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TWELVE PAGES TODAY SECTION ONE TWELVE PAGES TODAY PAID-UP CIRCULATION Of This Paper Is Greater Than The Population Given Shelby In The 1920 Census VOL. XXXII, No. 90 Ibe SECTION ONE RELIABLE HOME PAPER Of Shelby And The State’s Fertile Farming Section. Modern Job Department. THE CLEVELAND STAR, SHELBY, N. C. FRIDAY, NOV. 14, 1921. $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE Harmon Never Regained Conscious ness in Four Days After Crash. Charge Against Lindsay. Edgar Harmon, 47-year-old farmer nf the Ware school section of the coun ty, who was injured Saturday night when the grain drill he was riding was struck by the Kings Mountain-Shelby jitney on the highway between the two towns, died Wednesday afternoon about 5 o’clock at the Shelby public hospital, where he was taken immedi ately after the accident by Frank Lindsay, driver of the jitney. He nev er regained consciousness and no hope was held for his recovery. Details of thcw accident as given.in the last issue of The Star seem to have told the story. Harmon with two other farmers in his section had bought a grain drill from a farmer who lives near Shelby. Saturday aft ernoon Mr. Harmon camn for the drill and the accident took place on the re turn trin. Mr. Harmon was riding the drill and was just over the crest of the hill some distance beyond the Buffalo bridge when the seven-passen ger jitney strucq the drill throwing him to the pavement, the injuries of the impact resulting in his death. One of his mules was killed almost in. stantly when its body was penetrat ed by the tongue of the drill and the other was so badly injured that it had to be killed. The jitney was damaged but Lindsay picked up the injured man and rushed him to the hospital here. Lindsav was released under a bond of $1,000 shortly after his%r rival here and ns yet the bond re mains unchanged. Unconscious for four days and nights thpre was little chance for the injuredmsn and his relatives were ex. pecting the end during the week. His skull was fractured and he was oth erwise injured about the head, shoul ders and chest. The exact injury that brought about death may never be known as Mr. Harmon never recover ed from the shock of the crash. Manslaughter Charge. A uninue incident about the tragedy is that Lindsay will in all probability be charged with manslaughter of a man who was some 15 years ago his neighbor. The two once- lived on ad joining farms. it is said, and had known each other for vears. Although nothing definite has been done Max Gardner and Clyde Hney, who have been employed by the Harmons to as sist in the prosecution, say that a charge of manslaughter will likely be. preferred. There were no passengers it* the jitney at. the time of the crash. At the time of the accident some re ports had it that Lindsay was drink ing, but officers who made the arrest say that they could see no evidences of an intoxicated condition and could smell no liquor. Funeral on Friday. The body was removed to the Har mon home Wednesday afternoon and the funeral services will be held at El Bethel church Friday morning at 11 o’clock. The deceased, who was a son of the late Alec Harmon, is sur vived by a wife and eleven children, together with four brothers, Tom, Marvin. Key and Averv and five sis ters, Mrs. Goforth. Mrs. Patterson, Mrs. Phifer, Mrs. Whisnant and Mrs. Etters, all of whom live in the El Bethel section. His mother also sur vives. Teacher Training Has 150 Enrolled The teacher training class at the First Baptist church this week has 150 pupils enrolled and splendid re sults are being accomplished. The classes are being attended by teachers and officers of the Sunday school, members of the B. Y. P. U. organiza tions and others interested in Chris tian work. There are a half dozen or more classes conducted by Pastor and Mrs. R. L. Lemons, Mr. and Mrs. Pip pin, A. V. Washburn. Rev. Rush Pad gett and Mrs. Fields Young. The class es begin at R o’clock nnd after one hour, a lunch is served in the base ment, after which there are other classes and a lecture by some well qualified member of the church to talk on the various subjects pertaining to the standard Sunday school and its va rious departments. The school closes with the Friday night session. Box Supper at Moriah. There will be a box supper at Mo riah consolidated school, Saturday night, November 22. Public cordially invited. Proceeds for benefit of the school. Adv Most non-partisans are partisans who are ashamed of their partisan ship. Will our troubles never cease! Soon after the election Congress opens. Plan “Shower" For Hospital As h feature of the Thanksgiv ing season a number of Shelby and Cleveland county women are plan ning a Thanksgiving ‘'shower" for the Shelby Public Hospital. In many communities and towns there is an annual custom of the entire county or town making a joint contribution or “shower” for some, worthy cause. There is no custom of this kind here and it is planned to make one of the hospital “shower." Those promoting the idea say that contributions should include such necessities as linen of all kinds, vegetables and fruits, to gether with other actual require ments of the institution that is maintained for the health and welfare of Cleveland people. A list of things needed ar.d where they may be delivered will be carried in a later issue of The Star. The date of the “shower” is set for Wednesday, November 26. Those interested should begin to lay aside something in preparation for the event. 