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CLEVELAND:—‘“A COUNTY THAT LEADS A PR OGRESSIVE STATE IN DIVERSIFIED AGRICULTURE, AND WHERE HOSPITALITY REIGNS'* PAID-UP circulation Of This Paper Is Greater Than The Population Given Shelby In The 1920 Census libelant) la r RELIABLE HOME PAPER Of Shelby And The State’s Fertile Farming Section. Modern Job Department. VOL. XXXIII, No. 2 THE CLEVELAND STAR TUESDAY, JAN. 6, 1925. $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE ! If. Grigg Heads Program Commit tee. Directors Plan Club Work For The Coming Year. The newly elected directors of the local Kiwanis club met Friday after noon with the new officers of the club and named the important and stand ing-committees and heads for the year ahead. Brief and tentative plans were also made in outline form for the year’s activities. ' During the past year and the years preceding the club has meant much to tl,o civic, industrial and social devel opment of not only the town but also the county, and a more progressive and oc 'petative spirit to face a new vear i- the aim of the new officials. The new directors, who met Friday and named the committee heads and several of the committees, are: J. S. Horton. D. Z. Newton, Paul Webb, George Blanton, Lee B. Weathers, C. p. Young and J. F. Roberts, Meeting with th« -e were the new officers: J. C. Newton, president 0. M. Mull, vice president-; Rush Hamrick, district trustee, and Charlie Burrus, reap pointed secretary-treasurer. Program Committee. Perhaps the most important com mittee performing club duties is the program committee. At times it be comes quite a task, despite the so called dinner spirit., to successfully en tertain a group of busines men and at the same time start and keep mov ing worthwhile things. Heading the committee during the past year was Supt. I. C. Griffin and the new com mittee has quite a job cut out in equal ling his standard program. Heading the committee for 1925 is J. H. Grigg, principal of the high school and one of the younger “live wires” of the dub. The committee under him was wisely selected and follows: J. F. Ledford, Dr. E. B. Lattimore, Dr. J. Sr Dorton, Forrest Eskridge and Dr. Reuben McBrayer. Heads of the other standing com mittees follow with the full commit tees to be named at an early meeting: Attendance—-J. D. Lineberger, chair man. Reception—Clyde R. Hoey. House—Fred R. Morgan. Finance—R. T. LeGrand. Education—I. C. Griffin. Publicity—-Renn Drum. Inter-city Relations—€).• Max Gard ner. • Public affair—R. E. Campbell. Business methods—J, II. Quinn. Grievance—-I. S. McKnight. Public health—Reuben A. McBray er. Music—C. A. Burrus, chairman; H. M. Pippin, director. The committee on classification and membership is unannounced following the International Kiwanis custom. it Mira dies in si. ms Inner Shelby Man Dies Suddenly and Body 5s Being Brought to Shel by For Interment. Ml'. Robert McBrayer, only son of Mrs. Amanda McBrayer of Shelby and '** buf“ R- McBrayer died sudden ' a’ his home in St. Louis, Missouri ■ umiay according to a telegram re u-P b<?re Vesterdav by sister. Mrs. • X. Dorsey and His body will be nought to Shelby for interment in i .‘‘diehee to a reouest which he made ‘‘■fore he died. His mother was visit lng her daughter, Mrs. M. D. Honey ful t at Monroe when news of her snn * death reaeher her and She im mediately came to Shelby for the fu unal. It is not known yet when his '[mains will reach Shelby but rela ,Uf‘s here are in communication with members of his family and will prob <> 1 > know today. Mr. McBrayer was 1 ’ > ears of age and leaves a widow who before marriage was Miss Louise a ah Two daughters and one son also •uiMve. Mr. McBrayer has been away .10,11 Shelby a number of years and been fonductor on an interurban "he at Saint Louis. It is quite singular that both sons ° ‘ rs- Amanda McBrayer should die VJ ^'ou*s- Her youngest son Logan u c 1;?yer- traveling salesman for the amilton-Brown Shoe company died pneumonia in St. Louis six years afro fol'owinK an attack of influenza. •Mr. McBrayer is survived by his pother and five sisters. Mrs. W. N. Dorsey of Shelby; Mrs. M. D. Honey cutt of Monroe; Mrs. H. A. Dozier of harlotte; Mrs. Grover King of For i) ity and Mrs. William Lowery of 1 atterson Springs. final Lining Notice. ie Dover Gin Company will gin all "s week and farmers who have cot on n gin are asked to come as the o.n will close for the season after this Sveek. Dover Gin Co. adv Death Angel Takes Murder