North Carolina Newspapers

CLEVELAND COUNTY LEADS ALL COUNTIES IN AMERICA IN LIGHTENING FARM LABOR WITH ELECTRICITY AND ELECTRIC LIGHTS. PAID-UP circulation Of This Paper Is Greater Than The Population Given Shelby In The 1920 Census VQL. XXXIII, No. 55 Ihe litn’lnuii RELIABLE HOME PAPER Of Shelby And The State’s Fertile Farming Section. Modern Job Department. THE CLEVELAND STAR, SHELBY, N. C. TUESDAY, JULY 14, 1925. $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE BIBLE HEEDS 1 DEFENSE. HDEV TELLS U! Our Greatest Detriment He Says, Is Indiffer ence to Bible. Prais es Bible Class Work (Special to The Star.) Bake Juiialuska, July 13,—Speaking t,i the seventh annual federation of Wesley Bible classes at Lake Juna Luska Monday evening Clyde R. Hoey of Shelby, former congressman and ,,„w president of the federation, de tlarvd that “the Bible needs no de fense. It needs only to be studied, and t„ jic intelligently and earnestly pre sented. It makes its own appeal; car ries its own conviction. The greatest detriment that we suffer is our indif ference to it and our failure to read and study it." Mr. Hoey in his address praised the Bible class movement for its work, especially that of bringing the men into the Sunday school. His address in part follows: •‘The growing interest on the part of men in the various Bible classes of the different denominations through out the state is the most hopeful in dication of the times touching the spiritual life of the people. The time is happily gone when the Sunday school activities are confined to w* mcn' and childen. There is a more general attendance of men in Sunday school now than at any period in the past. “1 am persuaded that this condi tion has come about because men are more interested in religion and the Bible than they have been heretofore. 1 believe there is more Christianity in the world today than at any age of the past. It may be that there is not fo much secarianism and probably less dogmatic adherence to forms and ceremonies, and somewhat less wop. ship of symbolisms, but there is a real hungering after the higher spir itual values and a longing for the j realization of the things of the spir it. "A recent magazine article discuse ing the drawing power of the church gave the result of a symposium of opinions on what the church should do to attract the people and hold their interest. There was general agreement that sensational methods were un necessary and questionable practice* wholly undesirable, and that after all (he church needed only to proclaim it message—preach the Goepel of Jesus Christ—and undertake to lead men into the higher life. That privi lege is supreme and that appeal so superior to anything the world has to offer that there can be no compe tition so long as the church adheres to its mighty mission. "I have that sort of conception of the mission of the Bible classes throughout our bounds. I believe the supreme duty and high obligation of these classes is to teach the Bible. That is the one fundamental thing in view. All the class activities are good, ami the many agencies set in motion may accomplish much, but the one thing of over-shadowing importance i the teaching of the Bible and the presentation of the very heart of the Co-ih] i4s jt unfolded Sunday after Sunday in the great International Sunday school lessons. th" Bible in this age. concern ourselves sevii ■ Here is much disputation about Bible in this age. We need not foncern ourselves seriously about this. flr *’;hle, needs no defense. It needs only to be studied, and to be intel ligently and earnestly presented. It d ikes its own appeal. It carries its "An conviction. The greatest detri ment that we suffer is our indiffer ence to it an,i our faiiure to read and Bnly it. Sometimes those who are no t critical of it are least acquaint. •'. with it, and have never given it a Hnr and honest hearing. Others of us o'1, too punctilious in insisting upon "ur l wn interpretation of the Bible icnor than the interpretation which r,st gave, but my observation has '1 n 1 hat men are anxious to hear and ’'•"fy t° respond to the spiritual note. , ,hat ,ls the high privilege of the Bi ,h' 'hisses in the state—to aid the !' " ls,|y in getting across the appeal " sPuitual natures of men! ^ ' Men are surfeited with material nig'. The hum-drum of every day • iticity dulls the spiritual sense anil "f l!i need °f awakening this spir : ual c°neeption. The Bible class has ■•n uiiportant function to perform in m 'old. So often the opportunity is gnen to present tb« Riklo __ ■'•■riiiuea n page cl: J Robed (Clansmen At Funeral of Hamri<:k K. K. K. Members Acted as Pall Hear ers fc;r Popular Young Man’s Funeral. Many Present. Eight robed members of the Ku Klux kbin acted as pall bearers at the funeral service of Mr. Lawrence Hamrick Thursday afternoon at Pat terson Springs, i? being the first in stance on record in years that a fu neral service in this county was in direct charge of th ■ Invisible Empire Following the interment over a half hundred robed Klanmen filed silently by the raised mound that cov ered the remains of the popular young man, held out the left hand in some unknown sign of respect for the de ceased. folded their arms and march ed away ns silently a- they tame. Whether or not he was a member of the order is not known, but from the exhibition at the funeral it is evi dent that the young man was highly regarded by those who come and go under the emblem of the fiery cross The crowd attending the funeral was one of the largest in the history of the county and the church would not hold anything like half of those pres ent. LAMAR C. GIQIY Brilliant Electrical Engineer Dies After Long Illness at Age of ■12. Son of Capt. Gidney. Mr. Lamar C. Gidney, son of the late Capt. and Mrs. J. \V. Gidney one of Cleveland’s distinguished families, died Sunday evening at G o’clock at the old Gidney homestead on East Ma rion street, following an illness with heart trouble from which he had been suffering for many months. Mr. Gid ney’s death was not unexpected for his condition had grown from bad to worse and the best medical skill could bring no relief. He would have been 42 years of age July 25th. He died in the same house where he had spent most of his life. After graduating from the Shelby public schools, he attended A. and M. college, Raleigh and was grad uated in electrical engineering with high honors. Later he worked in the General Electric company’s big plant at Schenectady, N. Y„ filled high po sitions in High Point and Ruthei fordton for several years and at the time he was taken sick, was travel ling for the Southeastern Underwrit ers association of Atlanta, Ga., with which company he was held in highest esteem. Mr. Uidney was a mast oriiiiam ei estric engineer. While retiring in hi? manner, he was a constant reader and possessed a wonderful knowledge of his profession, being a member of the American Institute of Electrical En gineers. After travelling for six years for the S. E. Underwriters he became ill on a business trip last May a year ago to Linville and was brought home. Treatment was taken at Ruth erford hospital but his condition grew worse since last October. Mr. Gidney was' a member of the Central Methodist church and a fine Christian character. Although littlt hope was entertained by his friends for his recovery, he was a most cheer ful patient and always made plans for the future. He was married to Miss Ellen Thompson, daughter ct Rev. J. E. Thompson of the Western N. C. Conference who survives with two little girls, Edwina age 9, and Ellen Lamar age 7. His wife cams to Shelby as a child when her father was pastor for four years of Central Methodist church and they were child* hood playmates, living across the street from each other. Mr. Gidney is survived by four brothers, Attorney S. E. Gidney of Muskogee, Ok la.; I>r. R. M. Gidney, of Shelby; Dr. Charles C. Gidney of Plain view, Texas; Dr. J. Will Gidney, of West. Texas and Miss Leona Gid ney of Shelby. The funeral was conducted from the residence Monday afternoon at 4 o’clock by his pastor, Rev. A. L. Stan ford, assisted by Rev. ( . I'. Sherrill. The interment was in Sunset ceme tery, the following serving as pall bearers; S. E. Hoey, Roy' Sisk, blank Hoyle, Frank Sanders and L. U. Ar rowood. The clothes that make the women are the clothes that break the men, Cleveland Press. The Dawes plan is said to be work ing all right, hut its author is having his troubles.