Woman Shot To Death
Near Hogback Mountain
Mrs. Becky Jane Staton, about
65, was shot to death as she sat
on the porch of her home in the
Glassy Mountain section of upper
Greenville County Wednesday.
Lee Howard, 32, a neighbor, is
being held for investigation by
Greenville County police.
Mrs. Staton was shot in the head
with a .22 rifle, Deputies Frank
Reid and Claude Langley reported.
She was reading her Bible when
shot, it was reported.
Her husband, Henry Staton, told
police someone shot at the house
and he wen* out to investigate. He
said he saw a man standing in a
road beside the house firing the
shots, according to an Associated
Press story from Greenville.
Officers said six holes were found
in the house, apparently made by
.22 bullets. A meter box at the side
of the house had been blasted, ap
parently with a shotgun.
The body is at Petty Funeral
Home at Landrum. Funeral arran
gements will be announced later.
Mrs. Johnnie Lindsey of Land
rum Route 2, a daughter survives.
—Spartanburg Herald.’
HOSPITAL NEWS
Mrs. Charles Ballew, Tryon and
Hubert Williams of Route 1, Try
on, were admitted to St. Luke’s
Hospital. Patients discharged in
clude Miss Joyce Hardy, Colum
bus and Reece Arledge of Mill
Spring.
Mrs. Donald E. Payne of Chica
go, 111., nee Miss Alice Little, is
arriving in Tryon today for a
week’s stay with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Little.
WANTED: Sales girl for regu
lar work. Apply in person to mana
ger Cassels 5 & 10c, Tryon, N. C.
—Advertisement 17, 18.
FOR SALE: Singer Sewing Ma
chine; electric cabinet model in
good working order. Will sell for
$30. Mrs. W. H. Sheldon, Landrum
R-l, in Green Creek Section.—Ad
vertisement 18p. -
Mr. and Mrs. Claude B&llew
have returned to Hendersonville af
ter a month’s stay in Detroit.
FOR SALE OR RENT: 6 room
house with an addition building site
all on one lot. Write Box 703, Try
on, N. C.—Adv. 17, 21p.
1941 Ford Coupe, Radio and
Heater. $325. Pierce-Wilson
Motor Company. Tel. 217-64.
—Adv. 17, 18
HOME on GODSHAW HILL
FOR SALE: Living room has fire
place; 2 bedrooms, bath with tub
and shower, kitchen has plenty of
cabinets, utility room or deniflhr
sulated. Automatic oil floor «HP
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ed including Launderall washing
machine, Hotpoint Range and 7-ft.
Kelvinator $8,000. Richardson &
Karsten, Realtors, Phones 6 or
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