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SHELBY’S POPULATION
1925 Census.8,854
Where Industry Joins With
Climate In A Call For You, ,
VOL- XXXIII, No. 87
“Covers Cleveland Completely.”
SHELBY, N. C. WEDNESDAY, OCT. 28, 1925. Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons. $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
Shelby Hospital Placed
In Class Of Standards
Because of Its Efficient
(Equipment in Care
for Patients, Is Ap
proved by Col
lege of Sur
geons
In the presence of a great inter
national congress of surgeons and
hospital people at Bellevue-Stratford
Hotel, Philadelphia, Monday, Frank
lin H. Martin, M. D. of Chicago, di- j
rector general of the American Col
lege of Surgeons, officially announced |
the list of approved hospitals up to j
October 1st and in this list appears j
the name of the Shelby Hospital. |
Friends of the local institution are :
gratified over the high recognition
which it merits after strict exami
nat on into its equipment, care of pa
tients and splendid staff of surgeons
and nurses.
Such an honor is sought by all hos
pitals, but many failed to reach this
class to which the Shelby .institu l ion
has attained. It is now recognized as
one of the best equipped institutions
in America for *118 size and the work
which it has been doing is winning
the attention of the medical profes
sion everywhere.
The list of standard hospitals is
the result of the eighth annual Hos
pital Standardization survey made by j
the American College of Surgeons, ]
including 2,380 hospitals and in pres-;
enting the report Dr. Martin said in j
part:
“This list of approved Hospitals is !
of general interest. The patient can j
more intelligently and more safely
choose a hospital and a doctor when
ill. The young woman with the noble
ambition to become a nurse is as
sisted in her selection of a training
school. The recent medical graduate
eager for more practical experience
seeks the approved hospital for his
intership. Federal, state, municipal I
and philanthropic organizations fre-1
quently consult this list in their se-;
lection of institutions when render- j
ing financial assistance. Already the j
American Railway Association has
urged their 14,000 surgeons to select;
for their patient so far as possible
hospitals approved by the American
College of Surgeons. The United
States Army, Navy, Veterans Bu
reau, Public Health Service, and Na
tional Homes for Disabled Volunteer
Soldiers share enthusiastically in this
program and the a oproved hospitals
of these groups appedr on the list to
day. The American College of Sur
geons appreciates the opportunity to
better hospitals of the United States
and Canada annual'y. Thin movement
liar now become pai tx>f .the social and
economic life of our people. The re
quirements are minimal and funda
mental. They are applicable to any
hospital regardless of size, type or
location. Any institution, ethical and
honest reaching the .standard is ac
ceptable. The public is therefore ask
ing why certain hospitals are not on
the list.”
The hospitals whose names appear
0:1 the approved list today are those
recognized as fulfilling the fundamen,
tal requirements for good service to
the patient, as assured through (a)
efficient staff organization; tbF ad
equate diagnostic and therapeutic fa
cilities; (e) trained personnel; (d)
complete ease records; (e) periodic
check-up or medical audit of the clin
ical work of the hospital.
h rom the 1925 survey of 2395 hos
pitals in the United States and Can
ada 1564 or 65.7 percentage meet ti e
requirements of Hospital Standardi
zation. In the State of North Carolina
49 hospitals surveyed 29 or
percentage have been accredited
and appear today on the approved list
f* announced by the American Col
lege of Surgeons.
FncST CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
I 0R CLEVELAND CO. CHURCHES
^ he first service of the new confer
ence year will be held at St. Paul Sun
nay morning, November 1st, at 11
n clock and at Bethlehem at 3 o’clock.
1(1 stewards, trustees, Sunday school
t(achers, and other officers of the
' lu,,ch are earnestly requested to be
present for the services Sunday. The
Pastor desires the presence pf every
member of the church. The public is
("idially invited to worship with us.