—Topeka State Journal. If the dry sleuths would ijuit -shak ing down the bootleggers there would n t be so much necessity for shaking up the prohibition ("Mi-—< incinn nau En-tun Kinston Pastor Comes to Shelby Presbyterian Church August. 1. to Succeed Rev. Mr. Murray. Rev-. H. N.. Me Diarm id, pastor of 1st Presbyterian church at Kinston has accepted the call to the pastorate of the Presbyterian church at Shelby, succeeding- Rev. \V. A. Murray who re signed a few weeks ago on account of failing health and upon the advice of physicians. Mr. McDiarmid to whom the call was extended .from the congregation through the pulpit com mittee composed of John McKnight, L, U. Arrowood and J. B. Jones has no. tified the committee of his accept ance and intention to enter upon his duties here September 1st. Mr. McDiarmid was born and rear ed at Raeford. lie received his high school education at Raeford institute, graduated with the A. B. degree from Davidson college in 11*11; was prin cipal of the school at Rose Hill 191'. 12; entered the Union Theological seminary at Richmond, Ya., in the fall of 1912 and graduated with the de gree of B. I). in 1915. For five and a half years he was pastor at Rocky Mount and later pastor of the First ; Presbyterian church at Kinston for j five year from which charge be comes to Shelby. Both pastorates have shown remarkable growth, the congregation at Kinston doubling it self more than one and a quarter times during the five years he has been there. He is a young man, a strong preacher and an excellent church worker. Those who know of his splendid work at Rocky Mount and Kinston say he will fit in the Shelby work admirably. Mr. McDiarmid was married to a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Samuel B. Newton, of Duplin county. They have two sons whose ages are four and a half and two and a half years old. He and his family have been universally loved in their former fields and will receive a hearty wel come to Shelby from Shelby citizens of all denominations. Morris To Asheville; | Redfern to “Big Show” Baseball fans hereabouts will be in terested, in the announcement made last week that “C.asey” Morris, Shelby High coach and former Carolina star has been traded bv the Salisbury club of the Piedmont league to Asheville, j of the South Atlantic for Hittwede utility player. The change. it is thought, will be appreciated bv Mor. ris as bp has been on the inactive list since Elliot, tuaior league catcher, has been with Salisbury. At Asheville he will Jikelv become the regular re ceiver and the Tourists are now win ning the maioritv of their names. During last week Howard tBuokl Redfern, former Shelby player now “-hortstop with Asheville, and Everett Spokes, star Tourist outer gardener, were sold to the Detroit club for the reported sum of S15.000. Shelby Wins First Games In League; Here On Saturday Defeat I.iecolnton in Two Contests foi Perfect Star* (ira-ite Falls Cops Two From Newton. So fnr Shell"' stands of the top of the Western Carolina Amateur lea. "”e. In the openin'1" game hove 'ast Thursday. thn local? defeated Lin co]r>ton 8 *o 7 in a closely contested 11-f’-amo battle, while on Saturday at Lincolnton. Shelby was ae iin the victor hy a 5 to 8 count. Granite Falls "•;th two victories last week over j Newton also has a nerfect percentage j This week "honld sop some shifts with Shelhv idavine two frames with Granite Falls and it is not thought' that either one of the two leaders will: take both contests, while Lincolnton ! and Newton may divide honors. Thurs ; day Shelhv n'lnvs in Granite Falls with j Granite Falls comin<r Imro on Satur-1 day for Shelby s’ first week-end game i at home. Attendance has boon pood and a large crowd is expected lor the Saturday’s contest. Thursday’s pa me here was a pitoh inp battle between Jack Hoyle, hiph ! school star, and Real, Lincolnton’s pitching ace, with Fllerbe relievinp Hoyle in the local victory. At Lincolnton Saturday Fred Beam, Shelby receiver, was the star, secur inp four safe drives out of as many trips to the plate. Mapness was the; fieldinp star of the pame. Morrison was