Charge Off Docket Of Court Jule Logan Dies From “Poison Liquor’ And Colored Minister Relates Truth in Funeral Oration. Jule Logan. colored man of Moor esboro and parts, well known, or the opposite in many parts, died Friday at Mooresboro, death resulting, rumor has it, from “poison liquor,” or as the doctors would say from alcoholic^dis turbances. And in his passing there will pass from the Cleveland county superior court dockets a murder never “aired” by the courts. The j passing of Jule Logan and the recount j of his career is a bit of Cleveland j county history, be it history not de-1 l sired. The colored minister who de-! livered the funeral oration Sunday told of the history, spoke more truth ; and gave the career nearer like it had j been lived than is usually the custom at the time when the dirge is on, so ! say some of the colored people and a ! few of th« whites who were present, j Wife Suicided? In December 1022 Jule’s wife. Ma-i cie, die<j,-—bled to death from a bullet I ; wound in her elbow. At the time the i j impression was left, or perhaps made,! | that it was suicide, but Jule’s temper | ament, the characteristics that made i him an outstanding figure in his own j race, were recalled and at the inquest Coroner T. C. Eskridge and his jury made their verdict to read: “Death resulted from a gun shot wound in the elbow, intentionally inflicted by i deceased, or some unknown person.": j The “unknown person” brought Jule | under the eye of the law and so it was ! that a charge was entered on the court j docket against him. Continued for j several courts gossip continued to j vvunuers aria mucn was tne ! talk of Jule and his wife's death. As I it is Jule will never face a superior ! court jurist on that count or any oth i or—the death angel checked the j | charge off the docket, not for one i j term, hut forever. —ttGot What He Wanted." _ ! From the new grave in the colored t cemetery and the things that took place there in the interring of Jule's earthly remains there comes an un usual story—of a colored preacher who told of Jule as he was. of the crowd that attended and of the splen ' dor with which the dead negro was j “put away.” | Known all over the county to the i members of his own race and feared ! i V’ rqany. large numbers attended 1 his funeral, as is the case always with ; i a rare personality. Moreover. Jule had [ amassed aconsiderable bit of property | —just how. rumor varies with several | stories, and a moneyed negro, dead or I alive, is a bit of an attraction. And I arain Jule was known as courteous to 1 | white people, despite his bad charac-1 i teristics, and this drew a number of j i white people to his funeral. He was i j embalmed, carried to the cemetery in ! ; an up-to-date motor hearse from Gas- ] tonin and buried in a steel vault. In his funeral oration the colored i minister described Jule as a “man ; who gets what he wants. If Jule wanted some money, he got it. If Jule wanted liquor, he got it. If he want ed another wife, he got her. If he wanted to fight, he started for it and every other negro in the country ran. If Jule wanted anything, he come j mighty near getting it.” So runs the i story of the funeral as reported here. I One report has it mat the minister j stated that in his day the deceased i j had shot 13 negroes. Respected by I some, feared by some, known to oth ! ers as a “had man” in the extreme j j sense of the word; a gambler that ! I could win when the nerviest of chance- j takes were losing—Jule Logan was I a character of a type original and j j that in dying he evaded a murder I charge is smybolic, some say, of his life. Over 1600 Students Return To School When the Shelby city schools op ened Monday morning after the hol iday vacation over 1,600 pupils were in attendance, according to an an nouncement from the superintendent’s office. A gratifying part of the report to patrons of the school is that of the total attendance 51 are new' pu pils, which in a manner reveals the growth of the towrn and the respect for the school system. Last week Superintendent Griffin announced that from appearances a school record would be broken in that all members of the faculty would be back for the first time in history. Usually illness, matrimony or changes of some description alter the faculty during the holiday vacation, but this year the record was on the verge of being broken. However, Monday morning dawned, school opened and the record stands. L. S. Cheek, of Mebane, of the high