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lu 1 1 uii r AKlilcKo SUtlAL NtvVS MASS
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BAPTISTS HOLDING
30TH ANNUAL MEET
AT ROSS GROVE BAPTIST
V CHURCH
Chinch Membership of 8,090
Raised a Totai Last Year for
. All Purposes of $72,239.
The seventieth annual meeting of
the King Mountain Baptist associa
tion met Wednesday at Ross Gr6ve
ihurch with a large attendance on the
j art cf vitors and delegates from
the "7 member churches and not only
boxes full, but trunk loads of good
thinps to eat provided by the good
people in the neighborhood. The first
day's fi's.ion kas given over to in
tro'iucloiy sermon which was preach
ed by Rev. J. Marcus Kester, to the
rea'luifr of the reports on Sunday
schools, Christian education, minis
terialu relief and the Boiling Springs
!:igh school, all of which " subjects
were ably discussed by the delegates,
who were enrolled during the morn
ing hour.
. The officers are as follows: Rev. J.
T,'. Suttle, moderator; John P. Mull,
vice moderator; J. J. Lattimore clerk
and George Blanton treasurer. The
digest of church letters made up and
ready by Mr. Lattimore was especial
ly interesting in that it showed the
growth of the churches in the- asso
ciation for the past year. There was
paid in pastor salaries $17,145.67 to
orrhsnage $2,652; to seventy five
million dollar campaign $30,813; for
Christian education $2,624; for min
isterial relief 1215; for Sunday school
expenses $2,066; other objects $16,
294. making a total for all purposes
cf $72,259. The church membershiD
shows 8090 although four churches of
the association withdrew last year to
join a newly organized association
formed in Gaston county. The total
Sunday schooi enrollment is 5,521.
Delegates.
Bethlehem NY R. Morris, J. A.
Dover, J. S. McSwain, D. F. Adams.
Beaver Dam W. L. Padgett, C. W.
Callahan, C. P. Quinn, J. S. Wilson.
Boiling Springs J. J. Hick?, J. R.
Creen, J. M. Goode, W. G. Moore, E.
B. Hamrick, O. P. Hamrick, J. L.
Pruett, J. D. Huggins, John W. Wal
ter, M. D. Moore.
Bucalo-C. C. Wilson, J. B. Porter.
Casar-J. C. Downs, Jr., Chas. A.
"ortman, J. F. Clippard.
Carpenters Grove-S. T. Carpenter.
Double Springs-D. G. Washburn,
. w. Washburn, T. B. Hamrick, C.
A. Hamrick, W. S. Davis, J. N. Bar
Wt, J. S. Gillespie.
Double Shoals-J. W. Seism, S. C.
jler "i"-'6vx, AjvuiK opan-
E!iZabeth-W. G. Camp, Hugh Bor-
Wi!
carnett, Clarence Morrison, Forrest
Blanton,' Charles Buice, C. A. Morri
son. Union-George M. ; Gold, V. A.
Waco-C. C. Beam, S. L. Dellinger,
Y' ?ir?' M- S- Beam, John Wa-
iaai, i . j. ivenanck.'
P. Gold, C. C. Owens, J. Wilson A.
C. Irvin.
T Zoar-E. A. Street, S. B. Hamrick,
J- L. Putnam, -D. B. Hughes, W. BY
Turner, W. II. McSwain j
Visitors. i
The following visitors
nized on the first day;
TO HAVE A BUYER
FORM COTTON GROWERS
ASSOCIATION
Over 200 Representative Farm
ers Meet in Court House and
VtiH Have Local Buyer.
On the proclamation of Governor
Bitkott, over 2C0 representative
vere recofr-1 ti mers ol Creveland county met at
Hamrick o. the Orhparajrc; W. R.jto get the best price for their new
beach representing Ri
" i'.V '.Uli v "-VHD-II .HlOl tLllll 1)11 LI '
'maikeyit was one of the finest gath
.eiinyX of iarmer that eyjfcr met in
Cleveland county to consider a co
operative movement to regulate the
price of their product and at the
meeting it was decided to DlaCe an
independent buyer on the market who
will see to it that every bale sold
brings the top of the market as com
pared with other towns. The farmers
responded readily to a 'request that
they pay $1 a month to hire an inde
pendent buyer, some farmers agree
ing to pay $5 per month for six
months while the buyer will be on
the local market. During this time he
will maintain a connection with repu
table cotton brokers, keep in touch
with other markets and when the top
of the market is not offered, this buy
er will pay the price.