1_____j Highs Play Friday For Group Title; Piedmont Loses Shelby Meets Mt. Holly There For Championship Of Group Four. Locals Expect Victory. “Casey” Morris and his Shelby High eleven will journey to Mt. Holly this afternoon where they meet the fast Mt. Holly Highs for the cham pionship of group four in the race for the state football title. The game was originally set for Shelby but lo cal people have not been showing any too much interest in what ap pears to be their best football eleven in history, and with gate receipts running behind expenses and a good offer coming from Mt. Holly the game was switched. Apparently Shelby should emerge victor from the game, but Mt. Holly trounced the big Waynesville outfit for the opportunity to meet Shelby and that is saying something. The local eleven now in perfect training and running with the smoothness of a machine that should win the cham pionship, will, however, be slightly handicapped by injuries. “Jay” Har rill, one of the most consistent per formers in the big blue line, is out with a bad injury to his arm, and others on the squad are suffering from minor bruises and injuries. Watch Them Fight. Coach Morris is not saying much about his chance for the champion ship—the Fetzers do not train their products to the talking game—but “Casey” has a dream that has some thing to do with a championship his first year as a coach. And there are seven or eight boys on the blue-jer seyed eleven that have a dream of four years they are fighting to make a reality this year. It’s the last sea son 'for about that many and they want a championship football emblem to take out to college and in life with their baseball cup. Somebody has a fight on their hands to check that dream and those boys. All the group championships will be decided Friday. Shelby is expected to beat Mt. Holly; Charlotte is “doped” as the victor over Winston, but it may be “dope.” Spencer should defeat their Salisbury neighbors, and High Point expects to stop Greensboro. Making it seem that the western title will be fought out between Charlotte, Shelby, Spencer and High Point or Greens boro. Beginners Play Well. Tuesday afternoon, a mixed eleven of Shelby first stringers and reserves defeated Coach Johnny Hudson’s Piedmont eleven 31 to 0 in a game played here. The score however does not indicate the progress the Lawn dale boys are making in their first year of football. Piedmont has had football teams heretofore but none of the boys on the present squad ever played prior to this year and their showing was a good one considering that five or six Shelby regulars we re in against them all through the contest. “Coon” Magness continued his spectacular playing and carried the pigskin for many fleeting yards dur ing the afternoon. The remainder of the Shelby outfit played well in streaks as they were given the op portunity and “Bill” Pendleton, “scrub” quarter, will in another year ably plug Furchess’ berth at quar ter. Rawls, big tackle for Piedmont, has the making of a great gridiron star and should be heard from at State, where he will enter next year. The Piedmont line-up included: Lee and Heavener, ends; Long and Rawls, tackles; Canipe and Carson, guards; Wesson, center; Weaver, quarter; Fox and Cottle, half backs; Whis nant, full back. Among the Shelby reserves who participated in addition to the regulars were: Dixon, Sparks, Elliott, Hopper, R. Beam, Callahan, Pendleton and others; I JOE C. SMITH. PROMINENT TEXTILE MUMMER. DIES IT HOME HERE Ranked High in Social and Bus iness Life of State. Head ed Shelby Cotton Mills Joe C. Smith, wealthy cotton man ufacturer and one of the section’s most prominent citizens passed away at his home here Wednesday at 1:30 after a desperate illness of three weeks with heart trouble from which he had been suffering for a number of years. News of his death was no* a surprise to those who knew his con dition but a source of grpat sorrow to the Piedmont section where he had spent 70 years of useful life. Head of Shelby Cotton Mill. Mr. Smith was born in Rutherford county, the son of a pioneer Mcthb-1 dist preacher and whose mo'her was a daughter of Col. Francis Alexander who was closely related to John Mc Knitt Alexander, one . of the signers of the Mecklenburg declaration of in dependence. When