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THE CLEVHLANI) STAR, SHEL15V, N. C I PIDA V DEC." 20, 1922.
.$2.00 A YEAR IX ADVANCE
UPPER LINCOLN BAFFLES CORONER'S JURY
Shot by Unknown Com paion in Car With Him-
Had $1,000 on His Person When He Left
Car Contained 50 Gallons of Whisey.
' I". t T ' . 1
i,uo, i am maKing my last trio
night," Fred Allison told his broth -
. Lawrence .Allison in Charlotte
.. .., , .
-.nnuiN aiwuiuuii oeioie leaving on
!V automobile spin toward Lincoln-
"
n near which town he met death in vomited a bloody mucous which had L(,,'PW c- Milk1' j'-- whose' untimely
iaid uPn hi car by Lincoln county !!" "dor of whiskey. We found a blue j'1'"1'" came suddenly at 3 o'cock Sun
ricers about 9:30 o'clock that night, j -''I automatic in' inside coat pocket rtf'-v m-ninr. December 24th at the
Lawrence Allison further said that "'"-.ine had full six shells in it. We Rutherford hospital, where she had
r s brother pulled out of his pocket ' 'ave this at the hosmtab k1v SO !,,! been take,, for treptment. And like
. roii oi inn wnicn were counted and
n . L!U ' t l . ' 1 "
which he declared, contained $1,000
nd a ten dollar gold piece wiioh Fred
Id him had been given him as a
.' mistmas present.
When his body was searched in Lin
dnton, according to Lawrence Alii-
-on, who went through his clothing
himself, only $0 and a knife were
' und.
The car which he was driving when
Vath overtook him at the wheel con.
'ained, according to Lincoln eountv
-..ficert. 50 gallons of lftjuor, which, it
i-as rstimate.1 cost no mn tna -?on
' in., -i. cinn i i
The story was told by" eye-witness-
r-J i.f il iwffttlr -if !,. .. ' . '
.uest over the dead body of the vie-
Tim. The jury was as follows- S R
Warliek: snerial comn : tnr r,w'-
v-rtiintv; n. C William, c. r -r-,
M. ii. Hoyle. R. E. Camp, S. Alexan-
-'?r, sr., E.X. Baker. The verdict of
:be iury it as follows:
That deceased came to his death
Vom a pistol wound inflicted '
head by one of his companions riding
n the car with him. which companion
unknown. The evidence shows. that
as many as two companions were with wrwas 9nnt Sunday mght in Cataw
rim at the time, but all except deceas- a rount U(4,e Crested early Tues
f.Hn u.-ifi,,,i hir da.v morning by Charlotte authori-
: lentitv lipintr knowT,, and the evi-
5ence faPd to Hisolos" their identity
and the whereabout of said compan-'
inn or companions is unknown."
. it j
Iestimony Heard.
W. D. Baxter, deputy sheriff of Lin
-oln eountv, being duly, sworn .testi
fied as follows:
"Don't know deceased. 9:30 p. m.
?cottand mvself stopped at Joseph
T.eatherman's store io warm: we were
there about 20 minutes. Mr. Miller
ent to store door and said he saw a
'pt comine. I went out. Our cars were
on tide of the road. Miller cranked my
ar and ran It beside his car. I step
ped oni five steps in road, raised my
'eft hand up, -approaching car within
10 steps. Some one in the car holler.
d; they were about even with me anii
'egan shooting. I stepped back, hit
my car fender and fell down. As I got
I began shooting and they contin
ued. I judge about 30 shots were fired.
I was shooting a .41 Colts. The car
ent on about 200 yards and I saw it
etop. I got in my car, turned it around
and said to someone, 'get in here.' My
on got in and we drove down to the
car sitting on side of road. I got out
and went to car and found a man ly
ing on steering wheel. I pulled him
over and spoke to him; he, did not
answer and I got out of his car. lhefjrst 0f next -week.
deceased was the man at steering
wheel and in driving position. I
found on ground a .38 Smith and Wes
son pistol, full of empty ihells: right
door of car open. I put deceased in my
own car and sent hiwi to hospital aft
er Dr. Edwards had been phoned for
nnd examined him. Deceased was
driving five-passenger Essex. I found
10 five-gallon cans of whiskey and one
half-gallon fruit jar of whiskey in the
back seat and his car. I could see
three men in the car when it passed
at Leatherman's store. Scott Mille
Yates Leatherman, Jo Leathcrman.
