by
going around to people’s houses
and getting the old iron pipes
and other scrap that was not of
any good.
We are going to help our Sol
diers, Sailors and Marines by
planting our own gardens here at
home so we can get our food from
it and not have to buy canned
food. The stores are going to
ration food so no one will be
left out of their share. At school
we are selling seed so we can have
something to plant in our Victory
Gardens. We are selling flower
seed also, so we can make our
home beautiful and have plenty
to eat at the same time, and our
boys will have something to eat
also.
When our food gets to where
we can we will take things out
ot our gardens and put them in
jars and cans for the winter.
When you put them up in jars and
cans they will save and not spoil,
and we can give our share at the
store for others who cannot raise
their own food and have to work
in a war plant.
We picked cotton during the
harvest season and helped the
labor shortage. We are saving
our school property and taking
care of our health. All these can
help win the war.
By DOYLETA WRIGHT,
5th Grade
SECOND PRIZE
“The School At War”
We, at our school, are buying
and selling stamps for victory.
We sell them ev'ery Monday, Wed
nesday and Friday. We have all
so far bought $214.70 and are
still buying. If you btiy a .25
stamp you will be buying live
bullets to lick the Jaips and it
you buy a .10 stamp you will be
buying two bullets. About all the
pupils are buying stamps to help
win the war.
We are collecting scrap, we are
collecting iron metal, aluminum,
copper, and rubber. We at home
are saving all of our fat and
keeping it in cuns to turn in
Our school has collected 1l>,3-82
pounds of scrap.
Plant a victory garden for vic
tory. We are selling seed, so that
people can start their gardens
We hope that everybody will plant
a garden. If you dont you will
be helping the Japs.
On account of the labor short
age. the nupils of our school were
let out at noon last fall to help
pick cotton. We picked about a
month.
We have been saving school
(Continued on page 4)
Last Week To Enlist
County, Town Taxes
Those who have not listed their
1943 taxes in CherryVille and
Cherrvville Township are re
minded by E. E. McDowell, Town
Tax Collector, and J. Coleman
Jenkins, County Tax Collector,
that the extended time will posi
tively expire on next Monday,
February 15th. Those who fail
to list within the time will be
subject to a ten per cent pen
alty on their 1943 taxes. List
ing time was extended by the
commissioners to help those who
were dalayad, and Monday tha
16th, will ba tha last day.
Dellinger Fights For
Dry Cause, But Loses
Expect Legislature To Adjourn This Month;
Shortest Session In History Of State;
School Teachers Expected Raise.
First Lieutenant
LESTER H LEONHARDT
First Lieutenant Lester H.
Leonhardt of U.S.M.S., son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Leonhardt of
Cherryville, is stationed at Hoff
man Island, N. Y. He enlisted in
the Marines last August. Lieu
tenant Leonhardt was home on a
11-day leave during the Christmas
holidays He will he glad to hear
from his fronds who would like
to write him. His address is:
Lester H Leonhardt, U.S.M.S.
Hoffman Island, Sec. 78
New York, N. Y.
Cherryville Women
Lose Brother In
Kings Mountain
! _
Kings Mountain. — Funaral
services for D. M Baker, 85,
prominent Kings Mountain busi
ness man and former president
of the First National Bank here,
wore held Monday morning at
St. Matthews Lutheran Church in
Kings Mountain. The Rev. Her
man Fisher, pastor, officiated, and
interment was in Mountain Rest
cemetery.
Mr. Baker was one of Kings
Mountain's oldest residents and,
-ince the death of his wife, the
former Miss Mary Porter, in
lyill, had made his home at
Mountain View Hotel. He died
Saturday afternoon at 5:30 after
an extended illness.
He was prominent in the busi
| ness life of Kings Mountain and
| held quite a bit of real estate in
and around the city. He was one
of the oldest members of St
Matthews Church and also oldest
member of the Kings Mountain
Masonic lodge, having been af
filiated with that group 51 years.
Surviving are four sisters, Mrs.
Mary Hoov'er of Lincolnton, Mrs.
Columbus Beam of near Shelby,
Mrs. Ellen Beam and Mrs. Laura
Carpenter of Cherryville. and a
number of nieces and nephews.
Italian Education vs.
North Car. Education
It’s a cu incidence that I road
in yesterday's Raleigh paper uf
the introduction of a hill in the
state legislature to prov'ide a
nine month’s school term for the
children of North Carolina—to
give them 180 days of schooling
per year instead of 11>0 days—
a bill will meet violent opposition
and if passed will be in such shape
as to allow some counties to
keep the tern^ at 100 days—this
is a long sentenco but I'm com
ing to the point—it's a co inci
dence 1 say that soon after read
ing that I picked up Mr. J. A.
