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CHARLOTTE SWEPT
BY FIRE SUNDAY
DAMAGE ESTIMATED OVER
HALF MILLION*
Trade Street Retail District Vis
ited by Disastrous Maze Dur
ing Night Hours
Fire which was discovered a fow
minutes before 8 o’clock Sunday
night in-the rear of the Smith-W/ds
worth Hardware company, cm /East
Trade street Charlotte swept th/ough
the hardware building, the bulling
occupied by the H. C. Long company'.'
the La Mode, Efird’s annex, on East
Trade street, and through Belk Bros,
garage, Warren Barber shop,, and
George A. Newman’s Tire shopy<f:\
College street, damaging -peopii'ty
and stockjj^t#r il'lc* amount of $500,000
•4° $80P;w0/ it was estimated, before
belftg put under control at about 1!
o’clock.
Immediately after the discovery o'
the fire a general alarm was turn i
in ami at 8:25 p. m. all street lights
and street car power lines were shut
off, completely paralyzing trolley
transportation throughout the city all
night.
By a few minutes after 8 o’clock
the fire was raging in the Smilh
Wadsworth building in front, rear
and on College street side .had burst
high through the roof and had ex
tended to the Belk Department store
garage. Evoi y hose in the fire depart
ment was put into use by Chief Wal
lace as- early as possible, in an effort
to control the flames and save adjoin
ing buildings. Ths streams were
brought into play on East Trade,
College an 1 Fifth streets. Other
streams were being directed on the
flames from the roof of the main fire
station, located in the center of the
Fifth street side of the block.
Mayor J. O. Walker placed tele
phone requests with the fire depart
ments of Concord, Statesville, Mon
roe and Mooresvillc fire apparatus
responded promptly. The truck from
Monroe mode the trip of 25 miles to
Charlotte in 40 minutes .with seven
men under the charge of Chief G. B
Caldwell. Gastonia’s truck came with
eight men in 40 minutes, end the
Mooresville truck arrived in 30 min
utes with 1' men. Statesville’s truck
with eight me., arrived in .35 minutes.
Estimates of Loss.
The loss sustained bv the Smith
Wadsworth hardware will amount to
$50,000 by: is fully covered by insur
ance.
The four-story structure oecup'ed
by the wholesale department of the
hardware company on North College
street is owned by Reik -Brothers,
dr mace to which will be between $59
000 and $75,000. Included in the stock
was a quantity of ammunition and
the rattat-tat of bursting cartridges
lasting half an hour or more remaid
ed the onlookers of machine gun fire.
Sosnik and Sosnik. a Winston-Sa
lem firm, were proprietors of the H
C Long and La Mode store, 33 Last
Trade street. aVlue of their stock is
estimated at $25,000.
The three-story structure was own
ed by Mrs. W. I. Henderson, whose
loss was estimated by S. T. Hender
son. her son, at $25,000, the loss be
ing fully covered by insurance.
The loss from fire and water of
Belk Brothers will run about
$225,000, it was estimated by B.
Frank Matthews, manager of the re
tail store. The fourth and fifth floors
of the trade street store were slight
ly damaged by fire while the other
floors suffered severely by water.
Damage of about $100,000 was
caused by the total destruction of the
Belk garage and warehouse above.
In the latter were shoes and toys, the
damage to merchandise and building
exceeding $50,000.
Insurance fully covers the loss.
Columbia Offers Aid.
The aid of the Columbia, S. C„
fire department was offered to Char
lotte by Mayor \V-' A. Coleman in the
emergency. The offer of help from
Columbia was conveyed by the Asso
ciated Press to Mayor Walker of
Charlotte.
Thousands of persons, attracted
by the fire, thronegd the streets
within two blocks of Independence
square in the steadily falling rain.
In the Smith-Wndswortji company’s
storerooms were several million
rounds of cartridges, and when the
fire reached these a fusillade began
that sounded like the second battle of
the Marne.
Box Supper.
There will be a box supper and
Christmas tree at Ross Grove school
house on Friday night December 21.
Everybody is invited to attend.'