a hoy of 14, Mr. Smith moved to Charlotte where he clerked in the drug store of his broth er, Dr. T. G. Smith who afterwards moved to Asheville where he died. He remained in the drug business with his father-in-law J. S. Spencer which firm was afterwards succeeded by the firm of Smith and Durham with Mr. Spencer as a silent partner. After many years this business was discon tinued and Mr. Smith moved to Nor folk, Va., where he became managing partner of Heath-Smith company, a large wholesale grocery concern. Re turning to his native state, Mr. Smith acquired an interest in cotton mills at Newton where he lived for twelve years. In both Newton and Charlotte he served on the boards of aldermen and was one of the charter members of the Shuford National bank of New ton and vice president of that institu tion until he came to Shelby in 905 as secretary-treasurer of the Shelby Cotton mills, the largest textile organ ization in Cleveland county which pros pered under his supervision, with an able and popular superintendent R. T. LeGrand who has had complete charee of business affairs since Mr. Smith’s illness. He was secretary treasurer of the Planters and Merchants warehouse president of Cleveland Springs hotel company, trustee of Central Methodist church, Shelby and served for several terms as mayor of Shelby, being elect ed by the largest majority any candi date received for years. I'lam, friendly, t.encrous. Mr. Smith was a plain, unassuming man, cordial, generous and charitable. No man has died in Shelby in recent years who had such esteem and confi dence of men in all walks of life. He gave liberally to all worthy causes, found time to take a part in the public affairs of the town and always had the friendship of younger men whose com pany he sought and who sought him for counsel. Since his illness, tele grams and phone messages came from far and near from anxious friends, not only in the towns where he had lived, but from textile men all over the north and south who had learned to love him for his fine gentlemanly bearing and admire his astute busi ness qualifications. He possessed a keen sense of clean humor and enjoyed the confidence and esteem of his employes for whom he did much during his !!» years as head of affairs at the Shelby mill. He and Mr. LeGrand worked in perfect har mony and loved eachother like brok ers. \ Mr. Smith was married to Miss Ella I,owe of I.owesville. who has been a great influence in the religious and social life of Shelby. Shp survives with one brother Steve O. Smith of Ashe ville and one sister, Mrs. W. C. Aber nathy of Gastonia. Funeral Here Wednesday. The funeral was conducted from his handsome home on S. Washington St., Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock by <l»e. ft Mr Hoyle of Belmont; ftsutWM by Rev. A. L. Stanford of Central Methodist church, Shelby. Funeral ar rangements were made by himself on his sick bed and his remains were tak en to Charlotte Wednesday afternoon JOE C. SMITH. for interment beside lvis suintly moth er. Active pallbearers selected by him were: Chas L Eskridge, O. M. Mull, Z .T. Thompson, George Blanton, C. R. Doggett. C. S. Young, R. E. Carpen ter of Shelby and R. B. Knox of New ton. The following served as honorary pall bearers, being a list made by Mr. Smith himself and writen on a bit of paper while he lay o nhis sisk bed: J. J. McMurry, C. C. Blanton, R. S. Rein hart and J. A. Abernethy of Lincoln ton, Jake F. Alexander of Forest City, George Phifer, J. H. Little. T. A. Bell, W. T. Wilkersop, Col. A. L. Smith, R. A. Dunn and B. F Houston of Char lotte, A. M. Hamrick. Tom S. Stamey A. C. Miller, L. A. Gettys, O. C. Dixon and Julius Smith of Shelby, R. R. Ray of McAdensvillej A. H. Crowell of Newton. A wealth of flowers seldom seen at a funeral here attested the esteem in which he was held, while hundreds from Shelby and out-of-town filled the home and spacious yard for the funeral services, many accompanying the remains to Charlotte for inter ment. Red Cross Roll Call Here on Saturday Everyone Expected To Give $1 For Use In Helping Disabled and Those in Actual Need The annual Red Cross roll call will be held here Saturday November 15, according to Superintendent I. C. Griffin, Red Cross chairman of this county. It is hoped by those in charge that good sum will be realized in the day’s campaign. Every per son is expected to give one dollar, while officials of the roll call are hoping that business houses will give one dollar for each employe. Here tofore there has been no official Red Cross representative in this county and there are those who have suffered for lack of assistance that might have come through the Red Cross. Miss Irma Bowman, school nurse, has been appointed the of ficial representative of the county and hereafter she will attend to the things that come up and prior to this time were given little if no atten tion. Half of the amount