Clino Raster and Clvde Yancey were
at the store."
Dr. CrWell Testifies.
Dr. G. B.,Crowell, being duly sworn
testified as follows:
"Was called at; 12.15 by Miss Mur
ray to see a man who had been shot.
The man was in a dying condition
from pistol wound just internal an 1
below right parietal eminence, bleed
ing profusely from wound, brain sub
stance oozing out of wound. Prepar
ed him for operation and phoned for
Dr. L. A. Crowell. Body now in court
ie U of notint T asked him his
ae! ,,e ..id. -Fred AlSm . 4
nun who snot mm; ne
James Craig.' I took this information
C , 1 .... i.i.4 u -..c
in writing, l warned mm uuu ni-,...,r .
iroing to die. I asked him how f :e j rruc,,7f.1KETING"oF "
was, in order to test nis immai -1
dition. He said, 'Twenty-two year
litinn cnid ' WPntV-lWO VUHI f. i I
.sked him how old James Craig wa
he said 'Forty-five years' I asked him
him where he lived : he replied. 'On
North Church street Charlotte.' Ar an
other time he said he lived at lse--vell
station. I asked him what he did; h"
nid he worked at Charlotte Vulcamz
l appened to him; he said, 'A negro
TRAGIC DEATH. IN ;
named Gibbs hit m .itii .. v,i..;.i. i .. ;
i At this time his mind wandered. 'i nev- j
er was fullv S!1tifi..J u,
. r
W COM c, hiki-Kiik .if k;..-
conscious of h i.-t..(.iiiit.I.
v,, ,-.L;ll t'lllf I.
"While we wei.. nn,i.',..; k; ' ' i.., t
l . , . . ' r '
c:tSn in-his. pocket. Under the ether
anesthesia a four-inch incision wu.
made over right of wound. The skull
was fractured and part of a ball was
lodged in edge of cranium at pointed
fracture; Brain tissue considerably
injured and very free hemorrhage.
."Patient's breathing at this, time
became irregular and operation stp
red. He died in about two minutes,
death' caused from pistol wound in
(hack of head and from
subsequent
I hemorrhages. Mr. Scott
Miller and
I Baxter's son, and two other bovs were
with deceased when bodv 'wn hrmiaU -
to hncnit'il V'n rfili.t '.....
hy. either, as we were busy with tv , j
J.tion. 1 have seen n l,,f rf .1aco nnm
W0dn(J whi!e in the United Stateside. All that love and medical skHM V"' JJ, . " ner
arm-v rvice in France. No powder 'Io waR brought to bear agaiivd, u'r- Mrs.. Tom Lskridge. Those en-
burns show-in on wound. From mv the malady, but the strain on .her!W,,'1K' Wlss bridge s hospitality
t experience it i8 mv opinion that shotiyoune heart was too great, and
fired in about 20 feet distance."
was
CRAIG AND OWEN'S ARE j
ARRESTED AND RELEASED.
-
i.Immie Craig and Ed Owens, re
rorted to have been in the automo-
-lp with Fred AI!ison when the laf-
ties but released later in the day
wnen u -vas lear,!t'ct trom l.incolnton
tha there was o. evidence on which
to hold them- the re!ease beinS uPon
nisi! ucuuns irom anerni Aoerneiny.
Rnt!. ,. - ,.0TVir40fl tn u.JVO j.
nied being in the party.
Mrs. W..S. Allison, mother of tig
dead man, was very jll at the' time of
the death of her son, but it wa. re
ported last night that the was in a
much better condition.
PERSONAL?
Ellis Morrison who is a student at
X. C. State, Raleigh, and Ivy Morrison
a student at the University of North
Carolina, spent the Christmas holi
days with their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Charlie A. Morrison in South Shelby.