school faculty and an assistant to Coach “Casey” Morris, athletic director, was unable to be back for the opening owing to illness. A message from Mr. Cheek states that he will likely be able to return within a few days. EXTENSION SHELB\ PEOPLE—VIEW C The extension of the city limits of Shelby by some action in the state legislature, which meets this week, is a matter that remains in the hands of the people of the town and the pro posed district rather than with the per sonal outlook and decision of the countys representative, is the view point taken by Judge It. T. Palls, new ly-elected representative of Cleveland county to the general assembly, relat ing to the informal go. sip carried on here regarding the proposed expan sion and what may be done about it in the assembly. In other words Repre sentative Falls does not feel disposed to lead either faction in that he is supposed to represent the people in stead of any one group, and in his mind there are two factions and two beliefs here about the extension. How ever, should it appear the right course Judge Falls will see that a me:.'-ure taken by the assefmbly will permit the matter to he left to the people—the ballot box decision. Mr. Falls, who left Monday night for Raleigh where the session of the reneral assembly will formally open Wednesday and be on band for the preliminary skirmishes that always take place before the formalities. It seems fairly well certain that Edgar W. Pharr, of Charlotte, will be the speaker, and it might be said that the Cleveland representative is, and has been, a supporter of the Mecklenburg man, for in times past Pharr was a factor in aiding certain Cleveland as pirants in their ambitions. Perhaps there are also personal reasons hut the advance choice of Pharr is ap parently popular and should there be such reasons there is no need for the recording. Extension Ideas. “There is, and must be, pome way of adjusting.the city extension move ment to the satisfaction of practical ly all concerned and it is my wish to do so,’ was the statement of Mr. Falls in conversation with a Star repre sentative, “If the ‘ins and outs’ can adjust the matter between themselves so much the better. In my opinion there are a number on each side, per haps though with one overbalancing the other. A representative of or.e side comes to me and savs that “sen timent is overwhelmingly for the move,’ while the opposition has it that ‘only so-and-so are for it,’ which you understand means thnf there are and there are not. It is right that some decision be reached and there ,is al ways the vote plan, which if both sides want a showdown is fair to all.” In discussing incidentals regarding should the extension be left to a vote the former recorder was inclined to give it as his opinion that on a vote both inside Shelby and those living in Beaver Dam Section To Have Electric Line And Lights Company Organized Here Saturday. Light Movement Spreadn. Two Lines Are Chartered Cleveland county’s progressive movement for electric lights and elec trical power conveniences in rural centers and the farming section of the county advanced another step Saturday when a Company to build a line to supply the Beaver Dam sec tion was organized at a meeting held at the First National bank here. vjrrauuaiiy m countryside, driving out the kerosene lamp, speeding up work and making farm life m ore .attract i ve for the farmer and his Tks^ily. Held up to the entire country ns"Hie first county to inaugurate an elective program in the rural section Cle\Vland keeps moving forward on the plan that has meant much, and will mean more to the county. The new organization is just one chain, another community to be brightened by electricity and to step forward in the progressive movement. Get Power From Dover Stockholders of the new company, the Beaver Dam Power Company, in the meeting elected A. W. McMurry, of Shelby, president, and T. P. Ham rick. prominent farmer of the Beav er Dam section, secretary-treasurer. Power will be secured from the Dover mill and conveyed to the section thrWueh the line to be erected soon. Mr. Hamrick says that construction work will begin when the necessary material arrives. All the stock need ed to put over the enterprise has been subscribed, although extensions and additions will be made. Many of those living in the Beaver Dam section are already anxious to con nect up with the power line and in a short time after its completion prac tically the entire section will be elec