For wood saw outfits, saws, man
drels and Fni^nks-Morse gas en
gines see 0 E- 1' old Co. At \
Gardner Wants Laval
To Coach at Slate
Former Hlaic Star Thinks Furman
Mentor Mould Produce Min
ojim Teams Th e re. ~'-\
X' v* .s and Observer.
/alax Gardner, sometimes u states*
wan but always a sportsman and
etvse follower of the athletic destin
ies of the State college football team
on which ho was once a stellar light,
has something to say on the question
of a successor to Harry Hartsell.
What Mr. Gardner has to say
amounts to just this: Billy Laval, of,
Jflirman, as head coach for State. /
rTw v *» 1 tui s made down Lino-** /rif
that little college of only 400/stu
'lents one of the best football teams
in this section of the country. It was
a better team than any other in South
( arplina, and —I think better than
any in North Carolina as wqll,” Mr.
Gardner said.
“And another thing, that man is
trom this section of the country and
knows our ideals and traditions bet
Bn than any coach coming from the
west would ever know them. He has
the ante ideals of sportsmanship and
despite all the rumors about his team
th.s year there is not the slightest bit
of .professionalism about it. The team
Furman had this season was not a
gathered organization of stars; all
the hoys on the team*were. Soutl
Carol mg beys. The thing that mad
it great Was Laval’s coaching. Rock
well of YaU; refereed a game in whiel
Furman played and he told me tha
he considered it the best coached tean
in the south,’ the lieutenant governoi
declared.
“I believe we can get Laval t(
come to State, I think he feels tha
he has reached his limit at a college
the size of Furman. He would like to
come to state. He Was a student at
state for a year and played on the
baseball team Ithink he deesrves lot
of consideration for the job,” he de
clared.
41 r. Gardner, while declaring that
he did not believe Hartsell had been a
success at state, paid him a tribute.
“I believe Hartsell has done a great
deal to give .State a fine athletic
name,’ he raid ‘fie has absolutely rid
the college tf professionalism arid he
has made the State team respected
wherever they have played.”
MI ST HAVE SOME CROWDS
AROUND MOUNTAIN ISLAND
Lincoln County News.
Take a trip to Charlotte, or Shel
by, Hickory, Gastonia, Newton, Lin
colnton, or any of the large towns of
this section on trade day, circus day,
or any other day, and then take a
Sunday afternoon ride down to Moun
tain Island, the ntw 80,000 horse
power electric* development of the
Southern Power Co, on the pastern
shores of Lincoln and Gaston counties
If you don t find a traffic jam there
equal to any in any of the above
named places you are hard to please.
The folks are interested in that pow
er house, because perhaps, they
have watcacd the development of an
idle stream into business channels
within tw) years. The plant begins
grinding ju the juice this week. The
tack water above the dam is now high
er than it was during the 1916 flood,
hut there is no excitement about the
great water because brains and mo
ney has devised a means of control.
BIG SU IT FILED
IN CATAWBA COURT
Messrs. Robinson and Whitener,
Charlotte ; ttorneys .instituted suit in
Catawba superior court recently for
W. H. Felder, now of Hickory, against
the Monroe Journal, Union county
newspaper, and its publishers, alleg
ing $50,002 damages for an alleged
slanderous article published in that
paper six months ago.
The complaint, Mr. Louis A. Whit
ener said would be filed the latter
part of the month. Presecution bond
has been filed with the clerk of court.
It will 1)3 contended that publica
tion of the article was so damaging to
Mr. Felder that he was forced to give
up his business in Union county and
move away. The article was in con
nection with an alleged attack on the
ku klux klan
WANTS MUSCLE SHOALS
LEASED TO HENRY FORD
Representat.i.ve Dickenson, republic
can of Iowa. Thursday introduced his
b II for the lease of Muscle Shoals to
Henry Ford for the manufacture and
sale of fertilizer. The bill specifies
that the property be operated to pro
duce the maximum output of electric
power, all of which not used to manu
facture fertilizer would be sold under
atfpioriiy of the Federal Power com
mission. The leading company would
be limited to v net profit of 8 per
cent
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RUTHERFORD GETS
A SPECIAL TERM
TO CONSIDER HIGGINS WILL
CASE.