Mr. Joe E. Blanton, local chairman
of the Cotton Growers association,
Dr. R, M. Gidney, farm demonstrator,
A.. E. Bettis, Mr. Smart, J. H. Quinn,
Cobb Horn, O. M. Mull, Leander
Hamrick, T. G. Philbeck, and a num
ber of other farmers made talks. Mr.
Joe Bianton, chairman of the meeting
wanted this body to provide for a
buyer to get immediate, relief and did
not want any other plans to interfere.
Mr. Bettis told of the workings of the
Cotton Growers association in South
Carolina and advocated the organi
Tlay Postponed at Boiling
Springs High School.
The play, entitled "Mrs. Tubbs of
anantytown," the program of which
appears elsewhere in today's paper
tor Saturday night, Sept. 25th has
been postponed until Saturday night,
October . 2nd on account of the char
acters attending the " Baptist asso
ciation hia week.
MEETING HERE EXPLOSION KILLS
FOR THE WOMEN
... rr t t ...
er; l. u. Harnll. B. M P.riH w
, . . llui u, inc ftanrty Kun
association, Joe S. Wray, W. C. Bar
rett, George Logan and C. P. Gard
ner of the Gaston county association,
E. W. Thomas and L. A. Allen of the
iotk association.
FORD CUTS THE PRICE
ON ALL OF IIISCARb
Largest Automobile Factory in
the World, Starts car Prices
Downward.
Mr. Chas. L. Eskridge, local Ford
dealer, announced yesterday a decid
ed decline in the price of all Ford
cars, this being the first decline to
be announced in the automobile in
dustry! The Ford factory is the larg
est automobile concern in the world
and Henry Ford is no doubt setting
the place for pre-war prices in auto
industry. There has been a general
"ecline in most everything elser in
cluding food, wearing apparel and
building material and all prices seem
to reach a lower level than last year.
Mr. Eskridge was unable to announce
the delivery price in Shelbv on Ford
cars, but gives the following factory
prices to which war tax and freight
J
A. P. Sr-akp. Tnm t p
"son, J D. Allen, J. C. Hord. '
Vwt K,n?s Mountain J. A. Cul-
Fa lst0n-G D. Hoyle, G. S. Roys-ter-
Jr., E. G. Spurlin.
nUIill-J D. Brooks, Hasson
tZhP- J- Kter C. S. Keeter.
CZk 7ncinnA- H-SimsvG- W
Ws. Gardner, G. A.
Lattimore-R. L. Hunt, R. M. Wil-
trf ,--j---".MiHwr(-pi r jones. f
rrm,;ile-Chas. E. Weast
l. Harrill.
Lot nn lthJ- W- Suttle; J. M.
fi:BweHa:;d-RHord'G-c-
BeSr nI0eT;Robert Turner- A- E
W D p ,F-TMcSwain, M. D. Hopper,
D. Earl, J. p. Gibgon
L. R.
must be added: Ford tourinsr regular
$440; touring with starter $510; run j zation of such a body in this county
about regular $395; runabout with as a means of greater and more per
starter $465; chassis $360; coupe manent relief in the building of ware
wiu uemouniaDie rims ?V4j; Sedan
with started and demountable rims
$795.
Some idea of the "bigness" of the
Ford factories can be obtained from
a recent bulletin which has been is
sued, showing that for the year end
ing July 31st the Detroit factory
turned out 941,042 cars, while the
Ford factory in Canada made 55,618
cars, an aggregate for the year of
996,660 new Ford cars. The factories
were averaging 3,500 cars daily and
if there had been one more day in
which to operate, the
would have gone over the million
mark. Add to this, that during the 12
months, the company made 79,008
tractors. Almost half of all motor
cars in the world are Ford cars. In
the United States and Canada, a lit
tle over one-half of all the motor cars
are Fords. There are a little' more
than 300.000 farm tractors in the
United States and Canada and Ford
has produced 144,352.
Distinguished Newspaper
Correspondent Visitor.
R. E. Powell of Washington, D. C
a noted news writer, a member of the
tcr.-esrondencc staff of the Raleigh
New:. & Observer, and an nutWitv
on poIiticB, has been the distinguished
guest of Lieut. Gov, O. Max Gardner
or tne past week. He was in Monroe
last week reporting the great speech
made there on that day bv Mr. Car A.
ner m Denair of Cameron Morrison
and the Democratic party, and accom-
paniea wr. Gardner home.