trically lighted. Others Get Charter Two other lines in the,county were officially chartered last week by sec retary of State Everett, the Lutz Power Line to serve the section north west of Shelby, and the Fallston Elec tril Light and Power Company to ' LIMITS UP TO •F REPRESENTATIVE t the proposed district to be covered j would be entitled to the ballot, as it I would bea ruling handicap if the in j side alone he allowed to vote on the | measure and that the same condition would prevail should only the propos ! ed district of extension be allowed the ! privilege of saying which. As it is, well it's up to someone— | artel lacking the ability to define some* jone: the people. “Time to Slow I p." F peaking of state expenditures, | bond mea ijr"* and such like Repre ! tentative Falls declared that “it is hie-h time to slow up." and to empha sise bis, point he illustrated it by say ! ine that when so-and-so, meaning evi i deftly the h"ad of th“ spending bri irado. says “it's enough" it is without doubt time to halt, or at least cheek eff likely extravagances. On the mat ter of road bonds the Cleveland man does not want to see the highway pro i gram so curtailed ns to almost he stonned. hut he does want to go easy. Literallv he is for the program to continue hut within the defined re venue after that revenue has taken care of th" interest nnd retirement of ; outstanding Wonds and the upkeep of the highway system which we now i hove. What remains after this “tak care of” has been done should h" used in continuing the program, and the view, may it be said, is generally s*ate wide. One of the proposals run ning into the milions meets with his disapproval. Avoiding unnecessary “ODs”_ from the state’s secondary source of finance is the idea in brief, and th»rp is likely to he a flood of these “overdrawns” soon should the ; rate of recent years be continued, he i rv:> iui me nu.'u anan uaiiuv a measure leading to a final and satis I factory solution should bp taken by ! the assembly, says Mr. Falls, but one ! not so rigid as to leave changes due j to conditions that would arise no way ! of alterin'? the move. As for legisla tion regriding busses, commercial passenger traffic by motor: “What can the legislature do that would real ly prove alleviating to the situation?” is the query of Mr. Falls. So far a« is known there is no spe cial legislation dea'ing with Cleve land county affairs that will meet the attention of the lawmakers at pres ent. The new representative sees cut out for him a task in “doing his bit” with important state matters—and there are quite, a.., number of these whichwill need careful handling and these statewide measures, the major issue before the new assembly, is the real service and one that dirctly af fets the eountv with all the impor | tance of county legislation. 'serve the Fallston section. The Lutz Line lias an authorized capital of 825,000 with $5,000 sub ! scribed, among the subscribers being j A. D., W. S.. and W. A. Spangler, Tom Cornwell, Forrest and T. H. ; Lutz, C. A. Yarborough, Grover Beam ' and Double Shoals Manufacturing | Company. The Fallston line was re cently organized with an authorized : capital of $50,000 and $600 subscribed by the following and others: J. H. [Green, Claude C. Falls, R. A. Lackey, iD. M. Cline, all of Fallston: and O. | C. Dixon and O. M. Mull, of Shelby. Two Nice Copper Outfits Brought In By Officers • 1 • Officers furn'shed the onlookers at ! the sheriff’s office Friday with a lit i tie diversion in the nature of two | complete copper distillery outfits brought in. Both were the result of a | little holiday work by the officers and | the captures made perhaps w'hilo the j operators were taking off a few days to celebrate the New Year. The small outfit, of about 20-gal lon capacity, brought in by Deputy Sheriff F. D. Wilson, of No. 8, was neatly made and attracted much comment by tax payers and others visiting the office. The worm was one ! of the best captured recently. Deputy Wilson captured the outfit New Year’s Day near Brooks Chapel, it is said. The other one ,of about 50 gallon capacity, was brought in by ’Squire M. R. Collins, of Grover, it being cap tured near the cemetery there. Quiet places it might be said for the manu facture of spirits—near a church and a graveyard. Mr. Hugh Bettis who has been the popular manager of Wray-Hudson company’s store No. 2 has taken a po sition with the main store in the Blan ton block since Store No. 2 has been absorbed. Miss