Shelby Attorneys Appear in Case
Called For December 31. Other
\ News Of Rutherford.
I Luthcrfoi dton, Dec. 1 r>.—Governor
Morrison has called n special term of
Superior court December HI to con
sider the will of ‘he late J. Wesley
r Higgins, the case having been moved
here from Yancey county. It is the
heirs of Higgins vs. Methodist orph
anages. Nearly $500,000 is involved in
ihe trial. Judge Thos .J. Shaw will
hold the court, as he will exchange
with Judge J Bis Ray of Burnsville,
resident judge.
This case will attract much atten
tion over the state as every Methodist
orphanage in the state is involved.
Some of the state's ablest legal talent
will appear in the case. The Higgins
heirs have employed James H. I’ou of
Raleigh; Watson, Watson and Feltz
of Burnsville; Max Gamer of Shel
by, Edwards and Edwards and Quinn
Hamrick and Harris, local attorneys
while the Methodist church or orph
ages will be represented by Ryburn
and Hocy o‘ Shelby Hal Johnson and
Chas Hutchins of Asheville and Burns
ville; Marx W. Brown, Asheville; A.
W. Self of Hickory; Bless and Win
bourne of Marion; E. E. Gray of Win
ston-Salem, general counsellor; W. C.
McRorie and James M. (’arson of the
local bar. The jury has already been
selected and everything is ready for
the trial.
Over $115,000 has already been
subscribed in stock toward the big
development at Chimney Rock, Lake
Lure, etc , in this county and more
keeps coming in. Officials announced
today that the campaign would close
in the county December 20 and the
campaign would be waged in adjoin
ing counties. Inquiries are coming in
about the project from as far away as
Boston. It is receiving nation wide
publicity.
Plans have already been perfected
‘o finance -i 1,000,000 to erect the dam
and begin other developments.
The New York Tribune of last \
Sunday’s issue carried a story of the
big development. “Outdoor South,”
magazine published in Atlanta by
Homer C. George for December, had
a long article on the development
from the standpoint of “Sports.’
Dr. Morse sent a large bouquet of
white and pink rose buds to the
Commercial b^nk yesterday which
were gathered on the mountain.
Daisies are growing in abundance.
lhe county commissioners w.th Mr
C .S. Royster, county keeper, went
to Greenville, S, C., and other points j
studying county homes. They will
make more trips in the near future,
with the idea of getting a plan, or
model for the new home for this coun
ty next year.
There were 13,580 bales of cotton
ginned in this county up to December
1, as compared with 12,772 for the
same period last year an increase of
808 bales. Averaging the bale at $150
each this makes the cotton already
ginned in this county worth $2,037,
000. The crop total will bring about i
$2,500,000.
Never have merchants been as busy
as they are now. Automobile dealers
of every kind cannot get cars fast
enough to supply the demand. Bank
forces are working over time and ev
erything is on a great boom.
The register of deeds took in $388
;n fees in November .which was a re
cord breaking month.. Four full-time
neople are needed to keep up the work
in this office an account of so many
land sales, deeds, etc
Mary's Little Cold
Mary had a little cold
That started in her head,
And everywhere that Mary went
That cold was sure to spread.
It followed her to school one day
(There wasn’t any rule);
It made the children cough and sneeze
To have that cold in school.'
The teacher tried to drive it out;
She tried hard, but—kerchoo!—
It didn’t do a bit of good,
For teacher caught it too.
Congregationalist.
AN “UNLOADED” GUN
HAS ANOTHER VICTIM
A young man named Robert Dobbs
is in a Wadetboro hosiptal as a result
of having been accidentally shot in
the stomach by his brother, Claude
Dob^s, who playfully pointed a sup
posedly unloaded pistol at him. Much
to the surprise of Claude Dobbs, the
pistol fired, the, ball passing through
his, brother's body without striking a
vitnl spot. The young man is expected
to recover, unless complications set in.
“Poor” Farmer Gets
His License Free
Scent ary of State Honors Hig_Fami
JioH by Personally Paying Coil
of Ownership Certificate
Secretary of.Sti^e W N. Everett
went on record a* honoring big fami
lies when he assumed the privilege of
personally paying the cost of an auto
mobile certificate oi ownership for a
Cabarrus county farmer with a wcath
erbeaten Ford and a family of 19.