The Millers Moving
To Charlotte.
Mrs. Laura G. Miller and daughter
Miss Laura Burton.
r tu.wax
next week for Charlotte where thev
leL-enuy purchased a lovely
nome on Kingston Ave. Dilworth.
Their leaving will be a great loss to
ineir nosts of friends in Shelby as
wui are greatly beloved fn social and
uura, iurs. uroome, nee
Helen Miller and husband will make
their home with Mrs. Miller on their
return from their bnday tip on Oc
tobcr 1st.
OUR DEMOCRATIC WOMEN
v TO ORGANIZE
Saturday is the Day and Dr. De
na Uixon-Carroll of , Raleigh
Will Deliver Address.
WATSON'S STATEMENT
Gorgie Senator Elect Tells What his
Platform Was
Pointing out that he had conducted
Jii3cmpaig.n.Jpr Jij? itol S tales
senate on a platform advocating' "un
conditional rejection of the league of
nations and unconditional mainten
ance of principle, Thomas E. Watson
in a statement to the Associated
r .. i rri TV' i i i
riess v.i iiiunipson, r rmay saiu nis jl.
victory in Wednesday's Democratic Jr
houses and the cooperative buyine
and selling. This organization charg4
es a fee based on the number of bales
raised in 1919. He declared that such
an organization in Cleveland would
be a part of the great southern or
ganization with thousands of mem
bers and consequently of greater
strength and power to benefit the
members of every industry in the
south. The farmers must act now or
go back into the days of slavery. The
market must ndt be fed with dis
tressed cotton; warehouses must be
production j built to keep it off the market and
there are three clases of people to
help in the warehouse plan the
farmers, bankers and merchants. The
south has lost thousands, perhaps
millions, declared Mr. Bettis bv un
der grading. Asked he "Whoever
heard of a farmer in this section get
ting a price or a grade better than
middling?" Mr. Bettis is planning to
build 100-bale warehouse of his own
if the farmers do not go into the pro
position whole-heartedly.
There was some difference in the
views of the farmers as to whether
to put on an independent cotton buyer
for immediate relief and stop at that
for the present, or go into the organ
ization of the cotton growers associa
tion to band together with the other
-assocrations in the Warehouse
"blan
ior tne next and succeeding years.
They voted unanimously for a buyer,
then compromised by agreeing to or
ganize the cotton growers associa
tion to be the placing of a buyer on
.e local market.
Ezra
Dixon,
Hon,
T T ir ...
J D n "irnn, u. i.. lixon.i
'mith, E. C. farnt yu v ! t nW;
...'. h. Alexander.
Wm:!RS rovc J- F. Cook. J. y.JKrGat Enplish rrinciple
primary proved the stand of the rn-' ' J -
rnty of Georgia voters in the issu thn ,, Y. ,ft ... 'l11?
Vr. Wntson lecla'ed his "overwhelm
ing victory" was won .. trainst the at
eezv.
Jortli . Brook-T. M. Sw.
Pa I?Sn Grove-J- Bun Pattfnon.
ftteNn stntion-G. M. Bonlcrs.
S;ris-T. J. 1-Tolhn.'. M.
.loore, J. c. Hamrick, J. B. Wal-
ht! B. Frances, M. C.
dictation of th" officers of
American Legion and for the
of fret.
free iwsem-
.'-eparatjon of
B.'Mnc'; fep- C- Blnntcm, G.
I. KendnVlr
Hamrick, D. O.
Swain
nr v S.nus G,riner. V. A.
tick Williams, Chesley Hen-
n tVptL- A- CabaTii-s, Thad
Jon r mL
ftallY 1 w' liert Price. F. (
Jser. Georr-e E. Snur-
T.', . .. D"
''antori.
lC.pL , Dl Brdees. Z. R. Walker,
W. j n .' .Hlh Padgett, Ed Wal-
?0re George
r n ?; M- Dr. H. D. Wil
T Falls, J. ,T.
Blanton, R. L.
lr ' .wmn, T. n ti ,, ' -. .
HVonTPMu"-M-N. IlamricV,
Shelby
J. II
Second W. A. Elam, W. M,
SHeccli i ree nrcs
M: "( a-,-1 .cor pi
church and .'tate."
"If any money w.v; ent in my
firvr'!r." Mr. Wr.tron's statement
r'd. "I do not knnv rf it. Of cour..
