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ADDRESSES OF SOLDIER DOTS WANTED ********** ****** * * * * * * * # 21 WHITE MEN INDUCTED AT CAMP CROFT 9 American Legion Sending Packages To Service Boys Place All Addresses Into The Cigarette Boxes Which Are Stationed Over Town. *__ The American Legion, Try on Post No. 100 wants the present address ol’ all the soldier hoys and girls from this community immediately. If their address has been changed let it he known. Write the address plain and plaeu them in any of the cigarette boxes which are found in many places about town, they will be collect ed from these boxes by member: of, the American Legion, All of this will lender a .great service if we will only take the time to write the name and address and [dace it in one of these boxes. The Legion has on file these names and want to keep the ad dress up to date It will help vonr bov to get something from some one else, ij his name is on file. American Legion Urges Your Help J. Ilenjamin Dellinger. Com mander of Trvon Post No. 100 of the .American y.''vi"ih is a sk ins the -aid of in this community in the sending of Christmas boxes to the boys from ’his community in the service. A \ anservative estimate is that the* >st will be well over $1,000.0(1 or this project and names are still coming in to the chairman. Dellinger is asking that those men or organizations from which the boys and git Is in service, were inducted to help the Legion fi nancially in their Clirstmas pack age program. If one nr more of your employees is in the ser vice. Mr. Dellinger pleads, won’t you please help to take care of the cost of their parcels? The cost of the articles for the boxes and mailing charges amount to about $2.50 tier box and this runs into considerable money due to the large number of (toys' and gills from this, community. Contact Commander Dellingci or any member of the Legion if vou i have any contribution to make toward this wothwhile cause. PIEDMONT SCOUT BOARD TO MEET SHELBY. Nov. -The ex ecutive hoard of the Piedmont Council, Boy Scouts of America will meet at the Hotel Charles here on Tuesday night. Decemboi 7th at 7:15 o'clock at which time representativ'es from the counties of Alexander, Burke. Caldwell. Catawba, Cleveland, tiastou, Iredell, Lincoln, .Vic 1, owell. Polk, and Kutherford \ ill come together for the last. i.. :;rd meeting of the year. Spe ed i i tl'orL' is being' made through i, life eleven counties of the t ..imed to increase the Scout ami Cub membership before De Scouts and Cubs has been set cumber .‘>1 and a goal of 5,000 Each of the 200 troops and packs of the Council lias been asked to add five new members in order to reach this goal. At the meeting on December 7th plans for the annual meeting and banquet of the Council to be held some time during Janu ary will he completed and a nom inating committee will he appoin ted. Likewise, three of the most outstanding men will he selected and nominated to the Silv'er Bea ver Award. Other reports will bo received including the linal re ports oh the Piedmont Council Camp Building Fund to he used in rebuilding the Dining Lodge and Kitchen at the Piedmont Bov Scout Camp at Lake Lanier which was destroyed by fire last summer. FEED CONCENTRATES In producing 13 percent more vestock in the United States w iring the past year, 28 per vent more feed concent rates wede used. Livestock specialists plead for a more specific use of feed. i SEE IF YOUR BOYS NAME IS ON THIS LIST AT ONCE— American Legion Urges You To Send Names In. Tlii' American Legion, Try on Post. No. 100. urges you to read llie list el nunies given below over eariTuitv and it your boy’s name fails to appear on this list please turn his name over to Hubert Alauney, at the Royal t ale, or to .1. t lilf Stroup at the Nuway Store. A carton of cigu cites lias been mailed to each boy whose name is listed below and if yours fails to appear please let it he known. The American Legions want to express to the home people their thanks and appreciation for their loyal support