raised will be kept here for work in the county, taking care of disabled soldiers, and the sick and needy in general. The remainder will be sent to Washing ton to be used in the general fund. The cause is a worthy one and the dollar will be useful in its mission. The party isn’t right until it’s top ped with sandwiches from Heavy’s Cafe. Adv Blowing your own horn incessant ly is just another way of losing all your friends. '30,000 Cars Pass Through Yellowstone Of this Number 3,223 Were Buicks— Increasing Desire of Americans To See America. During the season of 1924 a total of 30,689 automobiles passed through Yellowstone Ntaional park. This is an increase over the 1923 season when 27,369 cars carried tourists through Uncle Sam’s great national park. In dicating that there is an increasing desire on the part of our people to see their own America. Yellowstone defies description, and must be seen to be appreciated and seldom does one visit the scenic won ders of this nationally protected part of our country without becoming en thusiastic boosters for this most inter esting motor trip. A careful record of the different makes of cars passing through is kept at the entrance of the park, and it is interesting, but not surprising, to note that more Buiek cars passed through the park than any other make except Ford. During the 1924 season 3,223 Buicks entered, this number exceeding all other makes, the nearest being 2,984. REMAINS OF MRS SCHRUM LAID TO REST IN SHELBY Greensboro, Nov. 12.—The body of Mrs. Emma Schrum, aged 27, was car ried from here today to Shelby for fu neral services and interment this aft ernoon. She leaves her husband, W. T. Schrum, and four children. Her father T. H. Cool, resides in Cleveland county. Every house is a house that jack built.—Little Rock Arkansas Gazette. Show Increase From 122 To 192.1 In Commerce Statistics. Divorces Increase Hy Two. Then' were four more marriages in Cleveland county in the* year 1928 than there were in 1922, according to figures of the Department of Commerce. While the marriage.; in creased by four the divorces increas ed by two. There were 232 couples married in the county in 1922 and 236 in 1923, while 12 divorces were granted in 1922 and 14 in 1923. A summary of the tie that binds and is broken in this Htate as given by Edward Ilritton in the News & Observer follows: ““——- -•■»» .-".t""".''—: —— With marriages oh the incm. *■ and divorcees on a greater increase in percentages for 1923 as 'compared with 1922 North Carolina does not make a good showing for itself in a comparison of these two matters ac cording to figures made public this afternoon by the Department of Commerce. According to the* figures given out there were in North Carolina in 1923 marriages numbering 24,02, while the divorces granted into the same calendar period numbered 1,497. For the calendar year 1923 there were 22,267 marriages and 1,317 divorces reported. The increase in the number of marriages for 1923 over 1922 was 1, 761, or 7.9 per cent increase, while the divorces reported for 1923 show an increase of 180 or 13.7 per cent over the number reported for 1922. Guilford county led the State in the number of marriages in 1923, with 1,159 to its credit. In 1922 that county also led in the number of marriages with 915 to its credit. Forsyth county took second honor in 1923 in the number of marriages with 1,026 having held second place also in 1922 with 822 marriages re ported. Wake county stood third in both years, with 935 marriages in 1923 and 814 in 1922. Mecklenburg county stood fourth in 1923 with 866 marriages, but in 1922 hold fifth place with 734 marriages, whtle Bum combe held fourth place in 1922 with 750 marriages, but dropped to fifth place in 1923 with 737 marriages. In the matter of divorces the counties which held honor places in 1923 with no divorces were Clay, Gates, Jones, Person, and Tyrrell; the honor places with no divorces in 1922 having been Clay, Dare, Davie, Hoke, Hyde, On? slow, Pender, Polk, and Tyrrell. In both 11*22 and 1923 Clay and Tyrrell took first honors with no divorces. Numbers of other counties were close contenders with one or two divorces each of the two years. In numbers of divorces Buncombe topped the list with 99 divorces re corded against it, while in 1922 it was also at the top of the divorce list with 93. Second place in this respect was held in 1923 by Guilford with 87 while Forsyth was third in that year with 85, though Forsyth was second in 1922 with 89 divorces and Guil ford fourth with 83 in that year, third place in 1922 having been held by Mecklenburg with 88 divorces. Wake county, with 53 divorces in 1922, fell to 47 in 1923. The statistics of marriages for 1923 were furnished the Department of Commerce by the Registers of Deeds, and the statistics of divorces by the clerks of the Superior courts, it being stated that the figures are preliminary and subject