Dr. Allan McBrayer and sister,
Miss Miriam McBrayer, who came up
from Florida for the holidays, ret'ir-v
ed Wednesday morning,; making the
trip through the' country in Dr. Mc
Brayer's car. '. . ' '
Miss Elizabeth Webb -and her
charming guest and schoolmate, Mi.-s
Hannahan of Atlanta, Ga who have
been spending the holidays here with
Miss Webb's parents, Judge and Mrs.
E. Y. Webb, expect to return to bre
nan y-oIWp. .... Gainesville. Ga.. the
Attorney and Mrs. D. Z. Newton
and Mr. L. R. Newton spent Christ
mas in. Lincoln county with their
father, Mr. George Newton.
Mias Marie Kendall who is a mem
ber of the graded school faculty at
Charlotte after spending the Christ
mas holidays here with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Bl H. Kendall, expects
to return to Charlotte the first of the
week.
A. R. Putnam has returned from
Asheville after spending Christmas
holidays with his daughter Mrs. M. W
Hamrijk.
A FAREWELL EXERCISE
FOR DR. J. MARCUS KESTER
As previously announced. Dr. J.
Marcus Kester, paitor Of the First
Baptist church of Shelby, will close
his administration of nearly four
years next Sunday, December 31st.
An interesting farewell program has
been arranged for Sunday night, be
ginninsr at 7 o'clock. All other church
es of the town and surrounding .terri
tory are invited to attend. It goes
without saying that tne departure oi
this faithful .and popular pastor to a
, distinctive loss to
, Master v ni ne a
fPhelbv.
(0STOFFICE DEPARTMENT
The Cleveland county local welfare
; postoffice department will hold a meet
ing at the helbv nostoilice on J.anu-
arv 1st 1922 at 2 o'coek p. m..
Every postmaster andrural letter
rrrier and all who are connected with
the postal service in any way are urg-
KATE BETTIS, Secy. Treas.
MRS. ANDREW MILLER, JR.
DIES, RLOO.M WOMANHOOD
One of Shelby's Most Esteemed
Young Women Dies at Ruther
ford ton Hospital on Dec. V.
S;ddeninjr Hearts at
Christmas Time Buri
ed Here.
Tile note of gladness which is aU
wfiys ..attendant upon the ovoua 1
Oiristmns Season V,n. K.n f....r,.iv
in Shelby at this time by the
sad death of one of it .nh.n,li,l
- 1,1
vmiiir women Mrs ln Pl,.,l
r. - ....... -1I1U 1 1 IWVH
Illaekwell Miller, belovn.l u,if.. f An
.......
Rachel of old this community at large
as one family in the bonds of sym
pathy, weeps for "one who is not", and
we mingle our tears together with
th" bereaved ones. . . '
. The pushing of this young wife, just
in the flower of youncr womanhood
when life seemed to hold all that was
fair imd good, came as a great shock
and sorrow to all. She had been ill
only a few clays previous,-.- and ev
condition was not thought to be nt nil
aJarming until Saturdav
iiini uiivii kaii4i'iu ii". i Hi ;.
when with her devoted vouni' bus-' !
n(,".inif
band, at her side, she was rushe.l l'" uo,n'1 ' 10,,m.-' i( me game
ithf Rnthprfnrd tinsnHnl V, nt nnminin.l!(
nia and a complication of troubles had;
set in and her condition steadilv crew
quietly -she passed a way into the arms i
rof her Heavenly Father, leaving this
earthly paradise, to bloom in a bright-
r. Paradise forever more, leaving to
mourn her passing her husband, an
invalid mother and father, Mr. and
Mrs. E. S. Blackwell of Spencer. Alio
three devoted sisters, Mrs. Paul
Lentz of Salisbury and Misses Helen
and Robbie Blackwell of Spencer and
one brother, Edwin of that place.