which they have been making to the cigarette boxes. ’This money is used to buy the cigarettes for the boys in'service and while it iias been very generous each week it lias been noted there is .mu' drop oil’ in the collections The boys in service are writ— mg letters o 1 appreciation ami thanks for the cigarettes recei ved and each week some of the letters will go in print in the Magic, so let's don't lot the hoy down, let's send them cigarettes Don't pass the (igarettc boxes up, every nickel will help hoy more cigarettes. Lacli ii-ov listed below has been ciH a carton of cigarettes by the American Legions: I’vt J. \Y. Jenkins, Lt. (jg) AL W. llovis. Cpl Tew C. Wither spoon. S Sgt Lloyd \V. Wither spoon. Sgt Alarv'in S. Sneed, Paul Y. Hallman, Pvt Clyde H. Smith. Pvt A. 1. Stroup, Sgt W. L. Jenkins, Pvt Jasper W. lilan ton, James Alexander, Cpl Jos cpli O. Ileavin-r, PKC Ralph K Pope, Luke AY. Hoyle, lb M. Quinn, PKC Howard R. Hallman, Philip A. Laker, Pvt Carl A Aloorr, Sgt Coy Lord Sisk, Sgt jl.cRny Propsf, Pvt VA’.L. Ream, Pvt Hubert A. Voder-, PKC Har ry Halstead, Cpl J. K. Crowder, Pvt Quinton Ruff, Pvt. John P. Ream, Pvt. Howard L. Sellers, Tech 5th K. O. Sneed, Cpl Al fred C. Crawley, Raleigh J. Putnam. AL Sgt C. L. Strickland, j Cpl. Robert AA'. Carpenter, I’vt | Ajax R. Seilers, Pvt AAMIhur Ka I niiic. Pvt Arthur Ilari clson, Pvt. j Ralph II. Ream. John AA'. Hull, ! Sgl ( (don T. Carpenter. John David Randell, Pvt.. John H. . AJoore, Cpl Rerlin Leonhardt. leach Sgt Russell B.Lcatherman. I Pvt (lodran Real, Pvt. Nevert ' MeXeely, J. C. Hayes, Cpl Carl Hi. Propst, Lt Vernon O. Moore, Pic Plain Childre-s, Cpl Lemuel ' R. AVilliams, Pl'c Boyce Httss. IS. (i. Sellers, Cpl Emmett Holt ! llouser. I’vt John li. Anthony, | Sgt. James Franklin, I’vt F. li. ■ Ford, 1’lc Lonnie E. I’eeler, Sgt Ruby Stroup-. Pfe John X. Beam, I’vt John R. Black, Sgt. Earl \V. Greene, T. Sgt Eugene Strick land, M. Sgt W. R. George, John Benjamin Brigman, Pfe Clyde W Gainey, Dean M. Jenks, Pvt Gresham Quinn, Pvt Paul II. Dellinger, Cpl. Geo. D. Beam, Pvt John L. R. Stafford, Cpl Roy L. Haynes, I’vt Raleigh Haynes, Pvt Roy L. Upton. Charles Pin ker George, Cpl Earl G. I’ropst, Sgt James Strickland. Junius I.. Mauiiey, Gerry White, Tommy Massagee, Cpl. Win. C. Dellin ger. Cpl Joseph A. Whitesides, Jr., t -1 Holton M. Smith, Pvt Wade L. Lynch. Sgt. R. L. Car penter, Ben Griffith, Pvt Jap A. Smith, Jesse Carpenter, Pfe Eli sha Webber, Cpl George T. Work man, Sgt L. S. Stroup, M Sgt J. A. Wyantt. Cpl Ralph L. An thony. J. T. Lowes, Pfe George Ilovis, Sgt Hill Peeler, Pvt Lu ther V. Ilenyner, Pvt Edward Murphy, Clyde E. Mooney, Pv't j Fred M. Brown,, Pfe Robert C. ' (Continued on page five) New Type of Landing Craft Many types or landing craft nave been developed as tee Allies poa iroops onto new positions. This is one of Uncle Sam's latest sea-goi' trsenals. It is known as a landing iraft tank. It Is pictured with i; ramp dropped on a beach as a 32-tq i land tank rolls into batile. T1 landing craft tank appears to be a i mall relative of the hugo landic ship tank. Mrs. Blanche Withersp ocn Passed Away NX^ednesday Mrs. Blanche Witherspoon, widow of the late Dorus Wither spoon. passed away at her homo in the Shady Grove section, Wednesday evening, about 7 ;■'() o’clock, following a long illness. Funeral services will be con ducted from Sliatly Grove Baalist church of which she was a inem ; her Friday itllcruoon at :!:(){) I o’clock with burial in the church cemetery. Mrs Wit hoi -,-on is n daugh ter of Airs. Philip Ahumey and tlie late Air. MaltlVey, and had made her home in that section all her life. Surviving in addition to her inother are t li*- following chil dren: Airs. Bill George, Cherry ville; Mis- Wayhnre Witherspoon at home; Airs. George Innersoii of Miami. Fla.: 1,1 John Wither spoon, Trinidad: Jay Wither spoon. North Africa; and Tow Witherspoon in New Guinea. All three of her sons are in foreign service. I.t. John Witherspoon had the piaviledge of visiting with his mother, a few Weeks, about