ANOTHER CLUB OF CHAMPS
Shelby Highs Win Western Caro lina Title Second Straight Year
By defeating Bessemer in Salisbury last week the Shelby Highs won the Western North Caro
lina baseball championship for the second successive year, it making two championships for Coach
“Casey” Morris in his first year of coaching. The Western champs play at Chapel Hill Saturday
for state honors, which they won last year. The club is pictured above—Front row reading left to
right: George Dedmon, pitcher and outfielder; Max Connor, shortstop; Fred Beam (captain)
catcher; Max Dixon, second base; Jim Grice, first bast; Roy Self, third base. Middle row Clyde
Wilson, left field; Jack Hoyle, pitcher; Melvin Peeler, pitcher; Charlie Magness, center fielder;
Ed. Harris right field. Back row; Roy W. (Casey) Morris, coach; John Sparks, outfield; Johnny
Washburn, infield; Broadus Newman, manager.
Sims Says Clyde Hoey’s Bible Class Is
An Inspiration To Western Carolina
Class Grows Rapidly In Numbers And Efficiency. General
Superintendent Gives Facts About Six Largest Adult Rible
Classes In State.
(By D. W. Sims, General Superintend
dent, North Carolina Sunday School
Association.)
The life and size of the adult Bible
classes is considered one of the best,
indications as to whether or not a
present-day Sunday school is meeting
the needs of the community in reli- i
gious education. Never before have
there been as many large Bible class
es in North Carolina as at preesnt.!
This statement is verified by reports:
from classes of various denominations
throughout the state. The reports also
indicate that never before have the:
classes been so determined to do some;
thing besides listen to a Bible lesson
taught on Sunday. As an indication
.that many clases are not only large
in nnmbers, but are also doing real
worth-while service, following facts
and figures are given from six of the
large classes in the state:
The Berean Bible class of the Loray
Baptist church, Gastonia, leads all
clases in the state in point of attend
ance, according to reports in the office
of the North Carolina Sunday school’
association in Raleigh. The average
attendance in this class for the first
four months of this year was 298 1-5
per Sunday. This high average reaches
back several months. The class is ren-:
dering a special service to the com
munity by publishing an 8xll-inch 16- j
page monthly magazine. ‘The Loray ■
Berean,” in interest of the classes and
Sunday school work in general in the!
community. Julius W. Whitley is the
class teacher, and A. D. Blanton, is the
secretarv
The Men’s Bible class of the First
Baptist church, Rocky Mount, of which1
T. A. Avera is teacher, and C. B. Se
\vell is president, has had a steady, but
unusual growth. The average attend
ance per Sunday for January, Febru
ary, .March and April was 231 9-10.
The officers of the class attribute the
steady growth and high average at
tendance to the thorough working o!,
the “group plan.” The class is divided!
into ten groups, with a captain for |
each. When the records are taken at
the class session the captains report,
and immediately assign different
members of the groups to look after
absentees, while the whole group con
stitutes a membership committee. A
regular part of the program of serv-,
ice in this class is giving the entire of
fering each first Sunday in the month
to the Baptist orphanage. This month
ly offering is never less thau £25.00
and is often much mor*.
The Hoey Class.
The Men’s Bible class of the Central
Methodist church, Shelby, of which
Hon. Clyde R. Hoey is teacher, and
Oliver S. Anthony is secretary, is said
to be an inspiration to Sunday school
workers throughout the western part
of the state. The average attendance
in the class for the first four months
of the year was 204 4-5 per Sunday.
The attendance was almost as good for
the fall months, however the class is
growing steadily both in numbers and
efficiency.
The Simms Baraca class of the Tab
ernacle Baptist church, Raleigh, main
tained an average atendance of 165 1-4
per Sunday for the first fourt months
of this year. September 27 will be the
25th anniversary of the organization
of this class. Throughout all these
years this has been one of the largest
Bible classes in the state. Officers ol
the class believe that one reason the
attendance has held up so well is be
cause the class takes part in so many
different kinds of Christian work. Foi
iexample, during the past school year
£&£ class paid $20 per monti: cy lb.
eXpenes of a ministerial student in'
Buie’s Creek: academy, and $50 per
month towards the'expenses of a stu
dent in the Theological seminary. At
present the class is putting a drinking
fountain in the vestibule of the church.
The class teacher, Hon. R. X. Simmy,
is known throughout the state and the
Southland as one of the greatest Bible
class teachers in the. country. The
class president at this time is John D.
Berry.
The Batata Class of Edenton Street
Methodist church, Raleigh, a few
weeks ago assumed the task of raising
$25,000.00 to buy sites for the new
buildings for Central Methodist and
Epworth Methodist churches in Ra
leigh. As this report is being printed
the class has already raised more than
$10,000.00 of the amount. The class
has had a steady growth through a
long period of time. In April it had
grown so large that it was necessary,
to take down a partition in order to
enlarge their meeting place. The aver
age attendance in the class for the
first four months of this year was 147,
4-5 per Sunday. Judge W. P. Stacy, ot
the Suoreme Court, is teacher of the^
class, and X. C. X'ewhold is the presi
dent.