" Mrs. Miller was born in Spencer 30
year ago. Being a mute she was edu
cated at that splendid institution for
the deaf at Morganton, and it was
while a school girl there that he met
her future husband and the beautiful
romance of love blossomed for her,
and -on-Feb-2;- MM"hrv:aT5wrto4pd to suggest the sentiment of the
Shclbv as the lovely bride of Andrew
C. Miller, jr. - . . .
The deceased was one of Shelby's
most esteemed and beloved young ma
trons, beautiful of form and face, and
to this beauty of .face was added
beauty of mind and character, . She
greeted her friends, and they were
m
iany, not with spoken words, but
with a sweet, glad smile, arid a cor-
d'al. warm handclasp and it was in
deed a rare privilege to Unow and
love one so sweet and irood. Her home
life was indeed a thing of great
beauty, and she .was. e'rr.. n lovirir
comrade to her, devoted young hus
band and a dutiful daughter to his
parents who mourn her- as their own
daughter. . . . '
She early eave her heart to Christ.
joining the Presbyterian church of
which she was ever a faithful mem
ber. .
The funeral w;as held from the
Presbyterian church by her pastor,
Rev. W. A. Murray, on Christmas aft
ernoon at 3 o'clock, and was one of the
largest ever, attended in our city, the
floral tributes being elaborate and
beautiful and she was tenderly, laid
to rest in Sunset cemetery. The pall
bearers were: Messrs. L. M. Hull,
John Black, I. C. Griffin, W. A. Mc
Cord, L. A. Gettys, J. Frank Robe"
and H. M. and W. D .Loy.
Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Black
well were ill at their home in Spen
cer and unable to attend. Her broth
er Mr. Edwin Blackwell. and two sis-te-
. Misses Helen and Robbie Black
well, and brother-in-law, Mr. Lentz,
together with a number of out of town
relatives and friends came up for the
funeral. ' : : '"
Letter of Appreciation.
Special to The Star. -Dear
Brother Weathers:
My people have been very kind in-
deed to me during the Christmas holi- j Egberta North, Frances Bridges,
days. Saturday night at the Christmas j Tma Bridges, Thelma Hopper, Pau
tree the Poplar Springs people pre- ine Hopper, Genelle Wilson and Fran-
sented me a nice purse wun some oin-
er good things.
Then Sunday afternon while in serv
ice at Beaver Dam kind friends there
completely retired my car and then
loaded it up with ood things. Surely
Tin nastor has kinder and
thoughtful people than I. God bless
them all. Sincerely.
JAS. C. GILLESriK.
Roilrnp- SDrintrs. Dec. 26, '22.
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I jIr Woodson Indisposed. ,
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Rev. C. J. Woodson sends The Star
a note saying he is indisposed and un
able to get out to transact business.
Those who have business with him
keoaLLflOi.shome on the
Cleveland Springs road. Al1v-
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SOCIETY
JMjjrh!- Hack ;.t v.ok! Now Cor tin'
".v Yf'iu' - iuid the old bills.-- N'-w
Vfiir resolutions should be labeled :
"Kiagile, humllc with Care."
The afti'rmath of Chpistmas is
lui'iulit f i r.r ..,..ti,
.i. t
j ivii (iiv vnimi miiih.
So,ial m'Z
',.?. ul J,t'.nK
I icora uh.
Chicora Club.
Mrs. P. L. Hennessu will be a gra
cious hostess this afternoon Friday
to the members of the Chicora club
Ht the legu'ar social meeting. The
hour Ii 3:30.
Beautiful Bridge Hospitality
For Mr, and Mrs. Eskridge.
One of the pretties hospitalities of
the Christmas tide was the auction
bridge party given by Miss Ora Esk
ridge of last Thursday. evening at her
home on West Marion street as a
pretty courtesy to Mr. and Mrs.. Ab
Kikridge. of I.aFayette, Indiana,
who are here for the holidays.
The house was aglow with potted
plants and Christmas decorations and
'I nTiil'I'f find nfni'iiL'iiniv I 4
Vri' ' mimi iiiw jr.iiiHK Wil.
enjoyed at the fouV card tables scat-
auction.
Just 'previous to the game a tempt
ing nfld delicious buffet supper Was
t .-.').. '.
were Mr. and .Mrs. II. T. Fulls, Di.
!iP't Ms- S- s- Ryster, Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Webb, Mr. and Mrs. Ted Rorison.