three months ago. Also sin v'ivine are Ihe follow ing brothers and sisters; F. IT Alauney. Floyd Mattney, Mrs. Bright Randall. Mrs, Caldwell Farnsworth. all of Cherryville. Airs. Neva Mattney, Ft. Lauder dale. Fla.: Mrs Guv Wells, and I.twis Mattnev. LaFayette. Tenn., and Claude Mattney of Charlotte. Also surviving is a daughter-in law. Mrs. .ft iv Witherspoon of Dallas. A. H. HUSS CONFINED TO HOME WITH ILLNESS The many friends of Mr. A. 11. Iluss will be sorry to learn lie is confined to his home with ill ness. We wish for him a speedy tecovery and that he will he out again soon. MRS. PEARL PEELER KILLS HOG WEIGHS 445 Mrs. Pearl Peeler of Lawndale wrote her father, Mr. L. C. Sipe this week she had killed a hog that dressed 445 pounds and she made 8 gallons of lard. We see that more than Cher ryville people are raising fine porkers this year. HOGS Orderly marketing of hogs to relieve a glutted madket will help to maintain prices, report 'government officials. The llolstein-Friesian Asso ciation of Amedica has reported that McE Bessie Lady Lillian, a cow owned by A. (). McEachern of Wilmington, produced 6.30 pounds of butter fat and 17,927 pounds of milk in a year. Get $4 for $3 out of your CHRISTMAS savings — in vest in WAR BONUS. Keep on BACKING THE ATTACK. C. P. C. A. HAD GOOD MEETING LAST SATURDAY The C herryvllle Production [ Credit A.-sucunion hold its J Oth I Anmvcrsiu y meeting November (LV. in llie High School building I at Cluu i yv'ille, \. C. Mr. It. \\ . Wilson' ol' Lawndale was elected a member Id' llie I board ol directors lor a three year term and .Ur. (). .1 Holler of Union .Mills was elected a member of the boitrij of direc tors to till the uiiexpired term of Mr. Lester .M. Kea. Nineteen ten .year members were present.some of whom were called on by It. K Laker, presi dent of the Association, to re late their expedient es as produc tion credit association members. A iepoi 1 was made by M. A. Stroup, secretary-treasurer of the association. Inis showed that the farmt i cooperative organiza tion was in sound financial cotuli lion. ’ihe i hcrryvilic Assoeia I noil, SHUT ll> I'.SUU'llSIlUILMIl Oil December II, 10.13, , has made 7,807 loans, amounting to $2, 203,000 to farmers of Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln and Mecklenburg counties Losses on loans made hav'e been $009, or less than one twentv-lifth of one percent. Farmers own $20,550 of stock in the association and reserves to protect this investment am ount to $22,890 according to Secretary - Treasurer M. A. j Stroup. During the meeting members of the association were urged to lmy their fertilizer early. It was pointed but that early and contin nous movement of fertilizer from the factory to the farmer is essential if it is to be in the hands of farmers ill time to make its necessary contribution to the food production program It was also stressed that there ] was a strong possibility of con ! gestion of deliveries at the time ! when fertilized is needed, due |to limited storage space in factor ies, labor problems, supplies, la j hor problems, studies and trans portation. HUDSON BEAM BRINGS LARGE HEN EGG HERE Mr Hudson Beam brought to the office Monday, a hen egg, laid by a one year old white leg horn lien, which weighed 1-4 pound: The egg has two yel lows. This is ll.e largest egg we have seen. MRS MAMIE MOSS KILLS HOG WEIGIfS 405 _ Mrs. Mamie Moss killed a hog last Friday that dressed 405 i pounds, and she also made 12 1 gallons of lard This is another 1 fine porker. THREE - COUNTY SHOW DRAWS BIG CROWD HERE, 25th. Winners Are Announced at Event Held For Gaston, Cleveland and Lincoln Counties—Many Animals Entered In 13 Classes Of Competition. With 1.500 horse lovers in at tendance, the first annual Tri te ny Horse show was held at < all park in (.'herryville ..sgiving' afternoon. In the i were a number of the finest 1 i e hoi ses ever seen ill this n. They came from Gaston, land and Lincoln counties, i! was sponsored by the Lions til) of ('herryville. Impressed oith the interest and success at tending yesterday's exhibit, steps were taken immediate!) looking to the incorporation of the asso ciation with a view to holding' a show every veal-. This show fol lowed a similar one held a few weeks ag i at .Mount Holly which was attended liy 1.1<K) people and in which, moa than 5P0 hor ses were shown. K. .M. Holton, of Statesville, widely known euuinc expert, of ficiated as judge and Ueck Moeld man of Bine Brook Farms, Con over. Catawba county, was ring master. Robert F. Smith, ot ('herryville was official announ cer. Cash prizes and ribbons were awarded in each of the show’s 1 .