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CLEVELAND COUNTY’S LEADING PAPER -• —N PAID-UP CIRCULATION Of This Paper Is Greater Than The Population Given Shelby In The 1920 Census PAINT UP—SO CLEVELAND MAY SHOW UP RELIABLE HOME PAPER Of Shelby And The State’s Fertile Farming Section. Modern Job Department. VOL. XXXII, No. 31 THE CLEVELAND STAR, SHELBY, N. C. FRIDAY, APRIL 2">. 19.24. $-•00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE LOCAL HIGHS HGI DEFOT G!Sim Entire Club Hits Hard With Beam and Wilson Featuring at Bat And Arrowood on First. Playing at Gastonia Tuesday after noon Gurley’s Shelby highs defeated Gastonia 11 to 3, this being the second time this season that the locals have downed Crawford’s club. The game was loosely played, the two clubs making an even dozen miscues, the eight bobbles by Gastonia contribut ing considerably to the 11 Shelby runs. Biggers, Gastonia’s premier hurler was on the mound what time he was not “in the air”, his offering:; being touched up for 12 hefty safeties by the Shelby club. Beam and Wilson with thr^e hits each and Dedmond with two re^the slugging for Shelby, while Smith with two hits led Gas tonia's array. The' W'ork of Arrowood around the initial sack was exception ally good, the youngster handling 10 putout^ in perfect style. Hoyle Lee, pitching for Shelby, twirled one of his best games of the year, allowing Gas tonia only five hits and three runs, the four Shelby bobbles aiding in chasing over the trio of markers. Having defeated Asheville, Gasto nia, Mt. Holly and Maiden, some of the strongest teams in this section of the state race, local fans are optimis tic over the chances of Gurley’s boys making a desperate bid for the state title. SHELBY AB R H Magness, cf _3 0 0 Arrowood, lb _ - .4 1 0 Dedmond, rf_4 1 2 Cline Lee, ss _5 1 1 Beam, c _i. __6 1 3 Dixon, 3b _6 1 1 Connor, 2b__3 1 1 Wilson, If___5 2 3 H. Lee, p__5 2 0 Harding, If__1 1 1 Sparks, cf _10 0 PO A E 1 0 0 10 0 0 2 0 1 2 4 0 6 0 0 10 1 3 2 1 i i o: 1 It 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 TOTALS_43 11 12 j GASTONIA AB A H Raford, cf 5 0 0 Smith, 2 __4 1 2 Henderson, lb __4 1 0 Jackson, ss__ 4 0 1 Mundie, c __4 0 0 Morris, rf__3 0 1 Porter, 3b_._ 4 1 1 Jenkins, If ___ ___ 2 0 0 Wilson, If ___ _1 0 0 Snyder, If ... _ 1 0 0 Biggers, p_4 0 0 27 16 4 PO A E 0 0 1 l 3 3 16 0 1 3 3 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0; TOTALS _37 3 5 27 10 8 Plans Are Here For New Masonic Temple According to an announcement made Thursday, the plans for the new $100,000 Masonic temple to be erected on the corner of Warren and Washington streets have been receiv ed by the building committee from Willard G. Rogers, architect of Char lotte. The plans will be presented at a Masonic meeting to be held this ev ening, Friday in the Masonic hall. Masonic officials say that the plans are the last word in up-to-date archi tecture and modern arrangements for, use of Masons. The handsome struc ture as planned will add greatly to the appearance of the business sec tion of the town, and will add much interest in Masonry in Shelby and Cleveland county. Forest City Man Killed In Fall Forest City, April 23.— Monday af-j ternoon about 4 o’clock Thermon Moore, while making tests of chemi cals by an open window in the second story of the power house at the water station here, was overcome by the fumes-or became overbalanced, it is not known which, and fell to the pave ment below. He suffered a fractured skull and other injuries. He was rushed to the Rutherford hospital, where he died just after reaching there. He was the oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. William Moore and a very popular young man. Funeral was con ducted from the Baptist church this afternoon by his pastor, Rev. W. A. Ayers. AGED LADY OF GROVER WAS BURIED WEDNESDAY Miss Mary Deal, age 83 years, died at the home of her sister, Mrs. R. P. Roberts at Grover Monday night at 10 o’clock according to information learn ed here this week. Miss Deal making her home with her sister, Mrs^ Rob erts for nearly forty years and was a highly consecrated Christian, great ly beloved by all with whom she came in contact. She was buried Wednes day at Grover, the funeral being con ducted from the Presbyterian church by Rev. W. A. Murray, pastor. VRY