The farmer sent in his fee with a
letter lelHt.g of the . tribulation,
brought by his Ford and of the heavy
| burden imp< red in the support of his
big -family
“I personally- think” Mr Everett
wrote him in remitting the 50 cents
fee “that your vntrihutio.h to the
state has been sufficient to justify
some substantial (return ; therefore, I
wish the privilege, (if personally pay
ing the corn of registering your au
tomobile.” Mr. Everett left a 50 cent
piece, taken from his own pocket,
with the automobile license depart
ment' ,to cover tile cost of the: farm
ers certificate
In writing of his troubles, the Ca
barrus farmer spoke of financial bur
dens and the threat of hard times,
but wound up with a postscript an
nouncing teat as soon as he could go
to Charlotte he proposed to buy a new
automobile, llis letter ran as follows:
“I received your letter and blank to
fill out. The car I has I bought it in
1017 from a man in Georgia. It was
about worn cut when I got it I pul'd
■flbO to have it fixed up .Everything
has been ne.v except bed and wheels. I
has been trying to trade it, hut can’t
get hut about 75 or 80 for it and may
be cant get that. They are selling
better ones than ni ne here for 40 and
50 dollars, Ho I send the $.50 because
l must go to the fields in mine. My
farm is about 7 or 8 niili*| off.
j ‘‘I lias pu'J $14 this year on the old
err. It wa; one of the first models1
when I bought it and I am not able
to get a new one. My family is too
large. My wife is the mother of 19
children and you can tell from that 1
ain’t able to get. a car hut hafter have
one to go to my little farm back and
Ford, so you can send what it is to
send. So far as stealing a car it wont
do it a bit of good.
“Yours truly.
“As I im going to Charlotte soon
as I can get up with work and trade
this car for a new one, and if you can
wait a while I can fill blank better.”
Negroes Stage Fight
on Street Saturday
Knives, Sticks and Fists I'sed as
Methods of Defense and Of
fense. All Are Fined.
The throngs of holiday shoppers
that packed the Shelby .streets Satur
day afternoon were entertained by
what canie near being a free-for-all
negro fight at the coiner of the Clev
eland Bank & Trust,Co. Fists, rocks,
knives and sticks played a prominent
part with the result that Jim Esk
ridge, colored, had several gaps in his
body as well as in his clothes to patch
up. y*
The fight started between /dhn
Eskridge and Charlie1 Robertson and
ended between Jim Eskridge and
Charlie Robertson after Robertson
had lowered Eskridge’s high blood
pressure with a few strokes * of his
knife, John apparently hail gained
his fighting impetus by imbibing lem-“
on extract while Robertson evidently
had a “nip” or so of somethingv^ln
recorder’s court Monday John was
fined $10 for his part in the alterca
tion and Clarence Burrus who played
too promint nt a part for a bystander
was fined similar amount. Charlie
Robertson f< r his artistic carving and
Jim Eskridge for his skill in handling
his fists and a stick were fined $25
each.
FIVE MEN ESCAPE
FROM VIRGINIA JAIL
Five men, three of them hold on
charges of murder, escaped Thursday
night from the Wise county Virginia
at Wise by sawing a rail from an iron
bed and using it to break the bars of
a window, according to telephone ad
vices in Bristol. They are: John Hat
field and Stephen Wood, each under
imprisonment for 1st degree murder;
Alex Mullins, held on si charge of
murder; C. O. Kdwards held on a
charge of criminal assault, and Carl
Miller, charged with violating the pro
hibition laws.
A Card ol Thanks.
We wish to thank our kind friends
and neighbors for their kindness and
help rendered -us during the sickness
and depth of our dear husband and
father. May Cod’s richest blessings
rest upon each and every one of you.
Mrs. J. ,T. Pruett and Childreii.
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PENSIONERS WILL
CALL FOR CHECKS
SOLDI KRS ANI) WIDOWS
1 MI ST COME.
l< lork Of I he ( ourt (ieorjfe 1*.