‘i classes. run I W IININtK Opening show ev.-ni was tile pony competition in which t lu ll 1 n c* libbon winner was Little Smoky. Tennessee walking pony ridden by ins owner, little live year-old Aliss Rosemary Dellinger (laughter of Mr. and Mrs. Slew art, Dellinger of Stanley, John Smith. Jr., of Shelby owned tin second prize winner in the pony show. '1 hi] d prize went to a po ny owned by Miss' Kay Mediums of Dallas and fourth to the en try of Miss Harhaia Robinson, aiso of Dallas Rob. owned by Dr. F. M. Houser of ('berryVilie and exhi bited by Rev. Herman («. Fisher, of Kings Aiouiualli was the blue ribbon winner m t'lic model class, in which competing horses were shown m hand. Red rlnhon mod el class winnei was Dan, owned by ( . A. Kndisdl of ( nei ryville and exhibited by Robert Harrcl son in V hi rr\vilie. I lin'd prize in this class went to dohicn Dawn. O'whed aim exhibited by Ralph Leonard of Mount Holly anil fourth to (ioldie daii, owned and exhibited by Airs. .Iair.es Rhyne 11 .Stanley. IHREE-GAITED PRIZES Golden Dawn, owned 11y Ralph Leonai d and ridden by Miss Alary liehns. advaneeii to blue ribbon status in the ladies' tliree gaited elass. with Alls. Rhyne's Goldie Gail second and Queen \ ietoi ia. owned by Ed Chapman of Cherryvilli- arid ridden by Aliss Barbara Robinson id' Dallas, did Lad.; Croekett, live-gaited niare owned and ridden by Geo. Derr of Stanley, took hist honor in the gentleman's tive-gailed | elass. Queen Victoria, the Chap man-owned mare, riddm by El Cline of Shelby, plaii-u second, and third honors wi re carried by Daisy. owned by Lawrence Mc Ginnis of theiryville and ridden by Kern La- e>-, also of Clierrv Vi I If. Two classes, indies and gentle mens hor.-.cniunshin contests, in which tin- riding was judged with out reference to the horse exhib ited. were next reeled off. Alls. Rhyne of Stanley, riding Goldie Gail, was the blue ribbon winner in the ladies horsemanship class while second honors went to Aliss Catherine Alavhew of Cherry villi* riding Doe. owned by Bill Hou ser of Cherrv,Hie. Mack Dellinger of Stanley, riding his Beauty Hutchison, grand champion’ at the recently held Mount Holly show, was No. 1 winner in the gint Ionian's horsemanship competition. 'Sec ond prize went toEd Cline of Shelby on Queen Victoria, third i to Stewart Dellinger of Stanley on Sir McAlv'ann. and fourth to George Derr on Lady Croekett. Dr. F.- M. Houser's horse Boh. ridden by Rev. Mr. Fisher of Kings Mountain, took bine ribbon honors in the five-gaited stallions and geldings class. Second was (Continued on pae« four) Nine Went To Navy Four In Marine Corps Six Colored Men Left For Fort Bragg On November Eleventh. Funds Started For Educational Building At The Methodist 1 he Hoard of Stewards of tlio I' ii'-st Metiindisl church saw there was a iii'oil lor mole room in tlio Ohildi i’ll’.- Department and a Innd lias lici'ii starlod foi a new Educational Huildiny to lie erect cd soon as tile war i. over It is Understood there has already been a substantial •Rum donated and lieiny set aside foi this pur pose. The first .Methodist church' is a handsome huildiny and also a I a rye one, but with the steady increase in the dumb. the hoard of Stewards see a yreat need for more room and m lookiny ahead to post-war day.