Personal Items
Miss Bess Stamey is quite sick at
the Reeves hospital.
Dr. L. A. Crowell is spending this
week at Chimney Rock.
Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Scronce are
receiving congratulations on the
birth of a son, on Friday, July 5.
Miss Celestine Abernethy has re
turned home after a visit to Miss
Rebecca Keever in Asheville.
Troy W. Boring, of Atlanta, is
visiting at the home of Register of
Leeds W. H. Boring, and Mrs. Bor
ing at Crouse.
Mrs. L. M. Rudisill, who has been
v.siting her daughter, Mrs. L. F.
Abernethy has returned to her home
an the county.
Mts. Hal Hoyle underwent an op
eration at the Lincoln hospital yes
terday for the removal of her ton
sils.
Miss Mary Bandy left today for
Roone to accompany Miss. Marguerite
Bandy and Bill Bandy home for the
week end.
Miss Edna Rhodes is spending
some time with her sister, Mrs. D.
E. Cauble, at High Point, and with
Mrs. R .R. Sugg, at Badin.
Miss Coralee Rhodes has returned
home after a visit to her aunt, Mrs.
W. J. Stirewalt, at New Market,
Va.
The annual Hoyle reunion will be
held Thursday, August 8 at Grace
Reformed and Lutheran church near
Newton, according to word received
toduy by M. H. Hoyle.
A missionary program, entitled, j
“Aunt Fannie’s Miracle” will be |
given Sunday night at the Pentecos- |
tal Holiness church. The public is .
invited.
The many friends of Mrs. J. Hey
wood, who is ill at the home of her
father, J. A. Abernethy, will be glad
to know that her condition is im
proved.
Mrs. L. T. Gibson, of Gibson, N. C.
is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Chas. A. Jonas. Mr. Gibson, who ac
companied her to Lincolnton, has re
turned home.
There will will be an ice cream
supper Saturday night at Mrs. Earl
Pad get’s park in front of Woodside
church. The proceeds will be used for
the benefit of the church. The public
is invited.
Mr. and Mrs. Curdge Tucker and
little daughter, Mary Jane, of Indian
apolis, Indiana spent several days
v;ith Mr. Tucker’s brother David
Tucker. They will visit relatives in
Michigan before returning home.
There will be an ice cream supper
at the home of Mr, and Mrs. C. E.
Boyles Saturday night, July 13. It
is to be given by members of Mace
donia M. P. church for the benefit of
the church. There will be plenty of
good eats, music and fun for all.
Everybody is invited.
The circles of the Woman’s Mis
sionary society and Ladies Aid will
have a general meeting at tne Luth
eran church Monday at 3:30 P. M.
There will be no meeting of the Light
Brigade.
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FIFTEEN YEARS AGO J
Scores of friends in Lincolnton and
elsewhere will be interested in the
announcement of the marriage of
marriage of Miss Rose Wishart of
Lumberton and Kenneth Grigg, of
this city.
The new Methodist church, of this
city, will be opened Sunday, August
1. Bishop Darlington will preach the
opening sermon.
Sterne Camp and Fitzhugh Hoyle
have gone to Detroit to bring back a
couple of Dodge cars. They will take
a trip into Canada before returning
home.
Mrs. Ellen Fox, of High Shoals
and Edmund Krimminger, of Rhode
hiss were married Saturday after
noon in the office of J. W. Mullen,
Esq. D. H. Shields officiated.
Miss Alma Hoyle entertained at
a party Friday evening in honor of
Miss Eva Wilson, of Mt. Pleasant.
Miss Mary Killian gave an enjoy
able dance Friday evening at the
horns her parents. Dr. and Mrs. R.
B : Killian, complimentary to her
guest, Miss Annie Gray, of Bahama.
A number of citizens from Low
esville met yesterday with the coun
ty board of education in the interest
•f • better school for Lowesville.
Dr. and Mrs. H. M. Carter, of
Smocks, S. C., are visiting their son,
John Edwin Carter.