to correc tion. Tuesday’* Picture Was Children of • T. D. Lattimore The picture which appeared in Tues day’s Star showing a group of chil dren were six children of the late Judge and Mrs. Tom D. Lattimore. Quite a number of people recognized the family resemblance and W. Y. Weathers phoned the fact to the office soon after the paper was off the press. Mrs. Clarence Costner of R-6 also wrote us the answer while dozens phoned, but many were wrong. In the group were Hattie, now Mrs. W. B. Nix, Dr. E. B., Tom, Josh, Stough and Nelson. Stough was drowned some 20 years ago while bathing with a pic nic party at Stices Shoals. One is missing from the picture, Pearl, now Mrs. John Irvin, the youngest, who was not born when the picture was made. Writing from Chicago, about the picture of “courting swains” which ap peared in the issue prior to the Latti more family, J. B. Fortune, former Shelby postmaster says: “Bessie and I took the faces of the men to be George Blanton and Frank Roberts. I see from Friday’s Star, however, they were George Blanton and W. B. Nix.” When you ask Heavy how he does it, he answers “Tommy J.” And Tom my bawls out “I know it." He’s the cook. advi Over 20,000 Bales Ginned Unless the unforeseen develops Cleveland county will produce at lease 30,000 bales of cotton, and perhaps a quantity more, this year, according: to pinning reports up to November 1. 20,370 hales were pinned up to November 1, this year, from the report of Miles H. Ware, special apent, as compar ed with 30,751 hales up to Novem ber! , last year, or a decrease of 10,372 bales. The fact that the crop is some what late this year accounts for a part of the decrease, perhaps four or five thousand bales some of the farmers say. That there are 10,000 or more bales to be pinned seems to be the general impress ion, while some are of the opin ion that there are between twelve and fifteen thousand yet to be re ported. Falls Dead While ’Possum Hunting Wednesday Night Charlie Royaler, Once Candidate for Sheriff, Passes Suddenly While With Two Friends Hunting. Charlie Royster, candidate for the Democratic nomination for sheriff in the June primary and a well known and unique character in the county, fell dead Wednesday night about 10 o'clock while 'possum hunting in the woods in No. 8 township just above Palm Tree. With Mr. Royster were Bish Smart and Pink Jones, the latter the host of Royster for the night. The sheriff's office here was noti fied of the sudden death Wednesday night, and although there seemed to be no special need of an inquest De puty Sheriff Mike Austell and Coroner T. C. Eskridge left for No. 8 about midnight. The inquest was held about 1 o’clock Thursday morning and it was the verdict that “death resulted from natural causes,” or heart trouble. On the coroner's jury were II. A. Wilson, A. S. Peeler, B. C. Hicks, J. A. Nor man, Forrest Peeler and M. H. Aus tell. Mr. Royster, who has recently been living in a house near the Southern railway tracks in the neighborhood of the Arrewood-Howell Lumber com pany, travels over the county dealing in produce and vegetables. Wednes day evening he stopped at the Jones home in No. 8 township to spend the night, and later with Jones and Smart started on a 'possum hunt. The two men say that Royster complained sev eral times of being “short of breath” and that on once occasion they stop ped with him to rest. Shortly after they had started again he fell to the ground dead. The deceased was known by a large number of Cleveland county people and attracted considerable attention but only a small number of votes when he entered the Democratic pri mary for sheriff against Sheriff Hugh Logan and ex-Sheriff D. D. Wilkins. Hi-Y Delegates To Statesville Meet Grady H. Leonard, secretary of the Western District Y, M. C. A., which includes Shelby, was in town this week organizing a delegation to attend the Boys Hi-Y conference in Statesville November 21-22. Twenty-five Shelby boys are expected to attend the meet ing. The district Y. M. C. work in the western part of North Carolina is progressive beyond any expectation. Six Hi-Y clubs have been organized and are making great strides in their work. The clubs named in the order organized are in Statesville, Moores ville, Hickory. Shelby, Morganton and Lincolnton. The total membership in the six clubs is 112. The clubs meet once a week under competent club leaders transact their business, discuss their problems—per sonal, school, church and community problems—and from time to time bring in a prominent man to speak to the fellows on some topics interesting and helpful. Boys are lead to take an active part in the discussions. One of the most impressive parts of the serv ice is some of the clubs is when a great portion of boys join in sentence prayers for the success of the club. The next big event in the district work is the older boy’s conference which is to be held in Statesville