Mendames O. Max Gardner and S. R.
Riley, Miss Stella Murchison and Mr.
Forrest Eskridge.
.Beautiful Chris! mas
Hospitality
Mrs, Wit' Kb'" v- a mint g'.'-trious
hostess at her lovely homo on Sumter
street on Wednesday afternoon De
cember ?2nd as n pretty Vourte.y for
her nistci Mrs. W. K. Richardson of
Reidsville, and Mrs. Charlie Rurrus a
charming bride of . last month, one of
the newest, additions to She'by
ciety. t
so-
The house, was artistically arrang-
Yule-tide, the living room, parlor and
dining room, being decorated in a
wealth of bright berried holly, mis
tletoe, Christmas Vi's and lovely p t
t"d plants.
Elew, small table at; which the
iP!)ronr:ate gime of ;htn;nB dice
tfld the interested atNmj.on or the !in
)invited irests, were sc .ttere j about
the various rooms, the place cards
being dainty little holly affairs.
. At the conclusion of the games a
tempting and delicious salad course
and mints was servei' In entertain
ing. Mrs. Ki ig was g. ac tusly assist
ed by .- Mesdames . Horace
Charlie Washburn, Mis
Giigg,;,
. Oeland
Washburn and little Mis. Hoiothy
King. - I
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B. Y. P. U. Sings j
Itaautiful Carols.
Sleeping townspeople were awaken-
ed Monday morning as members ot 1
the Senior B. Y. P. U, of the First
Raotist church of Shelby sang Christ
mas carols and other apropriate re
ligions selections. By a' unanimous
vote held Sunday night, it was decided
that special music would be rendered
in keeping with the holiday spirit
early Christmas day: So the singer,
rose bright and early, gathered at the
church and proceeded to parade the
town. As they moved down the vari
ous streets, little children could be
seen rushing for their first glimpse at
Santa's dlignts, old negro mammies
stood and gazed ai though anti'cin'
:m a return of the angels, while
those who took part enjoyed the early
morning"air and rich fellowship.
Day dawned in a flush of glory and
the young people left by automobiles
I for Cleveland Springs where an ele
("ant breakfast was served. The per
sonnel of the party included thetol
j lowing young people:
I Misses Wilma Ilartness. Kathleen
j Davis. Rosalvnd Nix. Janie Blanton,
cos RoDerts.
Messrs. Robert Hartness. L. H. Led-
ford, Dewey Plummer, Mr- Spake,
Harold Hamrick. Bynum E. Weathers.
Dumon Wilson and Bynum llarrill of
I attimore.
j Mrs VirKjl c;artjner
jWeds Rock Hill Man
The host of friends here of Mrs.
Virgil Gardner, formerly of Shelby
p.tA Chester, S. C. but who, for the
r-nst year has been making her home
with her brother Mr. Edwin Allen at
Rock Hill. S. C, will be interested to
learn of her marriage at that place
on Tuesday morning, December 2Gth,
-J to Mr Luther Branch, the marriage
.Ain nl4 Tnosdnv morning at
,10:30 at the Baptist parsonagethe
t;'
pastor of thai church oMicialiii
I'loscMcc. oi only u lew special -friends.
ir.. I. ram h holds ;i responsible po
sition as salesman with the Hock HUI
Hak' iy and is a splendid young man
with a wide circle of friendswhile
his 'charming-bride is very much be
loved in this county where she has
spent a great deal of her time with
relatives.
' Mr. and Mrs.' Ih anch
their home in Hock Ifiil.
mak
Miss Mabel Allen Weds
Mr. L. Owens of Bosnian. ,.
One of the most intresting of the i . ' hnslmas. has come and gone and
Christmas marriages to the host of '"' ",snj' msn,'(-,s 't as the "biggest
Shelby friends of the bride was' that i ' "" ! " Krni ''' lra,linK s'nd
of Miss Mabel Allen of the Elizabeth t n"int' th'' "chants of the county de
section and Mr. Leslie Owens of Ros-'"'r ihttl Frif,,,v nn(l SaUmlay wprp
man, Transylvania county, which ,f "l sh'r',!n,? chys "nl tlu'v ha1
happy even took place here Saturday1 tra,, t'1"V r'uI' ('onvpni,nt,3i'
night at the Baptist parsonage, Rev,
r i v... ' ii...-
. ;u. rvi-su-r, cue Drum s pastor per
forming the ceremony.'