Christine Turner, little daughter
of Mr, and Mrs. D. H. Turner of
1 this city has just been notified by
Montag Brothers, Inc., of Atlanta,
Ga that she is the winner of the
bicycle in Lincolnton, N, C. this
year.
Presbyterians to Hear
Rev. Henry Robinson
Rev. Henry S. Robinson will preach
at the First Presbyterian church
next Sunday morning at 11 o’clock
in'the absence of the pastor, Dr. Wil
lis S W’ilson, who, with Mrs. Wilson,
left this week for a visit to relatives
in Virginia.
LEGION POST TO
ELECT OFFICERS
At the regular meeting of the
David Milo Wright Post, American
Legion, to be held tomorrow night at
the court house, officers for the en
suing year will be elected. After the
nominating committee has made its
leport nominations from the floor
will be in order, a member of the
Legion stated today and all voting
will be by ballot.
All members of the Post are urged
to attend the meeting if at all pos
sible and to have a part in the selec
tion of officers.
Evangelistic Services
(By Publicity Committee)
We are expecting two great ser
vices Sunday afternoon and night.
| The widely known Evangelist, Rev.
W. S. Smith, of Greensboro, N. C.
will preach Sunday afternoon at 3
I o’clock, and the Rev. W. C. Weaver
l will preach Sunday night. We are ex
pecting both of these preachers with
us Sunday afternoon.
Prayer services every Thursday
r.ight, and club meets every Tuesday
night.
The Public is cordially invited to
all of these services.
Paralysis Victim
Reported Improving
A check up today at the office of
the county health officer revealed
that no case of infantile paralysis
had been reported in the county this
week.
Frank, the five year old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Dewey Spencer, who de
veloped the malady last week, con
tinues to be the only person in the
county afflicted with the disease and
his condition is said to be in every
way satisfactory.
2,084 New Automobiles
New motor vehicle sales in North
Carolina for the first six months of
1936 aggregated 32,087, it was an
nounced Monday by L. S. Harris,
director of the motor vehicle bureau,
last, year sales in the same period
totalled 23,943.
There were 25,973 cars and 6,114
tracks sold the first six months of
this year, Harris said.
In June new car sales aggregated
2,048 and new trucks 569, a drop
under May of this year and June of
lart year.
J TEN YEARS AGO
The home of Mr. and Mrs. R. S.
Reinhardt, Jr. on East Main street is
leing torn down this week prepar
torv to the erection of a beautiful
home on the site by the Reinhardts.
A thirty room addition, together
witn extensive improvements to the
P“esent building, is an outline of the
woik soon to begin at the Lincoln
hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Thos. McLean, Jr.,
have returned from their b'idal trip
to northern cities. Mrs. McLean be
fore her marriage was Miss Georgia
Heavner.
Misses Kittle Lore, Wilhelmina
Rees, Sarah Hall ’and Margaret
1 Motz have returned from Blowing
Rock where they spent a week.
* I Miss Catherine Harrill was hostess
at a lovely luncheon at the home of
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Har
, till, honoring Misses Adele Self and
Nell Booker of Cherryville.
Miss Marjorie Atwater is visiting
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. B. C.
. Lincberger.
Mrs. J. W. Saine has returned from
: Winter Haven, Fla, where she
visited Mrs. R. S. Abernethy.
THE LINCOLN TIMES, LINCOLNTON, N. C„ THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1935
J. FRANK SEAGLE
TO GET POSTOFFICE
From what is believed to be an
authoritative source it was learned
this week that Congressman A. L.
Bulwinkle has sent to the Senate the
name of J. Frank Seagle for con
firmation as post master of the Lin
colnton office.
Several weeks ago information was
sent out from Washington that of
the long list of applicants for t|u-
Lincolnton office all had been elim
inated except Mr. Seagle, J. L. Craig
and Shelly Cashion and there has
been much speculation as to which
of the three would land the job.
Mr. Seagle was appointed acting
postmaster here last February and
took over the duties of the office
from G. B. Goodson, the retiring
postmaster, on March 1.
It is expected that official notice
of Mr. Seagle’s appointment will be
received here within the next few
days.