I he pastor wishes to express his
gratitude to the people of Cherryville
' 'cuit for their loyalty and fidelity
' anng the past conference year. Let
J,lln hands under God and go for*
'vaid to higher achievements than we
ave hitherto reached. We shall al
appreciate the presence of the
other churches at our serv
cs Especially do we extend an invl
,.lf>n to non-church members to wor
■ 'P wuth us from time to time. Gur
' Ul|P door is alway open.
*- 9 E. B. HOUSE)?.
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SHELBY 10 MEET
Local Highs Get Toughest Assign
ment in Section. Game Here Fri
day Afternon with Gastonia.
Two football games with more than
the usual interest are scheduled fcr
“Casey” Morris’ Shelby Highs for the
two coming Fridays. Both games are
with Pat Crawford’s Gastonia eleven.
The first to be played the coming Fri
day afternoon on the city park here
will not count in the state series. How
ever, the game on the following Fri
day with Gastohfa at Gastonia does fig
ure in the state series schedule.
The title series was arranged In
Charlotte Tuesday nieht at a meeting
attended by Coach Morris. A gam»
had already been scheduled with Gas
tonia for the comirtg Friday and sine-,
the first title game with the strong
Crawford squad does not come off for
another week it was decided to play
the game this Friday here.
Gastonia After Title.
Gastonia is being picked over the
state as one of the best bets for the
state championship and Morris’ boys
are naturally up against somethin*
plus something more in their first
game. With a young aiid inexperienced
eleven to start with the Shelby Highs
have not bden counted on strongly in
the state race and a number of those
now playing Will be unable to perform
in the series games according to a rul
ing by Rankin. Knowing that the Gas
tonia crew is labelled for state hon
ors quite a crowd of fans are expect
ed to take in the game here Friday
and the series game next Friday, with
the view of looking over an eleven of
championship calibre. Nevertheless,
ihe machine-like Gastonia squad is not
in for a play-day afternoon in either
fame with Shelby. Morris’ lightweight
little eleven realizes that it is playing
probable champions and intend to
give their all in battle.
The State Series
Asheville; Gastonia, Lenoir, Shel
by and Lattimore are classed in group
1'ou.r. Lenoir and Asheville meet at
Asheville this Friday, and Shelby and
Gastonia meet in the first series tilt at
Gastonia Friday of next week. Latti
more drew a bye for the first round.
In the second round Lattimore will
play the winner of the Lenoir-Ashe
ville contest either on November 3 or
sixth.
Lenoir, if it beats Asheville, will
meet either Shelby at Lenoir, or Gas
tonia at Hickory on November 13.
Shelby, if it beats Gastonia, will
meet either Lenoir or Asheville or Lat
timore on November 14, while Ashe
ville, if 'it wins its Jirst two games,
will play Gastonia or Shelby at Gas
tonia on November 13.
West Shelby News
Of Late Interest
Mrs. N. J. Willis, who has been ill
at the home of her son, Mr. < lem Wil
lis, on Blanton street, is reported im
proving.
Mrs. Ruby Thurman and little son,
Lesley, accompanied by her sister.
Miss Elizabeth Sweatman, of R-fi.
were visitors at the home of Mrs. Sid
ney Lee yesterday.
Mr. A. Wr. Heffner has affected a
realty deal whereby he becomes own
er of the new bungalow which was re
cently erected by Mr. .T. W7. Silver on
North Clegg street. Mr. Heffner is
moving his family and household
goods into the new house this week.
Rov. T. G. McAllister, pastor of the
Methodist Protestant church at Caro
! leen. spent a short while at th» home
of Mr. S. C. Tate yesterdav. He was
enroute to Charlotte where he was call
»d on bnsines . __
Jim Jones in Jail Without Rond for
Alleged Attack on 9-Year-old
White Girl Sunday.