Hebb lias Christmas Pension
Cheeks, But Can’t Mail.
Tli' 5(> or more veterans of the Civ
il war and widows of veterans who
I make up tlr • pension roll in Cleveland
county, have a Christmas present for
them in the nature, of a semi-annual
voucher drawn on the State of North
Carolina, but these vouchers cannot he
mailed to them, as heretofore,
end tlve pensioners must call in per
son 1 his is according to a new ruling
of the state pension hoard and is the
result of a recent discovery in eastern
( arolina where relatives of dead pen
iotiors have continued to draw money
from the state for several years
Clerk ol the Court George 1', Webb
did not know of this ruling until the
pension check arrived with a copy of
the ruling therein, so the pension
checks ?r.' delayed. Ord-narily he
would have had them mailed to all
pensioners on Saturday December 15
i ut this ruling has forced him to hold
up until tin men and women on the
roll can caM in i>erson.
A provision is made for those who
arc unable to come, to receive their
money all right. Those who are not
able to* come in person w'ill send an
•‘authorized” agent who will.make an
affidavit before the clerk lhat the said
pensioner is unable to come’and sign
under oath that the pensioner in
whose name the voucher is drawn is
alive. This is made necessary in order
to avoid sending any vouchers out to
pensioners who might be dead.
In some cases pensioners on the
Cleveland county roll live in other
counties. In these cases the (pensioners
cannot receive the voucher from the
clerk of the court in Cleveland. Th<
vouchers must be returned to Raleight
and re-mailed to the pensioners In
the county where they now reside.
Clerk Geo P. ebb stated yester
day that there nr* practically 150 on
the roll in Cleveland. Oof this number
about 71 afe men and 80 are women.
Most of them are in the fourth class
which entitles them to $55. Last July
they received $52.50 thus giving them
an annual allotment of $107.50, the
largest sum (he pensioners of the
Civil-war have ever drawn.
These veterans will be proud of this
I money because it comes at the holiday
season of the year with winter at hand
with its demand for heavier clothing.
The total amount to be distributed
will be about $9,000, which added to
the July pay checks, will make ap
proximately $17,500 which the pen
doners have received in Cleveland
county tips year.
Two Shelby Players
On All Western
Hcnncssa and Connor Selected on
Mythiraj HuaU^-Blevew. ~&„Qther
.^-''•'"'SficTby Boys Mentioned.
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Two Shelby players, Brevard Hen
nessa and Max Connor, were selected
for berths on the. mythical All West
ern high eleven carried Sunday by
the Charlotte News, while fii7e other
local hoys were mentioned by the,
western coaches who picked the’ teajir'
~Tfie'"ATr~W>'s tcm trrntrp-fnthTWSr~
Connor, Shelby, and Ausband, Char
lotte, ends; Saunders, Charlotte, and
■Green, Greensboro, tackles; McNtneh
and Schiltz, Charlotte, gunnls;*
Schwartz .Charlotte, center; Swift,
Greensboro, quarter! Fairley, Monroe
and Chacklas, Asheville, half backs;
Hen ness?, Shelby .full hack.
Other Shelby players mentioneo
were Bynum, Beam and Noggles for
tackle; A nowood for end, and Free
man for naif back.
Shelby Baptists Take
A Prominent Part
Shelby Baalists took a prominent
part in the Baptist State convention
ii) session last week * at Gastonia.
Rev. R. I*. Lemons pastor of the First
Baptist chinch was chairman ot the
committee on committees, having the
power to name the active working
committee; necessary in the business
affairs coming before the convention.
He- was appointed a member of the
State misioa board and left yester
day for Raleigh where today he at
tends a meeting of this body to ap
propriate money to the various
churches and associations in the
state. This if one of the highest hon
ors that can come to a Baptist at
the hands of the State convention.
Prayer Meeting
Prayer meeting at Central Meth
odist church Wednesday evening at
7:30. All cordially invited. ,
1 hackerson Held For
Superior Court Jurv
Probably t 'au.se Found by Recorder's
( oiiri I r.yinjj Double Shoals Hoy
For Tuesday's Killing.
