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Reminiscences
Of Cherryville
Divid P. Dellinger, A. M.
THOMAS E. SUMMER
Mr. Thomas E. Summer came
to Cherryville from New Brookly,
South Carolina, (now a sub-urb
or a pait of Columbia) in 1901.
The occasion of his coming was
to serve as Assistant Postmaster
for Mr. John J. George who had
received a presidential appoint
ment for a four year term. Mr.
George was not in a position to
devote his time to the duties of
the office and Mr. Summer served
the full four yesjrs in the name of
Mr. George but did all the work.
Following the four year .term
Mr. Summer received an appoint
ment in his own name and served
more than eight years altogether.
Mr. Theodore Roosevelt was pres
ident during this time. We should
say just here that Mr. Summer
was a most. popular officer and
made many friends on account of
his friendly service.
At the beginning of his term
the office was kept in a small
room just on the north side of the
Mauney Block where Mr. Jonas
I,. Stroup had kept it for some
years. Later Mr. Summer bought
a lot and frame building from
Mr. Junius Beam about where
Golidiner’s store has been nearly
thirty years. In both places Mr.
Summer ran a small grocery
or variety store and built up a
nght substantial business. His
store was always a popular place
as he always provided space for
sitters or as sometimes called
loafers. All had plenty of gab and
drank Coca-Cola by the case. Mr.
Summer always drank more than
his share, as the boys said many
times they counted his drinks and
that he often drank sixteen bot
tles per day. Of course, he denied
that he drank that many but says
now he did drink plenty.
When Mr. Summer was yet a
young man and in 1884 he mar
ried Miss Mary George, sister of
Mr. John -T. George. and that
may be the means of his “retting
the appointment to serve in the
Postoffice her and of his coming
to cast his lot and live the bal
ance of his days with us.
After engaging in other hne^
of business and in the insurance
business for some years he and
his son Mr. Dewey Summer
bought out the grocery business
of Preacher McGinnis in the Far
mers Bank Building and ran The
Cash Grocery. They made this one
of the finest grocery stores the
town ever had up to that ime.
They had the reputation of hand
ling the highest class of goods ev
er hnadled here. That was known
as a genteel store and the ser
vice the best. Fair and square
treatment was the drawing card
for the Summer stores for all the
years. The writer has heard a
gaili and again that country peo
ple would send small children to
town to do trading and often urg
ed the children to go directly to
the Summer place always as all
knew no child or person would
get anything but fair and honest
treatment in his store. That feel
ing on the part of the people
made his place a most popular
place for many years. This store
in the Bank building was carried
on for eight or ten yearsf
After his term of office, in the
Postoffice, in the grocery store
business, in the fire insurance bus
iness and other lines of work with
the public he settled down to do
ing the finest gardening in the
entire town. Hundreds of people
have seen him doing his garden
work mostly by his own hands
and making the prize garden of
the whole town. He may be do
ing some even at his advanced
age.
Mr. Summer has lived tnrough
quite a number of war-. He lived
most of the time of the Civil
War, Spanish-American, World
War I and II and maybe others.
He is 94 years of age. Says it is
all right to tell his age as every
body knows it anyway. He has
9,'! grandchildren, 44 great great
grandchildren. I believe all living
and one or two others dead.
The subject has been for ai!
these, nearly 55 years, one of the
leading characters, most popular
and useful citizens the town has
ever had. He and his wife have
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reared a large group of leading
and useful men and women. They
should be a pride and joy to this
good man of advanced years and
they too will bless and serve the
town and country in a great way.
One of the most amazing things
about Mr. Summer is that of his
clarity of mind. Almost anything
a person may ask him as to events
of fifty to seventy-five years ago
he can answer definitely on the
spur of the moment. We have not
asked him but he was under five
years of age when the Civil War
closed and no doubt he can tell
some things about it now. We
challenge any one to contact him
and ask any questions of interest
as to matters and things that
happened at any time in his ac
tive life time. We recently spoke
to him about, his first coming
here. One of the first things' he
said was that the writer was may
or, when he came here to live.
Then he has been privileged to
follow through all and every one
of the improvements the town has
ever made, in the way of provid
ing electric lights, building streets
and sidewalks, water and sewer
systems, and the building of all
the school buildings we have. Let
Us suggest that our readers lhake
’ it a point to talk to hint and ask
| questions.