on the mound for Shelby with Homesly and Beal doing the twirling for Lincolnton. Sandy Plains Revival. Rev. G. P. Abernethy will start a revival meeting at Sandy Plains Bap< tist church Sunday July lath. There wilt be preaching twice daily i*' ■ Insurance Men Meeting Here Philadelphia Life Insurance Men Gather at Cleveland Springs This Week. i Tile annual convention of the Plico ! dub of the Carolinas is in session this ! week at Cleveland Springs hotel here. The I’lico club is composed of out : standing agents in the two states of i the Philadelphia Life Insurance com* j pany and those in attendance number about 3.5 or 40. The convention open ed Monday afternoon and will extend j through Wednesday morning. <!n Monday Afternoon. At tlie opening luncheon Monday afternoon the invocation was by Rev. Caleb Hoyle, local member of the club. At the informal gathering the address of welcome was by I). Z. Newton and response by Mr. Halsey B. Leavitt, of Asheville. This was j followed by a business session and | the address cf the club president. Mr. B. S, Williams, of Greenville, S, C. Features of the Monday evening ses sion were addresses by Mr. Clifton Maloney of Philadelphia, president of the association, and Mr. Jackson Ma loney. At the Tuesday morning session there will be short talks by the fol lowing Plicos: D. K. Edmondson, Dan ville, Pa.; A. A. Edgeworth, Monroe; Malcolm McQueen, Fayetteville; Sam II. Lee, Monroe; Dr. Wm. K. Mitchell, Shelby. The brief talks, according to j the program, will be followed by ad | dresses by AYM. Hopkins of Philadei ! phia: W. B. Brown, of Philadelphia; I C. C. Sanders, of Union, S. C : Rev. Caleb Hoyle, Shelby; W. M. Gordon Monroe; M. D. Chase, Greenville; C. Y. Coley, Rockingham. In the after noon there will be short talks by Pli cos Peter McQueen, Fayetteville; I. I>. Elmore, Sumter, S. C.; M. R. Spige ner. Columbia, S. C.; John H. Allen, Elkin. O. Max Gardner of Shelby, Jackson Maloney, of Philadelphia, and Dr. J. ■V. McCougan, of Fayetteville will make addresses at ^he meeting Tues ' clay evening. Wednesday morning’s session will consist of a business meeting, distri bution of prizes, election of officers, appointment of committees and the selection of the next meeting place, following which the convention ' wifi adjourn. GIRL BUT TRIES 1BTRER ESCAPE Two Rrys, Made For Jail Doors, Found in Possession of Bonnie Suthers. Second Attempt. Cleveland county’s first bobbed haired bandit apparently does not like the new county jail. Officers on Fri day frustrated the second attempt of Bonnie Suthers, young woman charg ed with the larceny of a big Shelby taxi automobile and other cars, to es cape the jail. Keys Jf'd in Washing Powders. For some time Sheriff Logan has boon suspicious of the actions going on in the woman’s quarters and on Fri day he made an investigation, which revealed two big hand-made brass keys in the possession of the Suthers woman. The two keys, which were for the two doors leading from the woman’s quarters into the free-hall, were found hidden together with a broken file in the bottom of a box of Gold Dust washing powders. The keys however, had not reached the stage where they would unlock the big doors, but for the sake of precaution the seven female prisoners were re- \ moved from the first to the third floor of the jail. Suspicion was first! aroused when one of the doors failed j to lock and it seemed as if someone j had been tampering with it. Where ! the keys came from is another matter, j Although tiie Suthers woman had the file in her possession there is still | some doubt that she had shaped the brass keys. I One of the seven prisoners moved with the bobbed-hair bandit to the I third floor was her sister, Dorothy' Townsend, who was connected with the first attempted escape of her sis-I ter. Some time back Dorothy was nab- | bed in the act of giving hacksaws to her sister, who had been in the jail | for several weeks. The result of the j frustrated escape then was the jail- j ing of Dorothy. PLEASANT GROVE REACHES Sl'NOAY SCHOOL STANDARD Pleasant Grove Baptist church ; Sunday school at Beams Mill has reached the required standard set by j the Sunday school board and has made I application this week for recognition as an A-l standard school. Kev. G. P. j Abernethy is pastor of the Pleasant j Grove church us vs ell as three oihe* large rural churches and now every one of his lour buuda school. i -t - A /-l i-Oi __ Atkins, of (lastnnia Elected Presi dent and Weathers, of Shell*), Named Vice-President. Asheville, July in. With the adop tion of a brief resolution- pledging “sympathetic support and co-opera tion" to Governor A. W. McLean, the North Carolina Press association shortly after 1 o'clock this afternoon adjourned its annual con vet.