Curabelle Harn has returned to her home in Greenville, S. C., after I spending the holidays with Misses Maude and Ethel Bookout on Suttle street. — Mesdames C, R. Hoey and Will Roberts motored to Gastonia Friday. Andrew Leventis Huvs Ccph Blanton Slock— John McKnight to Im prove Building for ('nfe. While changes in ownership of stores are not taking place this Jan uary. there are a number of changes in location wherein business firms are shirting about into quarters better suited for their lines. John S. Mc Knieht, owner of the two stock brick building on W. Warren street adjoin ing Gilmer's will make extensive re pairs to the interior and put in a plate glass front to make ready for occu pancy bv the Shelby cafe, now in the Union Trust company building. The Shelby cafe will move shortly to the lunch room which is now' operated in the Beam building adjoining the Prin cess theatre. Here the lunch room and cafe will he operated jointly until the Me Knight building renovation is com pleted about the middle of February. The Kendall Medicine company has moved one door east into the Lineber ger building recently vacated by the Cleveland Motor company. This was made necessary in order to give larg er quarters which are badly needed to accommodate the immense stock of drugs and sundries carried by this thriving wholesale firm,. The Caro lina Fruit and Produce company has moved from the McKnight building into the store room vacated by the Kendall Medicine company, on West Warren street. nareW LPVI'IRIs last ween. ed the Ceph Blftnton stock of grocer ies in the Miller block, corner of La Fayette and Warren streets where he will continue a retail grocery under the name of Cleveland Grocery com pany. Leventis purchased the stock from Everett McDaniel, trustee in receivership. The Shelby Plumbing company of which T. M. Gladden is manager has moved to larger quarters, now occu pying the brick building recently va cated by Wm. Blanton's wholesale candy company next to Ideal Ice and Fuel’ Co. .J. A. Dayberry has sold his inter est in the Shelby Shoe shop and pur chased an interest in the Perry Sellers Shoe shop on S. LaFayette street, this placeof business to be operated here after as the Landis Shoe shop. | World War Veteran* Receiving Their Compensation Now - Former Service. Men Being Given Compensation In Form Of Wel come New Year’s Gift. Happy New Year—that was Uncle Sam’s greeting to 100,000 bqys, his boys, the boys that fought under the Stars and Stripes during the World War. On .January 1, 1925, adjusted compensation certificates were issued by the government to the first 100, 000 applicants for compensation. Starting that day certificates will be issued, several thousand a day until every doughboy, “gob” and former service man receives his—what might be called “bonus camouflaged.” The amount of the compensation is based on age, and length of service. If you happen to meet an ex-ser vice man on the street, his face wreathed in smiles, his hands “finger ing” his inside coat pocket and a lit tle “pep” added to his walk, you may know he has just received his com pensation, a little token of remem brance for the days he served, for the record some seem to have forgot ten. Here and there on the streets of Shelby one may see fellow that was young just a few years back meet up with another—perhaps one or both of them may be wearing a khaki overcoat, considered Stylish some years ago—and they begin talking. One reaches into his pocket and pulls out an important, glistening docu ment, the government green of “greenbacks” on the inside, the ruddy yellow of gold certificates as a cover design—it's his compensation. Per haps it was not what some of them wanted and perchance more than oth ers desired, but it is easy to read the appreciation and joy on the face of the ex-service man. Quite a number of the early applicants in Shelby and the county have received their com pensation and the certificates come in each mail. The certificate bears the seal of the United States Veterans Bureau, signature of the director and chief of the compensation department. The certificate is in compliance with the Adjusted Compensation Act and car ries sections of the act regarding loans and other matters. A table of loan value is also given on the cer tificate, together with the form for payment. Miss Ruth Lindsay, of Kings Moun tain has been visiting Miss Lalage Dover. Miss Dover accompanied her home for a few days visit. Farm Board Urges Less Acreage In