In a preliminary hearing in Re
corder’s .court here Friday morning
David 1 ha korson, 17-year-old orphan
mill ls>y of Double Shoals, was held
for the. next term of Superior court
under a bond, probable cause for
manslaughtr r having been found in
connection with the death by gun
shot wound Tuesdayxpvening of Loren
Cook, nine-yearsopi son of Sid Cook
of Double Shoals.
Several witnesses .none oftlicm act
ually' seeing the shooting, were plac
ed on the stand. Among them was the
younger brother of Thackeraon Who
" as with the two boys at the time but
happened to he a lew steps in fron
when tin' gun, a .22 calibre rifle, was
fired. This witness was positive that,
there was no feeling between the tw<
hoys ,or not so ;> i could be discerned
bv him as they walked from the store
Other witnesses examined could give
truly subsidiary evidence such as man
ner ard tinieof death.
Thacker, .m was placed on the stand
by his attorney, ( iyde It. Hoey, and
related seemingly to the best of his
ability just how tho tragedy occurred
According :c> him, they were return
ng from the store, his brother walk
big several steps in front of Cook ant
himself, w her. he started to unload thf
rifle whicn was discharged while he
was attempting to eject the cart
ridge The youth firmly disavowed any
intention of shooting Cook and chs
clafed that there had been no trouble
or words between them. He denied
that be tiecame angered at the dea>
boy for shooting a cap pistol in hi;
face, although he admitted the boy
did have i cap-pistol and had beer
holding it down by his side shootiny
it He explained his running away
from the falien boy by attributing i',
fo his fright, saytag^that he ran firs'
to the boy s home to tell his' mother
about it and not finding her ran on to
his own home, where he informed hir
step-mother of the incident
Radish Industry For
State is Projected
North Carolina will excel in anoth
er line of agriculture. It has come U
be the time lor a showdown with Cal
ifornia. The reference will be Japan.
Banzai! The only trouble is the re
feree is prejudiced and has announced
his finding in advance.
Thursday Arturi Suzuki, who is ar
urtist end rot a farmer but takes »
keen interest in all sorts of things
stacked many pounds of seed upon r
desk in his studio at Kinston and
s v/ j/C
dnfo,
mlled for folks to come and get them
Some oKthe seed cost Suzuki $4.6f
i pound. \il were radish seed. There
were different varities. Some were o'
kinds local to one place and some t<
another. Ityeems that a radish growr
around Shjliia will not do well at Yo
kohama, and vice versa.
“The whole. dad-limrried works
prout here or I’m an honorable sint^,
remarked Arturi. “I’m going to revo
klutionlze the radish industry in Nortl
Carolina. TJjp honorable Santa Clau'
irproaches .Before the sparks fron
ais—what jou call it?—snow deers
heels get cool there’ll be further causi
/or a, happy Fourth of July in thi
wonderful prefecture.”
Arturi is doing it all for love o'
his fellow-man and the delight he gets
from tinkering. ^
Some of the radishes grow to bt
three feet long “That is in California’
They bring lio cents each there. “Thej
ought to grow to four feet here ant
be worth 45 cents. Winter doesn’t
make any difference in their young
li-es. They’ll develop into adult rad
ishes in 110 cays.”
Gets Four Months For
Larceny of Purse
Addie Ray, colored girl, was ar
rested Saturday evening and in re
corder’s court Monday morning giver
four months for not being able to ox
plain satisfactorily where she receiv
ed a check which she attempted t<
cash Saturday at the First Nationa’
Bank.
Saturday Miss Lizzie Mae Lee
daughter of Mr. Frank Lee, was shop
ping in one of the local departmen*
stores and while being fitted laid
her purse down, only to find it miss
ing when she started to pick it up
Shortly aft'*r the bank had been no
tified to watch for the check, whicl
was the only thing the purse contain
ed, Addie Ray ,tbe negro girl, broughl
the check in and attempted to have
it cashed. She w'as arrested and taker
i to jail, where .the purse itself" was
later found hid under the mattress in
her cell. The girl contended that the
check had been given her by a small
white hoy, hut could not account for
the purse.