(ion, which opened here V\ odnensduy night The resolution was offered by Con gressman \V. <’. Hammer, of Ash boro, just a the convention was about to adjourn it final session, and was adopted without discussion. 1: was very brief, and simply cited that the association had heard Governor McLean outline and explain the poli cies of his adnirni.vtraticn; then con cluded with the pledge of "sympa thetic support and co-operation.” Prior to adjournment, the associa tion elected officers and an execu tive comniKt h- for the ensuing year, j sind received invitations from Blow njr Hock and New Bern for the next | annual Convention. Selections of the j place and time for the next eonveti j tion, however, was left with the ex • ct tive committee. Weathers is Vice-President. James W Atkins, publisher of the [Gastonia Gazette, was elected presi dent, succeeding II. Galt Braxton, editor of The Kinston Free Press. Lee 1>. \\ eathers, editor of The Shelby Star, was elected vice-president; Miss Beatrice Cobb, editor of The Morgan ton News-Herald, was re-elected sec retary arid treasurer, and M. L. Ship I man, of Raleigh, again was elected : historian. : J. I.. Horne, of Reeky Mount, first | was placed in nomination for pres ident by J. F. Hurley, .of Salisbury, i E- B. Jeffries, of Greensboro, was al so placed }i) nomination, but stated that he could not serve, owing to the tact that he is mayor of Greensboro. ' " hereupon Mr. Atkins was placed in nomination by J. A. Parham, and up on Mr. Horne’s Insistence, Mr. Hur ley withdrew his nomination, leaving only the Gftstonia man in the race. He was elected by acclamation. The executive committee elected is composed of J. B. Sherrill, Concord Tribune; C. A. Webb, Asheville Citi zen; If. Galt Braxton. Kinston;1 J. A. Parham, Charlotte Observer, and Frank Smethurst, Raleigh News and Observer. In accordance with a pre vious change in the by-laws only one vice president was elected, and the selection of annual orator and poet was-left to the executive committee. Aside from the election of officers and executive committee, the main feature of the final day's session was a’ round table discussion of matters and problems relating to various phases of ne wspaper publishing, ad vertsing, editorial, circulation and mechanical. LOCAL STUDENT TAKES A PROMINENT PART IN PLAY Miss Kathleen Davis, of Shelby, took a prominent part in a play “Horn* Ties”, given by the Columbian Liter ary society at the Cullowhee summer school Tuesday evening. Miss Davis represe nted the character of Mrs. Pop lin, “a widow with a pension and ‘symptoms'." The part was well taken and was immensely popular with the audience. A fitting climax was reach ed when Mrs. Poplin re-married; this time it was old Josiah Tizzard, an urn brella mender, to whom she trans ferred her ‘‘symptoms." Miss Davis is a popular member of the summer school. Mr. Nichols Buried At New Hope Church Mr. Howard Nichols son of Mr. W. R. Nichols died in the Shelby hospital Thursday morning at 1 o’clock follow, ing an illness with diabetes. Mr. Nichols has been suffering with this dreaded disease for some time but had made no complaint until three weeks ago. The day before his death he was brought to the hospital but was too far gone for medical attention to save him. He was 16 years and eight months old, anvost popular and es, teemed young man of the Earl com munity. He was a constant attendant at Sunday school, of quiet disposition and noble Christian character. The funeral was conducted Friday morning at 11 o’clock at New Hope by his pastor Rev. G. P. Abernethy amid a large crowd of sorrowing friends. SEVERAL REVIVAL