The bride is a winsome and attrac
tive young woman, the daughter of Mr
nd Mrs. J. D. Allen of this county.
She isii' graduate -of-the Shelby high
school and afterwards tpent one
year at the Boiling Springs high
school. For the past few months she
has been with Gilmer's local store as
salesladyTThe groom is a promising
young busines man of Rosman,
where he holds the responsible .-position
as manager of a large comls
sarv for the. Toxaway Tanning Co.,
at that place. Immediately after the
ccivmony Mr. and Mrs. Owens left
for their home at Bosnian.
Entertain at Cleveland S-irhigs .
For Christmin Visitors, v""
Mr. nnd Mrs. Panl 'Vv)!) were ricr
lightful- host at ' b vcland Spring?
hotel last Tuesday octet :tinmg a. few
friends 'an a prettv "iutesy to their
kinsmen,-Mr. und ' Mm, Ab Evkridae
of La Fayette, Ind., pI'T.s.nit holiday
visitors.
At the close of the evening' pleas
ure a delicious collation of s-indwirh.s
coffee , 'i nd cream, C;iK" anl stu'd
dates wan enjoyed. -
Subscription Bridve . . ,
Party at Cleveland.
Cleveland Springs hotel was the
scene of a merry party 'of y mng eo
ple last Monday even- rr when about
ten couples motored nu. for an ev
ening of auction bridge. The elegant
and spacious lobby, Which has been
the scene of so many delightful so
cial affairs of late, had been mobt
artistically decorated for the Christ
mas tide and even the old fashioned
i log fires were not lacking to complete
the ensemble. In the midst of these
delightful surroundings five tables of
auction held the interested attention
0f the players, after which a delicious
collation was enjoyed.
FAN MING'S -BIG SALE
. BEGINS SATURDAY 30TH
The W. L. Fanning company inau-
gurates its semi-annual clearance sal
on Saturday. December 30th. offering
tremendous reductions throughout the
store. The store will be closed Thurs-
day and Friday of this week while the
force of sales people is marking down
Vi moi.r.hin.1iia TKic ;u D
Lua! reduction sale which always at-
tracts attention
among the many 1
friends of the Fanning comnany store
A double page advertisement and I
thousands of circulars broadcasted
er the coUnty mtko note of the many
reductions that will obtain throughout
the big store, It will pay you hand
somely to take advantage of the
prices offered by the Fanning store
during this clearance sale.
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INFLUENZA IS RAGING
RUT IS NOT SEVERE
InDuenza is raging in the county
and the physician3 have more calls
than they can attend to, but they de
clare that the patients all seem to be
getting along much i :.v ' ih-.n thev
did during the previous epidemics and
only one or two deaths have been Te
ported. Influenza now seems to be in
a much milder form, but is more con
tagious than ever before. The schools
of the county will perhaps suspend
longer than usual for the Christmas
holidays in order for the epidemic to
clear away. ,
Death of Little Child.
rv T"i.ity-. knr O!? Via rlnot U anoii
.Li J ; ol " MrTand Mrs E.
E. Brown of Slyva, this state, and
4aii1.- fi-nm tbem Frederick Albert, a
ii-if lHtto son IS months old. The
many friends of Mrs. Brown, who
.I.:. t..!.j-. j :.. 11
was .virs. uiiukcs aim is -
known here will sympathize with them
in this their hour of bereavement. '
; . vill De tne nc.sio' mn. -vv...
Miss Ruth Roberts who has been 'each charge,
spending the Christmas holidays here j There will he talks from the pas
with her mother, Mrs. Eliza Roberts, tors and other conference .member V
expects to return this week to her that will be interesting. All day serv
school at Troy, this state. lice and the public ij nmtocl.