STAR WANT AD*. ta. Closing Program of the Elementary trades Friday Afternoon and Evening of This Week. The closing exercir.es of the ele mentary grades of the Ehelby schools will be held this, Friday afternoon and evening. The school year of these grades closes on the following Friday, May 2. The. other grades will close on June 3. In the afternoon at 2:30 the annual track meet of the elementary schools will be held, with a baseball game at 3:30. The elementary school winning the most points will be given $10 in cash or prizes. This annual track meet i among the chfildren of the elementary grades is one of the biggest drawing cards of their closing exercises and the competition is spirited. There will be entrants from the three elementary schools, each entrant out for individ ual honors and to roll up a score for! his school, Friday evening at 8 o’clock in the! Central school auditorium the remain ing exercises will be held. An arith metic match is first on the program, and in this 10 pupils from the third grade of each school, Central elemen tary, Marion and LaFayette, will contest. This will be followed lw the! annual spelling contest with ten en trants from the fourth grade of each of the three schools. Following this will be the annual debate, the subject being: “Which has done the most for America. Washington, Lincoln or Wilson?” Washington will be upheld by the Marion school, represented by John Best, Elsie Gidney, Emily Miller and Marietta Hoyle; Lincoln will be defended by the LaFayette school, whose representatives are Mildred Hamrick, Lillian Crowe, V'angie Mc Kee and Claude Brown Rippy; Wilson will be supported by the Central el ementary, represented by Gladys Hen derson, Henry Lee Weathers, Allen Suttle and Mildred McKinney. C’aroleen Bank Cashier Who Worked at Waco Charged With Shortage. Depositors Made Safe. W. V. Smith cashier of the bank at Carolecn. a branch institution of the Farmers Bank and Trust company of Forest City, was arrested in Char lotte Tuesday charged with embez zling funds of the bank. Smith was for a number of years cashier of the People’s Bank at Waco, Cleveland county, and has many friends and ac quaintances in this section who will learn with regret of his trouble. The amount which he is alleged to have taken from the bank has not been made public but this will come out in his trial when he faces the court on a charge of embezzlement, his arrest being made at the request of the state bank examiner who checked up the institution and found discrepan cies in his books. It is learned that Smith left Caroleen Monday of this week and moved to Charlotte with his wife and two children and at the time of his arrest they were living at 18 West Fifth street. It is understood that the depositors will in no way be endangered because of the missing funds since the direc tors, all of whom are prominent and wealthy men, have put back into the institution what has been taken out, bringing the resources of the bank up to what they should be. The Farmers Bank and Trust company is one of the strong financial institutions. in this part of the state and numbers its di rectors and officers among the leading men of Rutherford county. They have come to the bank’s rescue and put in an amount sufficient to preserve the surplus, so that after providing for the shortage the capital of $100,000 and surplus of $100,000 remains un impaired. W. L. Hicks, who is well known in the Caroleen section has been appointed cashier to take the place of W. V. Smith. Smith was bonded in a reputable, bonding com pany but his bond is not sufficient to cover the shortage for which he was responsible. The bonding company will, therefore, pay to the bank the amount of his bond if the embezzle ment charge is established and the bonding company will prosecute him for misappropriation of the bank’s funds. The directors of the bank all of whom have stood so loyally by it are: K. S. Tanner, B. B. Doggett, J. H. Thomas, T. R. Padgett, G P Reid, J. F- Alexander, J. R. Moore, W. R. Harrill, C C Moore, L V Lee, Dr T. B. Lovelace, Hugh F. Little, C. M. Holland, J. VV. Smith, A. V. Hamrick. President Coolidge has a free base ball pass and if this does.n’t make every little boy want to be president nothing will. School Juniors and Seniors Are Kn tertained at Home of Professor Hird—Personals. Special to The Star. Grover. April 22.