Osborne’s Virginia Gazette and
read this:
“School days are cut to the
bone for the children of Italy!
Due to a fuel shortage Italy’s
Undersecretary of Education has
reduced next year's school days
to 173 days, the shortest term in
Italian history.”
The story goes on to say that
if the term is cut to 173 days
then parents will be expected to
see that the children study at
home to make up for the time
they are cut out of at school.
It’s funny, isn’t it? “Enlight
ened” North Carolina balks at
giving her children 180 days,
while unspeakable Italy cuts to
173 only because of the stress of
war. I say it with all respect to
those in the country who need
their children on the farms dur
ing the war.—-John G. Bragaw
in tha Washington Naws, Janu
ary 8, 1942.
RALEIGH, Feb. 10.—The pre
sent legislature is the wettest we
have had in 30 years. No chance
at all for a referendum or any
other legislation that would help
the dry cause in the state or any
part of the state. The so called
Wine Control bill is positive proof
of this fact. This bill passed the
House by a roll call v'ote of 61 to
46. The bill provides for the sale
of wine of 20 per cent alcohol in
ninety seven of the counties. This
in fact makes the state wet for
that this content of wine means
the equivalent of 44 per cent li
quor and will make drunkards
just the same as common liquor
as it is said that wine will make
people deathly sick and drunk and
destroy them quicker than liquor.
The Cherryville representative
measure. The Gastonia represen
tative was for the bill. Many
representatives stated they had
scores of telegrams and resolu
tions but that they knew the peo
ple back home did not know what
was in the bill and proceeded to
vote their own sentiments. That
is to say about fifty representativ
es from the 75 drv counties ig
nored the wfishes of the people
back home and Voted to make the
state wine-wet. Three counties
had heretofore prohibited the sale
of wine and beer by legislative
enactment. The sponsors of the
bill agreed to exempt these coun
ties and the representatives voted
for the bill. That is a sample of
the horse trading you come up
against here. In the face of
that agreement and the exemption
of the three counties the House
refused to exempt any other coun
ty by amendments offered.
There will be a public hearing
on the state wide liquor referen
dum bill offered by representative
Price of Rutherford county. This
bill is offered at the instance of
the United Dry Forces of the
state. My prediction is that it
will never get to the floor of the
House or if it does it will be kill
ed without an opportunity for
discussion. In fact it appears that
the legislative set-up is such that
the entire state may be authoriz
ed to establish liquor stores with
out the consent to the people.
This is what 'was done with the
first seventeen counties that were
permitted by legislative authority
to establish A. B. C. stores and
the stores were established with
out the consent of a single citizen
in said counties except the repre
sentative in Raleigh.
There is pending before the
House a bill to prohibit the sale
of wines and beers from Satur
day night until Monday morning.
With the action by our colleague
there is Very little chance of pass
ing the bill. I understand sellers
of beer In the county would not
seriously object to the bill but
there is a little opposition to the
bill. However, under the bill
passed in the House Tuesday it
is doubtful if beer can be sold by
ai:y cafe dr other place in the
town of Cherryville at any time.
Tile bill was amended so as to
provide for the sale of wines
only in places having A Grade
"A” rating.
The big committees, Finance
and Appropriations, are hoping
to finish the main part of their
work this week and if that is done
their business will be in shape so
that adjournment can be had in
February, anfT If this is done it
will be the shortest session in the
history of the state so far as th%
present members can recall.
More and more is being said
about the changes in the school
law. It appears certain now that,
the ninth month will be added to
the term and in addition it is the
concensus of opinion that there
will be an increase in teachers
salaries anywhere from ten per
cent to fifteen per cent. Most
likely the increase will not exceed
ten per cent.
I
Dry Good Stores To
Change Hours, 15th.
Due to the war emergency be
ginning Monday, February 16th,
| the following merchants will ob
| serve the following opening and
closing hours. During the week
they will open at 9:00 A. M., and
close at 6:00 P. M., and on Sat
urday they will open at 9:00 A.
M„ and close at 9:00 P. M.
The Stores co-operating are:
HARRELSON CO., Inc.
BELK-MATTHEWS CO.
GOLDINER’S DEPT. STORE
HOWELL’S READY-TO-WEAR
ROSES 5-10 & 25c STORE
GALLOWAY’S DEPT. STORE
CARPENTER FURNITURE CO.
| KESTER GROOME FURNI
TURE CO.