FOR D DE ALERSIN
MEETING HERE
An enthusiastic meeting of Ford
Motor Company dealers and sales
men from this district was held
Tuesday night at the plant of the
Hoyle Motor Co., of this city. Re
presentatives of the company were
present from Hickory, Newton, Gas
tonia, Kings Mountain, Belmont and
Mt. Holly.
J. E. Calhoun, wholesale manager
of the district, presided and a
spirit of optimism was In evidence as
the dealers discussed plans for an
increased summer and fall business.
Around twenty five men were
present.
Services Announced
For Methodist Church
Rufus B. Templeton, D. P., pastor
of the First Methodist Episcopal
church announces the following ser
vices for Sunday, July 14th:
Church School, all departments, at
9:45 A. Ml, C. R. Jonas, general
superintendent.
Morning Worship, with Sermon,
11 o’clock. Sermon theme: “Charac
ter, Cleansing and Power.”
Epworth League, 7:15 P. M.
Evening Worship with Sermon, at
8 o'clock. Subject of sermon, “The
Man He Might Have Been.”
All members are urged to attend
these services, and those who are not
members of this church will find a
cirdial welcome.
“The church where you will meet
your friends.”
Gray’s Body Buried
At Sea As Requested
Winston-Salem, July 9.—Relatives
of Bowman Gray, 61, millionaire
chairman of the R. J. Reynolds To
bacco company’s board of directors,
tonight awaited word that he had
been buried at sea as he requested
prior to his death Sunday aboard
the motorship Kunksholm eff North
Cape.
James Gray, a brother, received a
radiogram today advising that, ac
cording to the dead man s wish, fu
neral service would be held aboard
the vessel at 7:40 p. m. (eastern
standard time) today. Communica
tion with the vessel was via London
and was sketchy.
Grey, whose holdings in the Rey
nolds company alone were valued, ac
cording to federal reports and stock
prices, at approximately $12,000,000,
was a member of the Reynolds,
Hanes, Gray business triumvirate
which has been such an important
factor in the development i f Win
ston-Salem.
He was the son of James A. Gray,
Sr., and Aurelia Bowman Gray, and
soon after his graduation from the
University of North Carolina in 1892
he entered the Wachovia Bank and
Trust company, which his father
founded.
Three years later, however, he
went to work in Georgia as a sales
man for the Reynolds company, and
'ater went to Baltimore, where he
was sales manager for the eastern
-tales until 1912, and where he mar
ried Mathalie Lyons in 1902.
They had two son 3, Gordon, a New
York attorney, and Bowman, Jr., who
is in the Reynolds sales department.
In 1912 Gray was elected vice pres
ident and a director of the tobacco
concern, and in 1924 he became its
president, retiring from that post in
1931 to take the chairmanship.
Since that time he had devoted
much time to traveling, such as the
cruise on which he died, and to his
lurge estate, which he established a
few years ago near palatial Reynolds,
home of the Reynolds family.
In addition to his Reynolds stock
holdings, Gray’s salary was reported
by the federal securities commission
as $34,000 annually, and he was un
derstood to have numerous other
holdings.
He was a member of Centenary
Methodist church here, and a large
contributor to its activities.
j Society ;
Miss Mavina Wehunt
Honored at Party
Miss Mavine Wehunt was guest of
honor at a delightful surprize party
given recently by Misses Marin We
iiuit and Hazel Davis in celebration
of her fourteenth birthday. The
party was given at the home of Miss
Wehunt’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.
F. Wehunt.
Many games were played both in
doors and out on the lawn. Miss Juni!
Rickman won the prize for pinning
the tail on the donkey.
The march to the dinning room
was led by Miss Mavine Wehunt. In
the middle of the table was a large
birthday cake with fourteen candles
arranged to form the letter M. Re
freshments were served.
Present were Misses Margery Hull,
Beatrice Newton, Vivian Lackey, Ail
een and Altha Lackey, Junei Rick
oirn, Hattie Dellinger and Flay We
hunt, Baxter Dellinger Esper Willis,
Them Dellinger, Jop Smith, John R.
and R. M. Newton, Dwight Benfield
and Floyd Lackey.