—The farmers are (retting bask to ploughing again aft er being kept put for two weeks or more by the rains. Dogwoods are blossoming out in all their glory. We understand that the fish will bite. Easter was cloudless and beautiful in Grover. Several of the school girls were at home for the week-end. Among them were Misses Terah I'in kleton, Aline Mullinax, and Ruby Ellis from Limestone college at Gaffney. Mr. ’Oron Moss, a student of medi cine at Wake Forest college is spend ing some time at home. Mr. Moss is under treatment of Dr. Norris at Uutherfordton. Mr. George Wilson of Asheville is visiting in the home of his uncle, Mr. R. P. Roberts in Grover. Mr. and Mrs. J. H B. Jenkins and family of York, S C., visited relatives in Grover Sunday. Miss Edessa Moore is at home for the summer, having finished her school near Elizabeth church last week. Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Crisp and Mrs. R. C. Mullinax spent yesterday in Charlotte shopping Mr and Mrs. Clifford Hamilton of Clayton, this state are visiting Mrs. Hamilton’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Keeter. Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton and Mr and Mrs Keeter are spending a few days this week with relatives in York, S C. The Grover high school is closing this week with exercises as follows: Tonight the music class will give a re cital, tomorrow night the students of the high school will contest for de clamation and recitation medals, on Thursday night the seventh grade will have their promotion exercises and on Friday night the graduation class will have their class day exercises and an address by Dr. Granberry of Lime stone college. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Oates of Ruth erfordton and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Washburn of Shelby visited in the home of Miss Bessie Turner last Sun day. Last Saturday evening the juniors and seniors of the Gpover high school were delightfully entertained by Miss Vadah McMurry of the high school faculty at the home of Prof. B. F. Bird. The seniors were served a six course dinner by Mrs. Bird after which they were met in the living room by the Junior class where num erous games and contests were en gaged in, and delicious refreshments were served by the hostess, Miss Mc Murry assisted by Miss Annie Belle Harrill. The room was attractively decorated in green and white, the class colors. Mrs. Dock Falls of near Gastonia, is visiting her daughter Mrs. J. B. El lis in Grover this week. Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Dickson of Char lotte visited relatives in the Grover community last Sunday Mrs. F. B. Hambright is confined to her home by sickness. There will be preaching at the Pres byterian church next Sunday morning by the pastor Rev. W. A. Murray. Mr. Murray will not be here for service at night on account of being asked to preach a commencement sermon at Tryon near Cherryville. Branch Office Of Motor Club Here A branch of the Carolina Motor chib, a subsidiary of the American Automobile association, has been es tablished in Shelby. In conjunction with the motor club headquarters is a state license bureau for the issu ance of state license tags. The motor club and license bureau are in charge of Mr. Wade Hoey and the office of the club will be maintained in the Charles L. Eskridge garage on West Marion street. Sometime ago it was announced from Raleigh that a number of sub bureaus would be located in different sections of the state for the issuance of state license as the increase in au tomobiles has made it too great a task for the one office of Raleigh. Shelby was one of the towns named for a bureau and the office here will handle all license transactions for this county and probably adjoining coun ties. Owing to the accommodations of one to the other the Carolina Motor club and license bureau are usually placed together. It is hoped to secure a good number of members in the club here and thus promote the beneficial work of the motorist organization in all sections of the state. The office of the club will serve as information headquarters for tourists and assise in making touring North Carolina a pleasure for all motorists. Any in formation on trips, roads, routes and touring regulations can be secured from the manager of the dub office. GREAT mm 8? 