MEETINGS IN COUNTY ARE AHEAD This is the season for revival meet ings. When Rev. H. E. Waldrop was seen on -the street yesterday morning he reported that he and Rev. D. G. Washburn begin a revival at Union the third Sunday in July. On the 4th Sunday in July Mr. Waldrop begins a meeting at Buftalo. one at fto»s Grove on the first Sunday in August; at Eluane t. rh: • •> Sno i i in An. Corn Climbs Three Inches in 48 Hours I lii’ drought t hat remained un broken for n time < 1 i< 1 not carry full weight in all sections of the county, or at least report; from No. Ii Town ship have it otherwise. Mr. K. I,. Metcalf, who farms the S- A. Kllis place, reports that b\ a tual measure hie has one* tract of corn near Broad river where the stalks have climbed three inches in 18 hours. Since cotton choppim; season Mr. Metcalf says their reason has lua n very (rood and with fine rains last week all the crops are-in I'ipe shape, especially the eott >n. I'reddenl Newton and Max Washburn Entertain Other Members With Review of St. Paul Trip, At the meeting last week of the Xhelby Kiwanis club President J. C. ■Newton and Max Washburn .local del (’Kates to the convention»of Kiwanis International, reviewed their trip, the convention and high lights of their tour. No formal program or business session was held. Mr. Washburn spoke briefly upon the educational advantages of such a tour, the insight to be received of the real Kiwanis spirit with ttie urge that more Shelby Kiwanians attend tiie big conventions of the world-wide organization. Mr. Newton in bis talk covered the main features of the trip and convention and with his vivid description thoroughly entertained those present with hist account. Leav ing Asheville, President Newton, de scribed the rail trip through Kentucky to Cincinnati and over the Big Four through Indiana and Wisconsin to St. Paul and Minneapolis, the twin cities. The Carolina delegation xvas lodged, he said, in Minneapolis, 12 miles from the convention hall, and the delegates were thus given a good opportunity to see a considerable portion of both towns. Playgrounds and Parks. If any impression ' remained upon the mind of the president of the Shel by' club it must have been the multi tude of parks and playgrounds notic ed in the cities visited on the trip. “St. Paul and Minneapolis,“ he said, "boast of a jiark and playground for every square mile of territory.'* While at St. Paul the Kiwanians vis ited Lake Minnehaha and Minnehaha Falls, immortalized by Longfellow. At the falls, he stated, there is a stature of Hiawatha carrying in his arms Minnehaha, and the scenery in the region is hardly ex celled anywhere in the entire country. Following a short discussion of the speeches made at the convention Mr^, Newton told of the trip to Duluth, the' Minnesota city that overlooks Lake Superior. Duluth in addition to being the longest city in America—25 miles along the lake front—claims to be in America’s largest county, 150 miles long and 75 miles wide. From Duluth the party passed on to Port Arthur and Fort William in Canada, Sania, Canada and from there to Windsor, Canada, where the delegates dined with the Kiwanis and Rotary clubs o* that city. From Windsor the party journeyed across to Detroit and visit ed tlie big Ford plant that covers 375 acres, and then back to to Windsor and by rail to the beautiful and awe inspiring Niagara Falls. The return trip was by way of Buffalo and Wash ington. Elizabeth Church To Build S. S. Rooms Upon the recommendation of the deacons of the Elizabeth Baptist church, the congregation in church conference on Sunday last voted to add 20 class rooms for the Sunday school department. A committee will be appointed at an early date to sub mit plans and suggestions tor the building program. Rev. H. E. Wal. drop is the popular pastor and thinks that 20 rooms will be necessary and that these can be provided at a cost ol $5,000. Elizabeth is a growing church ir. one of the finest communities in oui county. House Burned At Boiling Springs The large ohe-story cottage of Mrs Janies Pruett at Roiling Springs was destro.ved by lire iasc Saturday aft ernoon. Tne i ire is supposed to Have started by a spark- tailing on