Rev. Huitt Carpenter
Is Extended Call By
E. Reformed Church
The congregation of Emanuel Re
formed church has extended a call to
Rev. Huitt R. Carpenter to become
pastor of the church.
Mr. Carpenter, a former Lincoln
ton boy, is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
P. A. Carpenter, of Lenoir, and is a
nephew of John H., George E., and
C. Guy Rudisill, of this city He has
been pastor of the Startown Reform
ed church since his graduation from
the Seminary several years ago.
Make Up First
Hokus —In the good old days girls
used to kiss and make up.
Pokus —Yes, but nowadays they do
the making up first.
Carroll S. Ballard
To Attend Insurance
Meeting in Virginia
Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Smyer Bal
lard will leave Saturday for Salis
bury where they will visit relatives
over the week end. From there they
will go to Old Point Comfort, Va.,
where Mr. Ballard will attend the
convention of the Pilot Life Insur
ance Co. One session of the conven
tion will be held in Washington, D.
C., and the representatives will make
the trip to that city by boat. Mr.
Bailard is one of a number of rep
resentatives of the company who
qualified for a free trip to the con- ,
vention. ,
GLENN MILL TEAM
WINS OVER ROGER
l
The Glenn Mill nine, with Berly j
Long and Clyde Lawing occupying i
staying roles, again proved master
of the Boger-Crawford club Satur
day afternoon on the Asbury dia
mond, copping their third vietory of
the year over Boger, 5 to 0.
The Boger team with their ace pit
< her, Bill Spain, out of the line up
failed to show any of their old form
cxibited in their previous three
games which they won, licking Dav
idson in two games last Thursday
ar.d Friday, by the scores of 6 to 5,
and 14 to 8, and beating Glenn 8 to 7
a week ago. Berly Long, marked up
his third victory over the Boger
tram granting only three scattered
hits and struck out eight. Clyde
Lawing, former Boger receiver, per
sonally licked his old team mates by
driving in four of the 6 Glenn runs
wiith two doubles and a single.
BOX SCOgE
Boger-Crawford ab r h e
11. Goodson 3b, 4 0 0 0
Bumgarner 2b, 3 0 0 0
B. Goodson cf, 4 0 10
Dysart If, 4 0 10
Proctor lb, 4 0 0 0
Carpenter c, 2 0 0 0
Abernethy ss, 3 0 0 0
G. Goodson rs, 3 0 0 0
Tellinger p, 10 0 0
Watts p, 10 10
Richards p, 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 29, 0 3, 0
Glenn ah r h e
Tilson 2b, 4 2 2 0
C. Dilncan lb, 3 0 0 0
Rudisill If, 4 10 0
Turner ss, 6 10 1
Lawing c, 5 13 0
Mruney 3b, 6 0 11
J. Duncan cf, 4 110
Broome rs, 3 0 0 0
Cline rs, 10 10
Long p, 4020
1
TOTALS 38, 6, 10, 2,
SUMMARY: Two base hits; Tilson,
Lawing 2, Long; stolen bases; Law
ing; strikeouts: Long 8, Dellinger 3,
Watts 2; Base on balls; Long 3,
Dellinger 1, Watts 3; Double plays:
State Begins Trial of
Five Former Prison
Camp Bosses Today
Negro, Who Lost Feet Alleg
edly As Result of Mistreat
ment is First Witness
Charlotte, July II.—A story of !
nine days imprisonment is a dark '
cell with his feet and hands shack-1
led and a food ration of two half
biscuits daily \jas related by one of
the prosecuting witnesses today as
the state opened its case against
five former convict camp officials
charged with mistreating them,
The witness, Woodrow Wilson
Shropshire, 21-year-old short-term
negro convict, sat in the witness
‘hair with his footless stumps point
ed directly at the jury. The state
contends his feet had to be amput
ated after they became frozen as
the result of confinement in the
dark cell during sub-freezing wea
ther. ,
Robert Barnes, tl(e other young
negro prisoner whose feet were also
amputated, is expected to follow
Shropshire to the stand tomorrow.