I paid my own traveling expenses and
for circulation of extra copies cf my
paper."
the price of 40e fixel at the Mont
gomory meeting. There were several
100 bale farmers in the audience and
it looks as if the day of co-operating
in Cleveland actuallv is mm inn. ennn
judicious ice course,
REV. J. C. KEEVER HEARS A
MRS. C. W. TUDOR SISTER
OF MH3. A. W. McMURRY DEAD
On b.st Monday Mrs. ' A. W. Mc
Murry received the sad ti lings by
wire of the death of her greatly be
loved sister, Mrs. Charles 'W. Tudor
of Fecos, Texas, which occurred sud
denly at her home there Monday
morning. No details were given, and
no news of her previous illness had
been received. Mrs. McMurry left im
mediately for Texas to attend the fu
neral and was joined in Memphis by
her sister, Mi?3 Amos Willis who is
visiting relatives in Cincinatti.
Mrs. Tudor was well known and
ereatlv admired in Shelby, being a
mrickreoTWf-PrWenT
sister, and Mrs. McMurry s nost oi
friends greatly sympathize, with her
in her bereavement. f
TRY A WANT AD IN THE STAR
Hutchiscn-Mason
Engagement.
The engagement of Miss Lucile
Mason, of Gastonia, and Mr. C. E.
Hutchison, Jr., of Mount Hollv. was'
announced at a party grven by Miss
Ruth Mason Friday afternoon in
honor of Miss Corinne CrowelL of
Lincolnton, who went to Gastonia
visit Miss Mason after the wedding
of Miss Mary Louise Crowell and Mr
Theodoric Charles Neal.
The weddine. which will tnlfo
)ctober 20, will be a brilliant event
... .uauiiia society, cotn the bride-to-be
and bride-groom elect are well
known in Shelby.
Delightful Tei-Drinking for
Presbyterian Ladies.
On yesterday afternoon the mem
bers of the Pastor's Aid circle of tho
Presbyterian church
the beautiful and hospitalbe home of
Mrs. R. L. Ryburn on South Washing
tor, street from 4 to 5:30 o'clock at
a cnarming informal tea-drinking.
This delightful affair was tendered
by this circle to the new Presbyterian
ladies as a special welcome to our
town and to the Presbyterian church,
of which they will be valued addi
tions. This hospitality was enjoyed by the
entire lady membership of th
church.
The Democratic women of rw
land county will hold a mass meeting
m oneioy baturuay afternoon Sen
tember. 25th at three oclock and wil
be addressed by Dr. Delia Dixon Car
roll, of Raleigh, one of the ablest and
most brilliant women Cleveland coun
ty has ever produced. The men are
invited to this! meetine also. It wil
be held in the court house and a great
crowd irom town and county are ex
pected.
Chairman O. M. Mull has called a
meeting of the county Democratic ex
ecutive committee to be held in Shel
by on Saturday, at 2 oclock. v Ar
rangements will be made for the cam
paign in Cleveland county! It being
the purpose of the party leaders to
have a thorough organizatidn and to
roil up a big majority for Cox, Mor
rison, Bulwinkle and the entire Denv
ocratic ticket in county, state and na
tion.
The mass meeting for women and
men will be held In the court house
at three o'clock, at which time Dr.
Dixon will speak and there will prob
ably be addresses by some local
speakers also. The registration books
will open on September 30th for the
purpose Of registering all voters, in
eluding the women, and the purpose
of this mass meeting is lo acquaint
the ,women with the preluninairies
necessary in order to vote-on Novem
ber ,2nd.
Let there be a large attendance of
women from every precinct in the
county at this meeting Saturday and
let the men remember that they are
inviiea. Cleveland county women
must show the state just .how large
a Democratic majority this , county
can give since the... women have been
given the ballot. Don't fail to attend
the mass meeting tomorrow (Satur
day September 25th.
BOILING SPRINGS FAIR
APPOINTS ITS COMMITTEES
Cecelia Music Club
With Mrs. Thompson.
At her attractive home on West
Warren street, Mrs. Rush Thompson
was a most gracious hostess to the
members of the Cecelia Music club
and a number of invited guests on
last Wednesday afternoon.
A specially interesting program
Dudley Buck and his works as the
subject, the program being a3 fol
lows: Sketch of Buck Mrs. L. P 'Hol
land. Piano .'election Mrs. Will Arey ""
Works of Dudley Buck Mrs. W
B. Nix.
Piano selection Miss BnHhn n
1C.