tne roof. It is understood that ail house 1 l and kitchen furniture were destroyed and that only $1,000 insurance ort the' .. nrif* .if pcr< v tf c-.iii*!6 Church Gives Him .ill Days Pay ami Passes Resolution Commending Him For Splendid Work. U<‘v. R. I„ Lemons, D.D., popular pastor of the First Baptist church of Shelby for the past two and a half years, tendered his resignation Sun* dnv morning to take effect August 1st, announcing his intention of re. turning to his native state of Mis souri in order to he closer to Mrs. Lemon1- aged mother, who requires the attention of her children. Since the death of Mrs. Lemons’ father in Shel by during the winter, I)r. Lemons has (•it a duty to resign and return to hi native state to look after the aged mother of Mr Lemons but his daugh ter Miss Ruth Was here in high school and it was thought unwise to interrupt her school work. Dr. Lemons came to Shelby from Salisbury and during his work hero the church has shown wonderful growth in membership. The Sunday school work has also taken on renew ed vigor and the attendance has at times reached the 600 mark. Dr. Lemons has proved a faithful and tire less worker, a most affable and like, able Christian gentleman. Appropri ate resolutions offered by Mr. J. R. Quinn commending him for his cor. diality, his faithfulness and his splr. duality were offered at the congre, national meeting Sunday morning and unanimously adopted. Dr. Lemons and his family will leave Shelby Monday morning for Missouri where he will supply for awhile. He preaches the fourth Sun. day in a large St. Louis church then goes to he near Mrs. Lemons aged mother. Dr. Lemons has not had the custom ry vacation of 30 days allow ed pastors and the resolution offered by Mr. Quinn and adopted unanimous,, ly by the church calls for the rosig, nation to take effect September 1st, a month later than asked, with a month’s pay. Dr. Lemons will preach his fare, well sermon next Sunday morning. No steps have been taken by the church toward securing a successor, but a pul pit committee will no doubt be ap pointed by the church at an early date. Former Register Of Deeds Buried Here Mr. John Durham, age 79, register of deeds of Cleveland county for ten or 12 years in his younger life, died Saturday night at 3:30 at Dallas, where he had been living for many years. Mr. Durham was at one time one of the county’s most prominent citizen* and was a man of unusual intelligence. The funeral wus copductc ed at the Dallas home Mondhy morn ing and the remains were brought to Shelby about noon Monday for in terment at Sunset cemetery. Mr. Dur ham is survived by I). D. Durham of Dallas; Mrs. O. F. Mason, of Gasto nia; Richard, Hughes, James, Mrs. fFred Robertson, Misses May, Mo dena and Helen Durham of Dullas. One brother, Mr. Joe Durham of At lanta, tiu., also survives. Wm. Blanton To Be Buried at Beaver Dam Mr. Win. A. Blanton, well known citizen living on S. LaFayette street died Monday morning at 4:25 o’clock following a protracted illness, the last few months of which time he has been confined to his bed. Mr. Blanton was 70 years of age on July 4th. Ho was born and reared in the Boiling Springs community, coming to Shelby about 18 years ago. He was married to Miss Frances Smith who survives with two children, Mrs. Miller Harris and Miss Selma Blanton. One aged sis ter, Mrs. Betty Jane Blanton firing at Cherryville also survives. The funeral will be conducted Tues day morning at 10 o’clock by Key, It. L. Lemons and the interment will bo at Beaver Dam Baptist church. Martin Martin Of Mooresboro Dead Mr, Martin Martin, prominent and influential citizen of Mooresboro died at his home at 5 o’clock Saturday following an illness of five years, most of which time he was confined to a rolling chair with paralysis. Mr. Mar tin was a successful merchant of Moore.-boro and one of that sections nu st esteemed citizens. He was 73 years of age and leaves surviving hia wife. The funeral was conducted Sun day by Rev. I. D. Harrill and the in terment was at Sandy Run Baptist church where he held his member ship. Explanation ot the great fortunes made in rubber: Americans yearning to be where they ain’t— Kjf Dorado Trihunp, M