Cotton In 1925 ( alls For More Hale* In Better Ferti lization Name New \urirnltural Fenders. Preserve Wood. Fes : acreage in cotton hut with more bales through more fertilization was the (foal sot for 1925 by the Clev j eland county board of Agriculture at an Important meet in if held Saturday afternoon in th» office of County Agent Lawrence. Menihcrr of the board for this year were also named Ins follows: No. 1 township J. A. Me. I Craw; No. 2— F. B. llamrick; No. 3— William Lowry; No. 1. Wayne Ware; No. 5—T. C. Beam; No. ft—(). Max t Gardner; No. 7--J. B. Fattimore; No. j 8.r_E. L. Weathers; No. 9—E. W. Dixon; No. 10—Edney Willis; No. 11 | ~J C. Downs. Officials of the hoard 1 will be named at the next meeting, | Max Gardner having headed the new organization through its first bene ficial year. Fertilizer Week. Going on record as for reducing the .cotton acreage of the county met the | approval of the ent ire board. More I bales on a smaller acreage through 'better fertilization was the plan of the ■ board by which they hope this year to have more acres a over the county de voted to feed and food crops so as to keep going the record for diversi fication by which the county is identi fied over the state as well as by cot ton production. Even with a reduc ed acreage optimistic members of the board are planning for a cotton crop of between 40 and 50 thousand bales. in Keeping with the better fertiliza tion plans the hoard is now planning and has definitely decided to hold a “Fertilizer Week” campaign during the last week of the month. January 26 31. The campaign will be waked wth the coopertion of the county schools, teachers and superintendent. During the week children in all the grades above the sixth will be taught how to figure fertilizer analyses. The : method of instruction will also be car. ried to many of the farm homes and direct to the farmer. It was further stated at the board meeting that farm surveys over the county during the year demonstrated the fact that every farmer should apply as much as 900 pounds of fertilizer to each acre cultivated. Preliminary plans were also made for waging a campaign in the county for the conservation of timber and wood. Members of the board agreed that in some way "Die Wasfe must bt> halted or that the Wood supply of the county would soon be exhausted. County Agent Lawrence in speaking of the proposed conservation and how it might be carried about stated: “At 1 our present rate of using and wasting our wood supply there will be none whatever in the county within 10 years.” According to present plans, mem ; hers of the county board of agricul ture will be special guests of the Kiwanis club at a “Farmers Night" program to be held this year. Former Pastors Will Preach At Central Services Sunday Hoey's Bible Class Establishes New Record on Entering New Class Room. Preaching There Sunday Former pastors of the church, two ministers who served the Central Methodist congregation years ago, will preach the first two sermons in the handsome new church next Sun day, according to an announcement made by the pastor. Rev. Alfred Le land Stanford at services Sunday. For the first time regular services will be held in the new church Sunday morning at 11 o’clock, the preaching will be by Rev. R. M. Hoyle, of Bel mont, a former pastor. At the even ing service the sermon will be by Rev. J. Ed, Thompson, another form er pastor. In addition to these other former pastors have been invited. Sunday School Sunday school was held in the school quarters of the new church Sunday and according to Superinten dent Wm. Lineberger 634 took the cue and were in attendance, honoring the occasion. The quarters arc roomy, convenient and up-to-date in every respect. The Men’s Bible Class, taught by Hon. Clyde R. Hoey, chalked up a new attendance record with 291 pres ent, only nine short of the goal set j for the occasion. Of these 285 were regular members. In the report that brought praise from the teacher, class president, W. L. Fanning, other officials of the class it was Stated that during the past six weeks the av erage attendance has been 212 and that during the time over 50 pew members have been added. Miss Mary Hufham, of New York city and Miss Bessie Summerell, of New Bern, who have been the house | guests of Mrs. R. L. Ryburn left Thursday for Spartanburg, S. C., to spend a week before returning to their i respective homes. . BUILDING lliil i j Exceed* Hanking Capital. Cleveland Tenth lliiilrlintr and Loan