08. .JOHN E. HIE Soul Stirring Mesaagcs hv Noted Preacher drawing Bg Crowds Subjects Announced. Be”. Dr. John E. White, pastor of the First Bapfst church of Anderson S. and president of the Anderson Female college is conducting a most wonderful spiritual revival at the First Baptist church with services at 10 a. m., and 7:30 p. tn. Splendid crowds attend the meetings, the stores closing during the morning hour. Prof, and Mrs. 11. M. Pippin of New Orleans, have charge of the mu sic and wonderful music it is, good old soul stirring songs that were sung generations ago. Professor Pippin has a strong, dear voice and hia vocal solos are a great feature. Dr. White is one of the south’s leading evangelists and people of all denominations are enjoying his inspiring gospel mes sages. Thursday night his subject was “The Step lhat Counts”. Friday morn ing at 10 o’clock his theme will be: “Have you been Promoted in the School of Christ" Friday night he speaks on “The Value of a, Soul.” Saturday morning, “The Gospel Ac cording to You,” There will be no Saturday night service as Dr. White preaches four times Sunday. At 9:30 at the Sunday school Dr. White will speak to the whole school and Mr. Pippin will conduct the singing. At 11 o’clock his subject will be “The Great Salvation.” In the afernoon at 3:30 a special meeting will be held for men and boys on “Shelby’s Greatest Sin.” The Sunday evening service at 7:45 will be “The Scarlet Cord.” What Jesus Wants Most. Dr. White preached Tuesday morn ing from the Gospel of Luke “Where as ye to whom little has been given, the same lovest little.” He read the story of the sinful woman weeping at the feet of Jesus, kissing his feet and w;ping them with her hair. The scene was in the home of Simon who won dered why Jesus did not draw away from her, whereupon Jesus replied ‘ Simon, I have something to say to you.” And He said something to Si mon which He is saying to the world today—to those who criticise him because he ate with sinners and rub bed elbows with the lowly and ob scure. Jesus showed to Simon on that occasion that he had no exclusiveness in his heart for rich or poor, high or low—he loved them all, and that is what he is telling us today. Jesus told Simon “You are no host, your rich dinner and hospitality do not satisfy me. This woman knows better than you what I want. I want to do ray work.” If you want Christ to enter your heart, give Him your sins. He don’t want your money like he wants to forgive your sins.” Dr. White declared that: “it gives Jesus more pleasure than anything else in this world to be a sin-bearei and our capacity to serve God is measured by our grace. We can't serve God ‘ because we are educated, be cause we are wealthy, because we have social position but what he has dne and can do for us and when We realize these things, they drive us to his service.” “What is the religion of Jesus” was Dr. White’s subject Thursday morning. He declared in part it is not what we know of God but what we we know about Him. He declared there great ueui oi umerence Detween faith and belief. Faith is the grap pling hook with which we get hold of Him, belief is what we think about Him. Plenty of people are wrong in their theology but right in their be lief. Our simple personal relation to Jesus believing that he holds the Key to all the world, solves all our prob lems, can be trusted in life and death, sin and salvation,” these constitute his religion. The power needed today is a sense that Christ walks down the street with us, is with us in our homes and places of business. There is hun ger in the heart of man for a mas ter. With all the sin, sorrow and death in the land we want someone who speaks to us with authority. Christ alone can do this and when we get this conception of Him, religion is a simple matter. We want Christ to manifest Himself so clearly and viv idly to us that we won’t have to cudgel our minds to believe and the essence of Christian religion is com ing out for Him and making Him master of our affairs.” Music Honor Roll. The following is Mrs. Wm. Mc Cord’s music honor roll: Sarah Austell, Minnie Eddins Rob erts, Isabel Hoey, Wilma Poston, Dorothy McKnight, Mary