At tho conclusion of wMph
hostess assisted by Mesdames Jat,
Nittlp and Rester Hamrick served a
Special to The Star.
The Boiling Spring Fair association
met on Saturday September 18th and
appointed the following committee
Field crops C. M. Hamrick. J. Les
ter Greene, Clint Hamrick. Live stock
Ed Whitaker, Huff Hamrick, J. T.
Joiiey. s
Horticulture products, Mrs. I. D.
Harrill, Mrs. Hal Greene, Mrs. J. T.
Jolley.
Poultry club Mrs. Benfey Ham
rick, Mrs. Grover McSwain, Miss Ed
na Hamrick.
Home economics Mrs. R. L. D.
Greene, Mrs. C. H, Hamrick, Miss Et
na Holland.
Pantry supplies Mrs. Ed Whita
ker, Mrs. John Mintz, Mrs. Huff Ham
rick.. .
Sewing and Fancy Work Mrs. B.
C. McCraw, Miss Vista Greene, Miss
Etta Banks.
There will be a meeting next Sat
urday afternoon at the high school
buildrng- at 4:30 clock-. J-Ttorabdve
committee is requested to be present
and also any one else who is interest
ed in the fair.
OF MOTHER'S
Rev. J.' C. Keever has returned
from his old home near Stony Point
Alexander ounty, where he attended
the funeral of his mother Mrs. Nancy
C. Keever who died there last Sunday
evening at the age of 81 years. Mrs.
Keever had been in declining health
but her death , was somewhat
unexpected. She was buried at Liberty
unexpected. She was buried at Liberty
church on the Alexander circuit anil
there was a large crowd attending
the burial. The funeral was conduct
ed by Rev. M. A. Osborne, her pas
tor. The many friends of Rev. Mr.
Keever in Cleveland sympathise with
him in his bereavement.
DEATH DANCING IN ANDERSON
baptist Pastor Scores Conduct of the
Dancers.
Left $10,000 to lis Horse.
Kniplow, a 13-year-old stallion, was
beneficiary named in the $10,000. wat
insurance policy carried by Harry K.
Thurman, of Memphis, Tenn., and
his aunt, Mrs., Mary Mitchell of Buf-
Ncwspaper critcism of a recent
dance in Anderson has caused general
comment in Greenville says Green
ville Piedmont as a number of young
people from that city attended the af
fair. Dr, John E. White, pastor of the
First Baptist church of Anderson,
censured the dance in a sermon Sun
day night The following' excerpts
""nm the Anderson Mail's report will
be read with interest:
There seems to be a 'wave cf fbsh
sowing and carnal-mindedness sweep
ing over the land. In the Atlantic
Monthly for August, a notable author
diagnoses the situation and savs that
people are throwing off the con
straints of religion. "It was religion,"
the author says "that gave us our
morals. It called certain things sin.
It stuck to the Ten Commandments;
it forbade the indulgence of the sen
ses. Terhaps it forbade too much.
the policy.
overseas.
Mrs. S. E. Hoey spent yesterday
in Charlotte shopping. y
u bin g. with the terms of Thfa ig noL0Ea-AQ-4yZut4h
Thurman died in action fact remains Mint, whan
- w . .- v VV
group;we threw over our religion, we
threw over probably without mean
ing to most of our every day moral
sanctions.
FANNING'S ANNUAL STYLE
SHOW TO RE HELD MONDAY
It is useless to try to picture in
print the many attractive and charm
ing models that will be shown at the
second annual Fashion show which
W. L. Fanning and company have
scheduled for Mondav of next wppW.
from 4 to 6 in the afternoon and
ligain that evening from 8 to 10
o'clock at their elegant store in the
Masonic building.
Living models will be used for the
display, several of Shelby's most
beautiful and stylish young women'
having been engaged for this event.
All kinds of ladies ready-to-wear,
fresh from 5th avenue shops of New
York will be there, ready for pur
chase of the most discriminating
ta3tes, and all the ladies of this vi
cinity" hiXi cordially invited to call
during these holrs.
Vbe display will be in charge of
Mr. Gren tnd Miss Ruth Mundy as
sisted by Mrs. .Henry Carroll, all of
the clerical force and who are past
masters in the art of their line ot
business. The millinery display will
be furnished by Miss Black, whose
artistic ability is recognized by all.
x . . : ',''.
Vance Heafner to Preach.