County In State. The building and loan capital of Cleveland county exceeds the bank ing capital of the county by $7.33, 34.82, according to the report issued by the Insurance Department. The report is a good standard by which to judge the progress of a county, and with building and loan capital lead ing bank capital in a county where a bank failure is unknown is quite a credit to the county. However, the county is only typical of the entire state, banking capital all over North CarolH’i exceeding building and loan capita' only by around $6,000,000. In many counties a condition prevails similar to that here—with the build ing and loan leading, i many of the smaller counties with iittle building and loan offset the lead. It is a con crete boost to the state to note that the building and loan capital of the state is $37,835,845.83 while the banking capital is only shortly ahead —$64,476,808.00. The closeness with which the associations rival the banks is attracting considerable comment. A nother credit to Cleveland county is that the county is 10th in the en tire state in building and loan capital, with Gaston standing barely one place ahead. The total building and loan capital of Cleveland county is $1, 870.362.82. The banking capital of the county is $1,136,428. The nine counties leading Cleveland in B. & L. are Buncombe, Cabarrus, Catawba, Edgecombe, Forsyth, Gaston, Guilford, i Mecklenburg and New Hanover. Stands Thirteenth In Banks. Cleveland county ranks thirteenth in banking capital, according to the report. The twelve counties leading Cleveland are: Buncombe, Durham, Edgecombe, Forsyth, Gaston, Guil ford, Mecklenburg, New Hanover, Vance, Wake, Wayne and Wilson. Of the thirteen leading counties, seven have alarger building and loan capi tal than banking capital. B. & L. Beats Wild Cat Stock. Says the Raleigh News and Observ er regarding building and loan and banking capital over the state: “The activities of the Insurance De partment during the past year have been characterized mainly by a whole some decrease in permits issued for thr sale of stock*, and by a healthy growth of the Building and Loan As sociations .eighteen new ones hav ing been organized during the year, according to Commissioner Stacey Wade. Reports are not yet available indicating their growth in assets, which are expected to exceed the total capital and surplus invested in the | State and National Banks of North Carolina amounting to $61,000,000. ‘ That the State is also coming to the front as an insurance center is indicated by the increase in the vol ume of revenue .which will probably reach one and a quarter million dol lars .while the number of licenses issued for insurance agents have in creased more than one thousand this present year, over twenty-six thou sand having been issued to date. Interest in Fire Protection. “A Greater interest has been mani- * fested in all the important cities of the State in fire protection and fire prevention by anti-shingle ordinances i ana improvement in construction, *nu j notwithstanding the past few months have shown an increase in fire losses it is expected that the reports for the entire year will show an improvement over ' record for 1923. “Dm mg the year the Building and Loan Associations e* *-he State have grown by leaps and >■ ids until they have outgrown the banks in many of the leading counties of the State in the matter of capital and surplus. When it is considered that their cap ital is not of a permanent nature but is returned in full to the sub scriber every six or seven years, and j new capital furnished by the addition 1 of members, it will be seen that their a growth is remarkable. Box Supper at Patterson Springs. A swell affair is being planned. On next Friday night beginning at 7:30 o’clock there will be fishing, fortune telling, cake w alk, and cake eating, ba zaar and box supper at the school building. Everybody in the local com munity is expected to be present. The young people of Earl, Grover, Pleas ant Hill, Elizabeth and Shelby are in vited. No admission fee but bring plenty of spending change and enjoy the eating. A genuine good time la guaranteed every one. _ -. -£ We will gin cotton at Post Road gin on Thursday January 8th, then close for the season. ad Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Lee who have been spending the holidays in the county visiting friends and relatives, returned yesterday to Cottonton, Al abama where Mr. Lee is engaged io the lumber business.