Shropshire was under cross-examina- 1
tior when court adjourned today.
Defense Makes Object ion.
The defense objected to what they
termed the “planned strategy" of the
state in sending Shropshire to the
stand with his stumps bared to the
jury, but the motion was overruled.
Shropshire said a small fire was
started in the dark cell each morn
ing but that it soon burned out and
from then on until the next morn
ing he and Barnes would be without
heat during sub-freezing weather
prevailing at the time.
The defense contends that the ne-|
groes’ feet were not frozen and that |
they were not mistreated. They ad
vanced the theory that the gangren- I
ous condition of the negroes’ feet was
caused by their wrapping cloth tight
ly about their ankles under their
shackles.
The five defendants are Henry' C.
Little, for 46 years a chaingang boss :
in this county; Dr. C. S. McLaughlin, j
who attended the prisoners as coun- [
ty physician, and three guards, T. !
M. Gordon, J. W. Eudy and R. C. j
Rape.
The trial was called here Monday j
but a jury was not completed until !
today. The trial is expected to last j
about a week longer, court attaches j
said.
Abernethy to Bumgarner to Proctor, J
Turner to Tilson to Duncan; Umpires; |
Wentz and Duncan —
Score by innings:
B. C. 000 000 OOOj
Glenn 002 000 400
Belks i Summer Cottons
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| Sale of 2000 Yds. Printed Sheer
J Batisle-Flaxon Lawns and Dimity
| Over 1,000 Yards Fine Sheer Goods,
| New Printed Batiste, etc,
jj Printed Dimity and Swiss Special,
|| 25c & 29c
|! J Fine Cotton Seersucker and Cord,
|i Printed, Special yard
jj f|p!> 25c & 39c
I ml Belk-Schrum Co.
M) PHONE 1 LINCOLNTON, N. C.
RECORDER’S COURT
The following cases were tried in
Recorder's court here Monday:
j State vs Fred Lutz—Larceny. Not
Pfu ? )ty.
j State vs. Robert Overcash—Violat
j in# prohibition laws. Eight months
| load sentence suspended on payment
of $75.00 and costs.
State vs. Walter Hull—Violating
prohibition laws. Discharged upon
payment of costs.
State vs. Loy Sain—Assault with
deadly weapon. Discharged upon pay
ment of costs and good behavior for
two years.
State vs. Clarence Rudisill As
sault on female. Discharged upon
payment of costs.
State vs. Ed Dellinger—Assault
with deadly weapon. Prayer for j
judgment continued for two years. j
State vs. Elve Keep—Disturbing
public worship. Assault with deadly
weapon. Operating car intoxicated.
N. P. W. L., as to first two counts.
In third count two year road sen
tence suspended on payment of fine
of SSO and costs.
30 Years Experience
In Hair Cutting
We are the best hair cutters in the
State and are not conceited. Thirty years
experience. We are the only shop in this
section that actually knows how to razor
cut hair to make it curly.
Our Price Is 25 Cents
Wet Finger Waves __ 25 Cents
Nolen's Beauty Shoppe
PHONE 472
Exhibits in Home
Hygene Being Given
In City This Week
Exhibits of the classes in home
hygiene and care of the sick which
were conducted here recently under
the auspices of the Lincoln County
Chapter of the American Red Cross,
are being shown in the window at
Putnam’s Barber Shop. The classes
were taught by Mrs. W. G. Bandy.
SOLON ASKS 4 NEW
POSTOFFICES IN N.C.
Washington, July 10.—Four new
post office buildings for the tenth
congressional district —at Lincolnton,
Lincoln county; Newton, Catawba
county; Belmont, Gaston county, and
Kings Mountain, Cleveland county,
were urged today by Representative
Bulwinkle in a statement to the sec
retary of the treasury, under whose
direction new post office structures
will be built. The second deficiency
appropriation bill soon to become a
la.v makes tentative provision for
new buildings at the four places,
and Major Bulwinkle asked that
they be given favorable consider
ation. The post offices are now
in rented quarters but government
activities are expanding in each of
the four counties and additional
space is constantly desired.