Vance Heafner, the boy preacher of
Catawba county will preach at Nor
mans Grove church Sundny, Septem
ber 26th at three p. m. Everybody .is
cordially-invited.
35 IN JffiW YORK
THOUGHT TO BE PLOT OF
ANARCHISTS
The Farmers Hardware Co., have
their windows full of Aluminum
roasters this week regular price $2.75
but right now $1.98. '
Between a Million and Two and
and a Half Million Property
Damage is Estimated. . .
New York, Sept. 17. The Mart
Cause of the explosion whirh in th
twinkling of - an eye yesterday noon
transformed Wall street near Broadr
from a scene of bustline nctivitv tn
one of dreadful carnage, remains to
night a 'mystery.
Ulncial opinion, as exnrpq hv
William J. Flynn. chief of tho hiiromi '
of investigation of the deDartmpnt nf
justice, and Fire Commissioner Thos.
Drennan is that the disaster was cans
ed by a time bomb loaded with high
explosives and reinforced with metaL
slugs. The early theory that the blast
was caused by a collision between n
explosive-laden wagon and another
vehicle seems to have been disnellw!
by subsequent investigation, although
it has not yet been entirely discarded
by official investigation.
Chief Flynn. who arrived here from
Washington last night to take person
al charge of the federal investigation
declared after leaving the J. P. Mor
gan office late todav that "from vf.
dence obtained within the last few
hours it has been definitely estab
lished that the explosion was duo to a
time bomb."
Taken to Scene in Wagon.
"The bomb was taken to Wall
street" h'e added, "in the wan-on
which was blown to pieces. The in
fernal machine was timed to go off
at noon and apparently was placed
in the wagon by a person who was
within four blocks of Wall street and
Broad streets when che explosion oc
curred."
Six more deaths since midnieht
brought the death total tonight to 35
The number of injured, including
those treated at the scene, in hospit
als and at their homes, was approxi
mately 300. Nearly 100 of these are
still being treated in hospitals. The
property damage is variously esti
mated from $1,000,000 to $2,500,000.
Key to Mystery.
The key to the mystery aDoarentlv
ies in the identification of the rick
ety old wagon drawn by an old hone.
wnicn was lert standing at the curb
n Wall street near the United States
assay office and . across the street
from the Morgan bank a few min
utes before the explosion. The horse
was pilled and the wagon blown to
bits in the blast. Tke driver of the
wagon is believed, to have escaped.
Every livery stable in the citr f
being canvassed to determine wheth
er a horse and wagon are missing.
Conflicting descriptions of the wa
gon itself have been received by the
If All . . . . . . '
ponce, aii available bits of the ve-
lde have been taken to police head
quarters, where efforts are beine
made to reconstruct the vehicle suffi
ciently to determine its exict type.
SPEARMAN FAMILY FILES
SUIT AGAINST CHEROKEE
Want $13,000 for Damages Sus
tained in Accident on-Road
Tried in Gaffney.
Gaffney, Sept. 19. On t're nieht
of August 18 of this year the Spear
man family, of Kings Mountain while
traveling over thj national highway
between Blacksburg and Grover, ran
their car into a washout on the road
and a number of the occupants Were
severely injured. On yesterday a com
plaint was filed against Cherokee'
county and the highway commission
for damages in the sum of $13,000 for
injuries sustained at the . time of the .
accident and damages to the ma-
hme. A joint complaint recites that
he four-months-old son of Mr. Spear-
man- had both bones broken in one nt
is legs and was otherwise bruised
r.d lacerated. John Spearman ent
and lacerated, face, and nose'eut and
bruised, legs, neck and spine injured,
in addition ti internal injuries. LutheV
Soearman, $2,000 automobile damag
ed to the extent of $1,000. Luther
Ponrman and wife allege that they
suffered wounds and bruises and phy
sicpl injuries to such; an extent that. .
they were confined to their beds for a
number of days under the care of two
rhysicians. to their damage $2,000.
The complaint also alleges that the
accident was the result of careless- '
and negligence on the part of the
highway commission in that it had
notice of the unsafe condition of the
said road at the scene of the accident
and that no nrecautions had been tak
en to prevent same. The plaintiffs are
represented by Gardner and Davis at torneys
at Kings Mountain.
DonVwait-until- that-old-snap i6 -buy
your heating stoves Y go 'to the
Farmers Hardware Co., today and
get, one they put them up. Ad-
u TRY A STAR WANT AB.V"
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