Suttle, Lula Moore Suttle, Mary Ruth Webb, Nancy Suttle, Jennie Lee Packard, Mae Laughridge, Lula Agnes Arey, Edith Reid Ramseur, Sarah Thomp son. Mr. Joe Nash spent Wednesday in Hickory, Thirty Thousand Dollar Building As sured—John 1*. Mull Speaks At Annual Banquet. Piedmont hijrh school is to have a $.'50,000 brick building by the opening of the fall term nnd the elementary grades are to run only six months while the high school will contihue for nine months, according to announce ment made Tuesday morning at com mencement exercises by County Supt. J. C. Newton after a conference with the stockholders of the school. Here tofore the school has been a semi public institution but realisipg that the school can serve better, a new dis trict was formed and a special tax of 40 cents on the $100 property valua tion was voted. Before the state would take over the institution and float a loan from the state fund with I which to erect this building, the stock holders agreed to turn the property over to the county board of education and this will be done as soon as pos sible so that the old buildings can be be repaired and new equipment added. John J’. Mull Speaks. Piedmont has had an enrollment I this year of 340 and the work has been very satisfactory. Commence ment exorcises began Friday night of lost week with an indoor chnutauqua by the grammar grades which was j largely attended and pleased those; who were fortunate enough to witness j thp program. i John P. Mull, a former student of Piedmont was (he prineinal speaker at the annual banquet held Saturday nierht at which 150 were present. Mr. Mull made a splendid speech on the > modern needs in education and follow-' ing his address the alumni decided to ; make contributions in the nature of I money and books for the library. Rev. Dwight W. Brown, formerly j pastor on the Belwood charge, now living: at Gastonia preached the an- j nual sermon Sunday afternoon on the subject “We are co-workers Together with God.” in which he developed a beautiful l.ine of thought, inspiring to j the large crowd that heard him. Medal Winners. The declamation contest was fea tured Monday of this week by 11 con testants who soutrht the Carme Elam medal. David Wesson who won the Hoeyjmedal for oratory in the recent high school contest at Shelby was awarded the decision at Piedmont, the subject of his declamation being the same that won the Hoey medal. Mr. Wesson comes from Henry, Lincoln county, and is a most promising young minister. On Monday afternoon at the girl’s I reading contest in which there were six contestants, Miss Vangie Falls ! won the Susan Burns gold medal given bv Prof. W. D. Burns in mem ory of his mother. The annual debate held Monday night was the query “Resolved .that the United States should cancel all financial obligations due from the governments of the allies on ac count of the world war,” the same query which all of the high schools had in their race for the Ayeock me morial cup given by the University of j North Carolina. eGorge Canipe and David Wesson upheld the affirmative, while John Griswold and Frank El- j liott spoke on the negative side. The j negative won the query while a gold i medal given by W. D. Burns wa® , awarded to Frank Elliott. Class day exercises were held Tues day afternoon at which diplomas and medalswere awarded, diplomas going to the followihg graduates: College preparatory: Hugh Feren ely Beam, Grady Oscar Blackburn, Esie Grace Dalton, Erma Buren El liott, Frank Donohue Elliott, Worth Sloan Eskridge, Paris Fox, Lillian Hoffman. Lucy Emma Shuford, How ard Montfort Starling, Selma War lick. Inez Whisnant, David Whsson. Music: Annie Louise Carpenter and Vernie Lou Elmore. Frank Elliot who made the highest school average in his studies for the past three years was awarded the scholarship medal, Lillian Hoffman, of South Carolina was awarded the Emersonian Literary society imnrove men medal, Ralph Cottle of Onslow county, this state, was awarded the Musigmarhonian improvement medal and Fletcher Sain of Toluca, Cleve land countyj was awarded the Pierian society improvement medal. An enjoyable operetta entitled “Princess Chrysanthemum’’ Tuesday night closed the commencement exer cises which were well attended during the first part when it was too wet to plough, but which failed to bring out many farmers and friend^ of the in stitution the latter part .because of the ideal planting season. Germans may be asked to quit beer, smoking and using sugar. This would cut reparation revenues. Sher man didn’t say the half of it. Awful news from everywhere to day. Many killed in auto crashes. People who pass the news by wthout reading it may be the next ones. twenty-five of Them Bursts at Old Fashioned Barbecue (liven by Former Cleveland Man. Special to The Star. Wake Forest, April 2,1.