Mr. G. R. Randall of Rock Hill, S. j v- n
C. spent yesterda yin Shelby on busi C. D. Stroup and f&muyot J'""
ncss Mr Randall was former depot 1 colnton spent Christmas with his motlt
"gent at tt'arl. , ' " -frJrftrwp, , .
.iiniJiuwi.iTUi'ii ur
CHEER AND TREAT
HOLIDAY TRADE
VERY HEAVY
WAS
Industrial Plants Close For Four
Days White Christmas at
ChurchesMail Well
Handled.
I' ' ln ' "ll . aut'nuo" lnJ
' t : uauMiiv give co ineir cus-toii'ei-s,
could not he riven because the
rush was so great. But this was no
fcult of the public. The continuous
rain and bad weather that prevailed
duriiif December,'-prevented the shop- ,
M-rs from doing all the shopping
they had on their list, so when the
west!- r-cleared Friday, the iamb be
I'Hh. Merchant who feared that much
Christmas merchandise would be left
on their shelves, found it moving rap
idly and all in nil, they sold out during
hn last two dav. The fall t-;do as
whole was above the nveiTf." Octo
ber ii'l November were good months,
due to prettv vventlipr and plentv of
niooev caused by hii'h wages and high
-i"fd farm products.
Pay up Week a Success. '4.
The inv-un cf mntiign waa-ed during
the v.oi k of . December 1th to ?3rd
was a fieat success, all merchants
and business men who joined in the
eamraisrn declaring that hundred." and
hundreds of accounts were settle as
a result of th" cAmnaiirn which was
wsn-erl f.ffectivf-lv all over the county.
Beautiful weather prevailed .from
Friday until Wednesday morning,
when rain came again. This week and
next is stock taking time with many
merchants, then the usual clearance
sales when sreat reductions will be .
out in force tcr dear out winter mer
rhsndise. although winter is only one
third gone,
Christmas Mail Heavy.
Acting Postmaster J. II. Ouinn and
his able staff of clerks handled the big
Christmas mail In a most commenda- '
bnTmannef. Every courtesy was ex
tended the patrons' and there wps no
unnecessary delay in the receipt and
dispatch of Christmas parcels. Some
of the clerks who have been in the of
fice for many years declare the
Christmas mail to nave, been heavier
than usual. The carriers made their
usual rounds on Christmas day, but
will not go on Mnnd.v, n.Tunry 1st.
which is a holiday. The rostoffio ,will
observe the New Yea'-'. Ndidey. but
all bank and stores will be open for
business n 11-ual
OM Soldiers Remembered.
The Daughters of the Confedf-ncy
remembered the Ton federate soldiers
and their widows as usual with bas
kets of fruit 'while individuals sent
Christmas goodie to the' unfortunate
in the county home, at the' convict
camp, iail, nnd at tne Kock quarry
j where long termers from the pen, ten
ti. ry are working.
A White Ihristmn.
All of the churches had Christmas
exercises, many of them observing
"White Christmas," the spirit of this
being "it is more blessed to five than
to receive." While the children gave
to the poor, they received gifts from
Old Santa.
The cotton nvUs end other industtal
plants closed Friday evening and
sumed operations Wednesday morn
ing, which with Sunday intervening,
gave them four das vacation. The
cotton mills remembered their em
ployes in a generous way, as is cus
tomary year after year.
The exchange of Christmas gifts
started earlier than usual this year,
many sending out their gifts on Sat
urday because Christmas eve came
this year on Sunday. There was no
unusual demonstration, but a regular
bombardment of explosions of fire
works all dav long Christmas day, be
einnine earlv in the morning when
the little fellows awoke to get their
Santa Claus., The shooting of fire
works, guns and pistols lasted all day
Monday. No serious accidents have
V
been reported. ,.'.-- -. . ' ; " , . ,
DIStRfCT CONFERENCE 'HERE
AT THE M. P. CHURCH DEC. 5.
i Tb-e will be a district
conference
.llv of the Methodist Protestant
,.u .t.tiw Shelbv chui-ch on tne
1 1 1 -1- 1 1 1
fifth Sun.lav in i-ecemoer. '-
trict consists 01 six c. -