No vember 21-23. This conference is under the auspices of the State Young Men’s Christian association and is the sixth one to be held in the state. Every three years a state wide conference is held and all the delegates from over the state meet in one place. This year there will be three district conferences and the western district is composed of all counties west of and including Gaston, Lincoln, Catawba, Iredell, Wilkes and Alleghany. Every county is urged to send representatives. Shelby keeps growing and so does Heavy and his cafe. Ad Several Thousand People Attend Pro gram at Fair ('•rounds.. Mnny See Official War Film Several thousand people gathered in Shelby Tuesday afternoon for the Armistice Day program held at the County Fair ground* and for the of ficial war film shown at the theatre Tuesday evening. The main evertts of the afternoon program were the sham battle and picturesque incidents of warfare staged at the fair grounds. Local business houses closed up for the major part of the afternoon for the occasion and the big racetrack grandstand and rail at the Fair Grounds were packed with people for the events billed, Preliminary parts of the program proved disappointing to some owing to the late arrival of necessities for the event. However, the main performance staged about dusk proved interesting to many. Among the sights witnessed were bursting bombs, flashing rockets and the smoke screen. These were mingled with the rat-a-tat of the machine gun and rifle and the dull explosion of the howitzers and other artillery. The Cleveland Guards were in command of Capt. Peyton McSwain and the howi tzer company from Gastonia under the command of Captain Stephen Dol ly. The entire affair was under the direction of Capt. J. H. Barbin, militia instructor. No speaking or address marked the occasion and the entire day was de void for the most part of the spirit that presented a memory that linger ed long on the “Roll of Honor” that leans on an interior wall of the county court house. However, their giving made of the day an occasion of cele bration, and informally the honors done were to them. Through the ef forts of the local post of the Ameri can Legion a large number of flags were displayed in the business sec tion of the town and their furling and lapping in the breeze of the In dian summer day gave the town an appearance of rememberance as well as celebration. Fin* War Picture Hundreds attended each showing of the war film presented at the Princess theatre Tuesday evening under the auspices of the Legion. Entitled “Flashes of Action” it was by far a leading screen survey of the world’s greatest conflict. Without a running story and smacking none of fiction, it was a resume of true events in con nected form and held the eager inter est of the “houses”. It began with the transports packed with doughboys, pictured the trip across, and the land ing. Then full color was added as the “boys” were packed in box cars and hurried to the front. The camera man who made the pictures of the happen ings “on the front” was an artist a* well as a daredevile from the thrills, and color he gave the audience in his mixed scenes of battle—airplanes, in fantry, artillery and machine gun. The return of Pershing,' the parade of “Black Jack’s" own First Division concluded the picture. The fact that it was the official film of the war de partment made the showing one of more interest. Mrs. Emanuel Crotts Dies at Age 78 Years (Special to The Star.) Knob Creek, Nov. 12.—Mrs. Eman uel Crotts age 78 years -passed away at her home on last Saturday. She had been very ill for some time and about 11 o’clock Saturday morning the death angel spread its mighty wings over the home and made it sad by claiming as its victim the loving wife. She leaves a husband and two neph ews. The funeral services were con ducted at St. Paul Baptist church Sun day about 1 o’clock by Rev. Ham Cook amid a large crowd of sorrow ing relatives and friends. Pall bearers were Coy Newton Billie Newton, Ru fus Sparks and Oscar Cook. Flower girls were Misses Estell and Vangle Mull, Gazzie and Doshie Buff. The grave was completely covered with beautiful flowers. Mr. Otis Cook turned his Ford car over at the bridge near Cicero Fall’s recently. He and his family were in the car but no one was seriously hurt al though his car was damaged badly. Misses Grace and Goldie Sain enter tained quite a number of their young friends with a singing Saturday night. Misses Leona and Artie Cook spent Saturday night with their sister, Mrs Minnie Norman. Misses Doshie Ellen and Gazzie Buff spent a short while Tuesday night with Misses Ollie, Estelle, Van gie and Leona Mull. Mrs. Sarah Buff and small children spent Sunday night with Mrs. Leon, odas Carpenter. t The South Mountain Baptist singing convention will be held at Pleasant Grove Baptist church on the highway near Morganton on the 5th Sunday in November.,