—Members of the Cleveland county club at Wake Forest, twenty-five strong:. were «( the home of J. C. Mull of Forest ville last Saturday. An expression, of npreeiation from S. L. Blanton and a short after-dinner talk by Dr. B. F. Sledd, head of the department of English at Wake Forest, followed the barbecue. A bevy of young: women of the community, led by Mr. Mull’s goodlooking daughters supplied grace and charm to the games played under the moonlight. Five years ago Mr. Mull, fox hur te^ a real dirt farmer, and the salt of the earth, moved to. Forestville in order to be near Wake Forest for h s seven boys and Meredith for his three girls. But he couldn't forget his old county. Meeting the Cleveland lads ac Wake Forest was like seeing u little bit of home to him. So the first East er at his new home he invited the Cleveland club to his home for a so cial1 occasion. The next Easter it was the same, and for the last three East ers it has been a barbecue for the boys. “I don’t know these boys personal ly, but. 1 hnve known ghieir parents. And at easier time J know that their mothers and fathers back home are thinking of them, and wishing that they could be home. So it just does me good to have them come out. I haven’t much to give them, but I do have the spirit,” declared Mr. Mull in talking of the entertainment that has come to be an annual affair at his home at Easter time. "Boys, ( am glad to have you here. You come from a county of great men—the Dixons, Hocy, Webbs, Gard ner. And in a few years you will be out taking their places and succeed ing them and it will be a privilege for me to remember that you have been in niy home,” the host told the stu dents in his talk. Dr. Sledd reviewed the history of Cleveland county men at Wake Forest pointing out that this county had al ways sent one of the‘largest delega tions to the Baptist college. His hu morous turns kept the crowd in an up roar during his speech. Grigg Is President Of Piedmont Alumni 175 Plates Served at Piedmont Alum ni Banquet—Mull Makes the Leading Speech. Special to The Star. The alumni banquet and reunion at Piedmont high school, Lawndale, Sat urday evening was a decided success, 157 plqtes being served. Attorney John P. Mull of Shelby delivered the principal address. He discussed the economic, social and religious side of education and paid a high compliment to the good work that Piedmont and Prof. W. D. Burns is doing. Short talks were made by Profs. J. C. Newton, J. H Grigg, Lawton Blan ton, Messrs R. E. Price, W. M. Love lace, Rev. W. M Gold, R H Weaver and others It was moved and carried that all funds and all available funds of the alumuni association be directed to wards the library. The following com mittee was appointed to collect and solicit funds and buy books at once: Prof. Lawton Blanton, chairman, Prof J. C. Newton, C .A. Ledford, Miss Maude Grigg and Prof. W. D. Burns. The association realizes the need of a larger library AH present and for mer students who have unpaid pled ges or wish to contribute anything towards Piedmont are urged to do so soon and hand your money to one of the above committee. Good books, W'ell preserved, will be accepted for , use in the library. Send them to Prof. W. D. Burns, Lpwndale, N. C. Prof. J. Horace Grigg of the Shel by schools was elected president of the alumni association, Attorney Jno P. Mull, Shelby, vice-president with Miss Maude Lattimore, secretary treasurer. • Central Methodist Church. Sunday school at 9:45 a. m. Let us have a record attendance. We have secured the Cleveland Springs or chestra to play for the Men’s Bible class and also for the church service. The music is a very attractive fea ture of the service. We want every member of the church to be with us at the morning service. No night service because