Farmers Urged To
Have Quality Cotton
: Garysburg, N. C., Sept. 27 —
: Wiley Long. Jr., President of The
| Carolina Cotton Ginner’s Associ
! ation and a member of the North
; Carolina Cotton Quality Improve
; ment Committee, has given this
word of advice to cotton farmers
in the state. Since the weather
i conditions in a large area of the
cotton producing section of the
state have been extremely un
] favorable it is especially lmport
j aiit that everything possible be
I done in order to preserve the
! quality of cotton this year.
! Defoliation will be an extreme
I !y valuable tool in limiting the
i boll rot which is especially preva
| lent this year. The cost of this
' service is approximately $3’50
I per acre for the dust and applica
11ion by airplane. Where the
I growth of the plant is excessive
I because of the rain and where ap
! proximately three days of fair
weather is expected decidedly fa
! vorable results can be obtained
j by the use of 20-40 pounds of
> aero cyanamid. The advantage in
j the use of this material will he
I two fold in that bolls that would
! have rotted will be saved and that
| the cotton fan be harvested com
] pletely at an earlier date.
[ LEGAL NOTICES
LEGAL NOTICE
j Effective this the 20th day of
* September 1955. The Western
I Auto Associate Store, home own
! ed by Erskin A. Wimberly, in
j Cherryville, North Carolina, was
! sold to Kenneth W. Carlson. The
Hulk Sales Law of the State of
North Carolina was strictly com
plied with in this sale and any
claim against Erskin A. Wimber
j ly must be made to Kenneth W.
Carlson within seven days from
I this notice, ss September 27,
; l;ir,5. All obligations and indebt
edness incurred in the operation
of the business prior to Septem
ber 20th. 1955 are responsilibilt
ties of Erskin A. Wimberly. All
■obligations and indebtedness in
j , ilfred subsequent to September
120th, 1955 are the responsibili
| ties of Kenneth W. Carlson.
Signed ERSKIN A. WIMBERLY,
Seller
i Signed. KENNETH W. CARL
SON. Buyer
I 2t-S2S
ADMINISTRATRIX’S NOTICE
j Haying qualifie
•fix with the 1
; the estate of
Mauney, deceas
| Clerk Superior C
j County, this is t<
sons having ciai
estate to file -at
dersigned on . -,r
day of Septembc
notie,1 will be p!
Aii persons'
Cite Will plc
d as Administra
Viil annexed for
Carrye Jane
ed before the
ourt for Laston
-> notify all per
ms against said
ue with the un
before the 15th
ml. • immediate
Si ptemb
Eveiyi: Queer., Administratrix
for the estate of Carrv.e Jane
Manner. deceased
Davis and White. Af'orneys
lt-019
NORTH CAROLINA,
i'.ASTON COUNTY.
\V. II. Sun dors, Admr. Estate
of Minnie Miller, Deceased,
Plaintiff
Janie Borders, (widow) : James
Watts: (unmarried), et al.
Defendants
IX THE SUPERIOR COURT
before tiif, clerk.
NOTICE OF SALE.
Under and by virtue of an or
der of the Superior Court of
Oaston County in the special pro
ceedings entitled as above the
same heincr No. 2796 upon the
Special Proceedings docket of
said court, the undersigned Com
missioner will on
Monday, October 3rd, 1955 »*
10:00 o’clock a. tn.,
at the court house door in Gas
tonia, North Carolina, offer for
sale to the highest bidder for
CASH that certain tract of land,
lying and being in the City of
Gastonia. N. C., defined and de
scribed as follows:
BEGINNING at a stone on
Mrs. Head’s line, J. B. Eller’s cor
ner, and runs thence North 1-2
West 190 feet to a stone on the
south side of 5th Street, ,T. B. El
der’s corner; thence along and
with 5th Street 50 feet to a stone
on the southside of 5th Street,
Craig & Wilson’s corner of Lot
No. 10; thence South and paral
lel with the first line 195.13 feet
to a stone on Mrs. Head’s line
and corner of Lot No. 10; thence
North 76 East 50.92 feet with
MTs. Head’s line to the BEGIN
NING? J. B. Elder’s corner of
Lot No. 8- For reference see
Books No. 101, page 171, and
Book No. 432, page 17 in the of
fice of the Register of Deeds for
Gaston County.
This let day of September,
1955.
W. H. SANDERS,
Commissioner.