The vanguard Bible class ot tne
first Presbyterian Church,, Raleigh, is
sometimes referred to as the largest
Men’s Bible Class in any Presbyterian
Sunday school in the state. ’ fin ac
count of the church being rebuilt, the
class has been meeting in the High
School building since last fall. Not
withstanding this handicap the at
tendance for the first four months of
this year averaged 104 2-3 per Sun
day. While the new building is not
complete, the class used its new room
for the first time on Sunday, May 10,
and had an attendance of 420. Some
members of the class feel that the new
quarters the attendance will he piac
tically doubled in a short time.
The class has fathered the move
ment and raised practically all the
money for building two new Presby
terian churches in Raleigh. One of
these buildings ha# been in use for
more than a year and the other is al
most completed. The class has a his
tory running hack about 20 years, and
the list of good deeds done would lead
like a fairy tale. It is said that no man
can stav in this class many months
without becoming thoroughly convert
ed to the tithing system. The teachers
of this class, E. B. Crow, is one of the
most prominent Presbyterian laynien
in the State. Frank Fant is the class
secretary.
SPARTANBURG BANKERS
UNDER BOND FOR VIOLATION
Bunds having been arranged by L.
G. Miller, former treasurer of Spartan
burg county and president of the de
funct Bank of Duncan and R. S. Bal
lenger, cashier of the insolvent insti
tution charged in warrants issued Mon
day with violating’ the* state banking
laws, it was expected that a prelimin
ary hearing would be scheduled a
once before a local magistrate. Miller
furnished bond for *6,000 and Bal
linger for *0,000. Neither official had
anv statement to make.
One warrant against Mr. Milter
charges that on or about June 28, 1J-4
and thereafter he violated the state
banking law by concealing the liabili
ties of the Bank of Duncan m failing
to report time certificates ot deposit
on the control account. I he other one
charges that ne violated section 2ofc
oi the 1S32 cfiuujivl code o£ South '-a.
olina by lending to the Duncan Lum
ber company, of which he was presi
dent, an amount or amounts exceeding
at .any time one-tenth of the capital
stock of the Bank of Duncan.
Mr. Ballenger is charged with viol
ating the state banking law “by con
cealing the liabilities of the Bank of
Duncan, by failing to report the time
certificates of deposit on the control
account of said bank and by making
false statements to deponent, a bank
examiner of the state of South Caro
lina."
' MARRIAGES
And
DIVORCES
N. C. Christian Advocate. \
In 1923, 165,000 divorces were grant
ed, or one divorce to every -7.5 marri
ages in the United State:. In 18 years '
the number of divorces nas increased
by 100,000, or over 140 r-er cent, while
the population has increased but about
30 per cant. Oregon iu 1922 had one
divorce for every 2.5 marriages. Wy
oming, one to, 3.9; Montana, one to 4.3
Missouri, one'to.4.7; Oklahoma, one to
4.8; Texas, one to 4.9; California, one
to 5.1'; Ohio, one to 5.2; Indiana, one
to 5.4; Colorado, one to 5.5; Kansas,
one to 5.7, and Maine, one to 5.8. In i
Switzerland, where divorce is as easy |
to obtain as it is in the United States |
there is only one divorce to every 16 <
marriages; in France there is one to
every 21 marriages; in Denmark, one
to twenty-two; in Germany, one to
twenty-four; ip Norway, one to thirty;
in Sweden, one to thirty-three; in
Britain, one to Ninety-six, and in
Canada, one to one hundred and sixty
one. Such is' the showing that our
boasted country makes in comparison
with Europe and our neighbor to the
north. We ought to hang our heads in
shame. We ought to do more than
manifest a esnse of shame because of
this deplorable record. There should
be a fresh emphasis put upon the san
ctity of the marriage tie and the sac
redness of the home.
Unique Contest at Princess Theatre.
Beginning Saturday May 23rd the
Princess theatre will start a prize con
test, assisted by local merchants. It
you are a live wire, you may be able
to win one of these beautiful prizes as
the contest is open to everybody.
As^you enter the theatre Saturday
you will be given a weekly program
carrying ads of local merchants also
the names of pictures that will be
shown during the week, these arc the
“open Sesame” to the prizes, be sure
and get one.
First or grand prize will be a beau
tiful electric parlor lamp which sells
for $30, given by John M. Best Furni
ture store. Second will be a Seiberling
tire and tube, given by the Ideal serv
ice station. Third a $6 electric iron,
given by the Electric Service company.
Fourth, Swofford Grocery Co., will
give something you will be proud to
get. Fifth South Shelby Pharmacy will
give to some lucky young lady toilet
articles of real value.
Other business men taking adver
tisements on this program are K. Ken
dall, tailoring and pressing; Wright’s
Oldsmobile dealers; Morrison Trans
fer; Central Barber shop; U-Drive
Um System; Stowe Brothers Market;
Landis Shoe shop.
He who boasts about the handicaps
of youth which he overcame, seldom I
ever has anything else to boast about.
A telephone operator says she is
able to keep patient only through
reading the Bible. Other operators
should follow suit. We recommend
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