of the revival in the Baptist church. The subject for the morning hour will be “The Greatest Question Before Shelby today.” The pastor is very anxious to have a full atendance Sunday morning and then,'1 all attend the meeting at the evening hour. TRY STAR WANT APS. Rale.'gh Man Mas Words of Praise For Huey, Gardner, Simms, Bailey and Other Leaders. Kditor Cleveland Star. In your issue of April 18th, you o.py an interview tfiven the Charlotte Observer by Mr. T. D. Alexander of that city in which he pays high tri bute to two of Shelby’s prominent men who are teachers' in the Sunday school Bible classes in their respec tive churches. I refer to Mr. Clyde R. Hoey of the Methodist and O. Max Gardner of the Baptist churches. Both of them I know and claim as good friends of mine and not a word of undeserved praise did he give them, for both of them are leaders in everything for the betterment of their tow nand state. But I wish to tell you that our city is fighting along the same line and doing the same kind of*work. In sev eral of our Sunday schools the teach ers of the Bible classes are the most prominent and useful men that we have and men of state wide promin ence. I refer to Mr. Gilbert Stephen son a prominent banker and church worker, teacher at Pullen Memorial Baptist church. Mr. E. B. Crow an other hanker and I might say truth fully one of the most useful men in nur city, a leader in every good cause with his money and services, and teacher in the Vanguard class in the Presbytetiun church. Also Mr. R. N. Simms Bible teacher at the Taber nacle Baptist church, one of the fore most lawyers in the state who has the largest Bible class in the city with something like 300 present every Sun day. Then Mr. Josephus Daniels who teaches one of the Bible classes at Edenton Street Methodist church, Mr. Daniels needs no introduction from me, he is well known all over the state as a sincere man and leader in everything he undertakes. His class is composed largely of State college I students, some from Shelby. And then, one of the best Bible stu dents I know and teacher of the men’s Bible class of the First Baptist church Sunday school is Josiah W. Bailey, i He has a large class of some of the j leading business men of the city and almost every Sunday many strangers are in attendance. I wish to say also j that the President of the class, of which the*writer is a member, is Mr. M. L. Shipman commissioner of labor and printing and an excellent Presi dent he makes. K. W. WEATHERS. Raleigh, N. C., Apr. 21, *24. 1 MOM NOW IN THE SCHOOLS Attendance lor Seventh Month. New Honor Roll Record. Report of The School Nurse. Total attendance in the Shelby schools for the seventh school month was 1,598. During this month 96 pu pils made the honor roll, the largest number on the honor roll in the his tory of the school. The attendance by schools for the month was as follows: Central, elementary _ . 206 Marion _..._._.251 LaFayette __ 279 Gramar grade school __ 152 High school ..... ^!_ _w __386 Colored schools _ 394 Miss Bowman’s Report. The report of Miss Irma Bowman, school nurse, for the month ending April 4, shows that a total of 71 stu dents were vaccinated for smallpox during the month, 55 of the 71 being girls and 16 boys. As a result of the nurse's examination many of the stu dents have promised to have their adenoids and tonsils removed or treat ed during the summer lonths. A total of 300 children were e- amlned during the month, 141 with Dr. Morrison and 159 by the nurse alone. Ten were treated in school for minor injuries; 42 referred to the eye specialist; 97 to family physicians; 60 to a dentist. The nurse’s work for the month in cluded visits to all the schools, 65 home visits, and supervision of 18 vis its by physicians, ministers and pub lic workers. • , Of the 300 examined during the month 117 were found to be defective, 67 of the 117 being girls and 50 bays. Forty-six of the deefctives are being treated. The defects include: eye, 52; ear, 10; nose an dthroat, 67; teeth, 60; skin and scalp, 13; miscellaneous. 18. Near Ware, Mass., a boy carried a mile by a flood was rescued, so now he is safe and three weeks ’ with his baths. Bad news from Hongkong where they have not etiquet. Officer shot his wife. Etiquett books say the -.vifq should shoot first.