HEAVY DOCKET IN
RECORDER'S COURT
SATURDAY’S SENTENCES
TOTAL THREE YEARS
Negroes Let Cotton Larceny
Story ;Mixed Up Slightly. -Yar
borough Draws Fine of $25.
In the span of only a few hours
Saturday Judge B. 'I'. Falls disponed
of three years of time that formany
oeionged to other people, but now the
property of Cleveland county, that is
*' time is properly. There were other
cases disposed of the same day that
Drought numerous additional sheckies
it the county coffers.
l.nwson .Sweezy .colored, extremely
so ,drew the longest sentence, eigne
nonths, because he did not have as
much sense as his companion, James
Taylor, who was allotted oniy six
nonths. Mr. Oscar Cabanissp farmer
A No. 7 township, left some cotton,
J00 pounds or so, in the field sever
1 days past and the next^monung
he cotton had disappeared. a do a.
-hat time Lawson and James soiu
iome cotton closely resembling the
missing cotton and on that and other
•valence they were brought to trial
...pwaon wanted to tell about it, and
o he did, in several different ways,
•ringing in “jus’ Jeff,” a Georgia
iegro, and an unknown white man,
angling hirnself more and more all
he while. James did not talk any and
us scarcity of speech saved him the
.dditional two months dished out to
Lawson for his fluency.
H. H. Vai borough, who Thursday
tight ran into a wagon of the Grigg
>oys, sons of Dr. T. O. Grigg, and in
ured Thompson, one of the boys, was
ined $25 r.nd the costs for reckless
Iriving and asault, with the condition
hat he pay all damages.
W. T. Dodo, driving car while in
oxicated, was given four months. An
ppeal was noted end bond fixed at
>600.
Another George Washington.
George Ward, colored, “Gawge
Washington Ward’ to be exact, passed
i worthies* check sometime back-**- -
he store of Grigg and Hester above
Lawndale, but the cheek did not took
ike checks should when it reached
he Fallston bank and George Wash
ington was brought into court to cx
dain, probably like the great Amer
can for whom he was named was
inked to explain about the cherry
ree. George failed to make his ex
lanation quite as clear as the cherry
ree episode and was given six
nonths employment on the county
■oads. A ‘orgery charge was not
iressed for the present.
Ambrose Hoyle and Bob To wry,
harged with the larceny of a radia
or and other automobile accessories
rom the barn of Forrest Lulz north
f town, were given six months each.
In arfipeSl^to Superior court was re
onfled. V.
An the caseSqf Tom Champion
Charged with treslrags judgment was
suspended upon payment of the costs.
Sudden Death of Son
of Mr. and Mrs. Hoyle
■ y—
The five months old son of Mr and
Irs. George A. Hoyle died suddenly
j Monday morning at 3 o’clock follow
ing a brief illness with acute indiges
ion. The sudden passing of George
Moyle, jr., is a source of deep sorrow
‘o the many friends of the bereft par
>nts in who ?e home the little fellow
vas a oerfcct jewel. The little fellow
had a hard pull when he was born
'ive months ago, but recently he had
begun to grow rapidly and his bright
’ittle fa A and affectionate manner
’’ad caused him to be the idol of the
home. On Sunday he was not well
hut his condition was no cause for
alarm. During the night he grew
worse and before medical aid could
•each his bedside, the little fellow was
beyond restoration. The heart-broken
oarents are torn with grief for it
vas their only child.
The funeral w ll be conducted Tues
lay morning at 10:30 oclock from
their residence op S. LaFayette street
'•'v Rev. A. 1.. Stanford of Central
Methodist church and the interment
vill take place at Sunset cemetery.
GET FOUR MNDS OF GAME
ON A SINGLE QUAIL HUNT
A few days aco Dr B. M. Jarrett of
Shelby and Attorney Tom Moss of
Forest City went quail hunting near
Forest City, but they found four kinds
of game, if a lawyer and a doctor
can be trusted to tell the truth about
■j hunt. When they reported at For
est City on cheir return from the hunt
they had quad, rabbit, squirrel and a
three and h half pound ’possum on
which they feasted for several days.
How about a nice High Point buggy
for Christmas? See O. E. Ford Co.