-, they de eided now was the time to set up a fund for such a huildiny and soon as the rest fictions are lift ed. they will lie ready to erect the new Educational huildiny. Plans for the huildiny. which will likely lie elected on the lot] next to the church i'uciny North Mountain street will he drawn, in tile near future. | Brothers Meet In England Recently Mr. and Mrs. Uuy Sisk of Statesville received a cabloyrani t rt'lll their sons, "tail Syt. Wai ,aud Pryile Sisk aim Private lat her Haiti Sisk, slat my they were spendiliy the tin! week-end in November Loyelher. and haviuy a yraml time. S Syt. Sisk has Keen oversea for the past 1 1 month- and had ■ lever met any one he knew un til his brother. Pvt Sisk landed over there sometime ill tletoher. In a recent letter from Syt. Sisk he was yettitiy a furlouyh around the filth.' and planned to ail.nil -e\en davs with his brother. i • • ; . - . : “Heaven Bound” To Be Here Last Time •’Heaven Hound". the veil known plav. played In colored characters from Shelhy will Ke placed here attain in the tieai future for the last time for the duration. Watch the Made for the date and place. BRIAR HOPPERS COMING TO WACO MONDAY. DEC. SIXTH The Briar Hopper.-.. incl.udin.L Kre.i Ki'rhvi 1'lie A icttb \ l ovx Boy. W llite.V ami iloyan. f.ddii: Hank. ami Hie i:iil Da\ i- w ill be at tile Warn lilyli Selo.ol Audi torium in \\ aco, on Monday nirlii. December dth, ;tf spin o'clock, sponsored 1>\ the Future Hume AIalters Club Everyone invited. Adiii.is-.ioii: I Adults, 4 tie; Children from it 1'J 1 will he 1’lie. I - ■ -A A~ I SINGING AT MISSIONARY' METHODIST CHURCH ] There will lie a s'fnjiitiif at the .Missionary Aletlmdisi ehuieli on l Ballard tied, Sunday afternoon. I hetfinnini; at I ::;<I. on December lli.th. (Anal let to- from several .different nearby town aiv ev peeted and some leal rood siny I ins' will lie heard. The public i- cordially invited to he present. Plans are Indus' made to have a loud sueakei for the occasion. BEV. BOY XAXXIE. Pastor ERVIN McGINNIS KILLS 490 POUND HOG* FRIDAY Ervin McGinnis killed a hop Friday that dressed 41*<I pounds. He killed one the first of the week which dresesd 305 pounds and he has another to kill which he thinks will tip the scales at 150, dressed. Twenty-one white urn win accepted tor the ai my In in,, last croup repori in.tr |y ,mn t ( on X'oVelllher li.nili |A,r indi.,r lion: They are: i; Trite Vernon Kris'er. Walter Harris, 'j'ollie. ch. n inner Thurman Lewis :Wil>oh. Ha\ .' A11drew Xv-ai.' Willi, j. Var| H Kayniond Isaac Jarimi' i Keen Xohirtt. Krnc.-i \\ iHiJlni l ■arrison. .lames \ incent l (ietlys (Hadden. U iilian. Liar' race 11 lake, Clyde Uni I n- H.-m mdt. Dorns liav ( ai roll Ldm < nano Shipton. Charlie Alexan * * 1 ^/n,'s- Hardin Itnr ton. I lamias Tai l Hnskey .Lur ns Kerman Holland. William ]•„■ risli. .Ir. Tln.se accepted 1,^ the haw were Howard Jliaiie Italia, d Dan l',’.... !.;ri|/ri*- Jr.. William Ta, th-y Stallpial. Kdward J .... \neht l-rancc KelH ho her l It, .van Uudisill. Thom;., , y ^ Hu-ni|ihrcv. Jr Ji>hn < lark. J r. Those accepted in Hie Marine (nips were: Jack Vomit I,,a (.a,kind Willis. William Kdnur U,X*' un,! l;,lV Alettinnis he colored hoys who left on Anvemhei 1 It!,. I i tint ley. Leans’Jam..,; ' ^ !, Unnroe ftarne'1,.. Janies U diun! X V • JiA"niie J.a\an and J ,,.,,,. . AeIson Jennings. JOHN A. JACKSON SELECTED FOR a SPECIAL SCHOOL --•v. ".lur, 'I htle a!! i'll * hel l y\'i,llt. Im bail. --- iU-mv haw REV J. 'WALTER COBB IMPROVING FROM ILLNESS Tbe UeV. .1. \\ alter Cobb. p;,x, t"f "I the Presbyterian cinircii . has been ill and \\a> nnalde t ■, conduct el \ lees Iasi Sunday, lie is now on tlie 'mend and expects to "Celt tie t lie mi I jit Hex t Sin hay at II o clock and at 7 ■')'I o'clock I’ ,\1. J W. DELLINGER FEDERAL TAX COLLECTOR HERE DEC. 6 & 7TH •I. \\ . Dellinuer,, Federal TaS ('oiled or, will he al ■ I lie ctt v Hall in Cherry v'ille on Monday and I Uesday. Decembd (j and 7 til. for the purpose of he.lpili” farmers till out tiieii income blank, lie will also assist others who are interested in his help. PROTECT TOUR HOME FROM TUBERCULOSIS EUVAAAAAAAAAAA^ BUY and USE Christmas Seals
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