4t-328
At this time I cannot fail to re
emphasize the importance of the
fundamental and most significant
factor in any program for quality
production of cotton — the team
work between producer and gin
ner. The cotton ginner alone can
do some things to help preserve
quality, but without the active
cooperation of the farmer any ef
forts to improve quality are
almost a farce. You farmers must
| realize the importance of your
i role in this job of quality preser
vation. Don’t pick green cotton.
Don't pick cotton when it is wet
from the heavy dews or soon af
ter a rain. Don’t leave sheets or
bags of cotton in the field to be
rained on. Don’t pick cotton in
peanut bags and pack it in tight
ly. Don't think that the ginner
cap gin any kind of cotton re
gardles of condition. Don’t haul
cotton to the gin in a conveyance
so small that it must be packed
tightly.
Remember that the ginner, re
gardless of the amount of equip
ment he has, only removes a por
tion of foreign matter in cotton
and never removes all of it. The
ginner can only turn out as good
cotton as you bring him. The
better the cotton you bring the
better will be the cotton turned
out by the gin.
And now for a final word about
marketing your cotton. There
available to every cotton farmer
in the State a free service for
grading your cotton. You have
only to request the ginner to
send a sample of your cotton to
the cotton, clearing office. Many
ginners in the State, as a ser
vice to you, do this anyway. The
green card returned to you is
valuable to you in that if you
have already sold the cotton you
have an impartial appraisal of its
value so that you may decide
what to do with later cotton, and
also if you desire to secure the
government loan, this card can
be used wiien the cotton is deliv
ered to a suitable storage place
to secure immediately the loan on
your cotton. Thus year 1 urge
you especially to know the value
of your cotton so that you may
make an intelligent decision as to
the best means of selling it. To
gether the farmer and the ginner
in North Carolina can deliver to
the mills a high quality cotton.
If we do this we can continue to
have cotton as an important
source of income to North Caro
Marines Want More
Tar Heel Men With
“GO” Spirit
According to Major W. 0. Cain
•Jr., State. .Marine Recruiting Of
ficer. the Leathernecks have va
cancies for aggressive minded
North Carolina youth who want
volunteer service with the Ma
Cain said the “go" spirit dis
played by Marine ( apt. Richard
VcCutchen, who recently went all
the way to win $(VI.**0.0 on a TV
quiz program, is ati example of
the aggressive spirit desired by
the Marines.
“Even if Captain MeCutchen
had failed." Major Cain said.
"We’d still he proud of him for
shooting for the highest goal
without waivering.”
The N. ('■ Marine Recruiting
boss pointed out another example
of the “go" spirit which occurred
in when prolonged Creek
and Seminole Indian troubles in
Florida sorely over-taxed the then
under-strength Army.
“It was in May of 1836." Cain
explained, “and there were only
1l men in the entire Marine
Corps. Commandant Archibald
Henderson made 70(1 of his vol
unteer Marines ready for combat.
The Commandant then tacked a
note on his Washington office
door. It read; 'Gone to Florida to
fight the Indians. Will be back
when the war is over.’ Command
ant Henderson came back to
Washington a year later when the
.job was finished and took the note
off his door in June 1837.”
Cain expressed admiration for
the type man that North Carolina
has consistently furnished the re
cruiting services.
“I am well pleased with the
number and caliber of young
North Carolinians who have vol
unteered for service in the
Marine Corps,” the Major said.
“They have performed their
duties in a manner that reflects
great credit upon themselves,
their state, and their nation. As
long as we have men of this type,
this country will be able to pro
tect itself from those who would
do us harm.”
Young men between the ages
of 17-28, who desire information
concerning the service with the
Marines are invited to contact
Sergeant Golowski at the Post
Office in Gastonia on Monday's,
Wednesday’s,, Friday’s and Satur
day’s, till noon.
PFC WILLIAM HAMPTON
SERVING IN GERMANY
1th Div.. Germany—Armv PFC
William Hampton, whose wife, Jo
Ann, and father, Howard Hamp
ton. live on Route 3, Vale, N. C.,
is a member of the 4th Infantry
Division in Germany. i(
Training received by the ‘‘Ivy’
division part of the U. S. Seven
th Army, includes intensive
maneuvers and realistic field
problems.
Hampton, a rifleman in Com
pany K of the division’s 12th
Regiment, entered the Army in
April 1954 and completed basic
training at Fort Jackson, S. C.
The 23-vear-old soldier attend
ed Ranoak High School.
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