Jim Jones, young white man of Shel
by, was remanded to the county jail,
following a hearing before Recorder
John P. Mull Tuesday morning, with
out bond to await a hearing next week
in Superior court on the charge or
criminally assaulting a 9-year-olo
white girl. The alleged assault is said
to have taken place Sunday afternoon
at a spring near the little girl’s home
in Flat Rock, a Shelby suburb. Jorics
denied the charge.
At the preliminary hearing the lit
tle girl took the stand and related the
alleged attack in detail to Solicitoi
Burrus and Judge Mull, identified
Jones, termed as a friend of the fam
ily. The little girl with her sister and
other children were playing at the
spring when Jones came along, she
told the court. Her testimony regard
ing the alleged assault was support
ed in part by the testimony of her
mother and Dr. G. M. Gold, physician
who examined her. However, her tes
timony was not to the effect that *’je
complete assault was committed, al
though the testimony of the physician
regarding bruises and injuries maue
such a possibility.
Jones is a familiar figure in re
corder’s, court, his name, it is said,
having been entered on the blotter
several times in connection with li
quor, and'vthe little girl in her testi
mony stated that he carried a bottle at
me time or tne alleged attack. Severs,*
weeks ago Jones up before the re
corder on a liquor charge told the
court that he was suffering witn a
dread veneral disease in advanced
stages, presumably with the idea ot
avoiding work on the gang.
The arrest was made by city offi
cers Monday and he was placed in
jail and given a hearing Tuesdaj
morning with only a small number ol
people being aware of what was tail
ing place.
Training School Under
Way at Buffalo Church
Congregation Is Pleased With The
Leadership of Pastor Rev. H. E.
Waldrop—P. M. Mauney Is
Superintendent
Special to The Star:
A training school for Sunday-school
workers is being conducted at Buffa
lo Baptist church this week.'The clas-«
meets each night at 7 o’clock, and
the Sunday School Manual is the text
ifook used.
" T'hd people of Buffalo are a loyal
band of Christians and are not sat
isfied with anything less than the
best in Sunday school work; as evi
denced by the splendid crowds at
tending the school each night.
Mr. P. M. Mauney Is the faithful
and efficient superintendent of the
Sunday school.
Rev. H. E. Waldrop, the be loved pas
tor is leading these good people in a
great way. Mr. Waldrop believes in
his Sunday schools, and realizes the
strength and importance of a good
Sunday school. He is vitally into
estea in training nis teacners as
shown by the work he is doing along1
this line. He has a school planned
for Ross Grove, another of his church
fine results from the school to be
fine results fro rnthe school to be
held in this good church.
; The Association field worker, A. V.
Washburn, has charge of these insti
tutes.
Urges Fall Sowing
Of Oats And Vetch
Every farmer in the county who
has not already sown two acres of
oats and vetch or some hay crop fei
each horse and cow on the farm should
plan to do so at once. Fall hay crops
can be sown profitably until the 15th
of November or later.
One of the best mixtures to sow- for
hay is 15 pounds of hairy vetch and
two bushels oats and one-third bushe.
of beardless wheat. The vetch should
be innoculated if it has not been
grown on the land previously. Innoeu
lation is furnished free by the govern
ment. One of the quickest and most
effective ways is to use one peck of
dirt taken from a field that grew
vetch vigorously last year and roll
the seed in this dirt after they have
been dipped in a solution of equal
parts water and molasses. The dirt
and seed should then be mixed with
the oats and wheat and drilled. %
Lets have an honest to goodness
live-at-home program for Cleevland
county this year and raise everything
we use that can be raised on the farm
for our food and feed.
Hairy vetch leads all other legumes,
in feeding value for livestock and fer
tilizing value for the land.
The following are tables showing
the food and fertilizing value <n jo*
Free-Hand
Politic ians ami jpb sotkern need
not oak for a hearing in the new
alignment of prohibition forces, says
Lincoln C. Andrew*, in charge of
prohibition enforcement. President
Coolidge has given notice that An
drews is to have u fr o hand in all
appointments. f
---L-—
Mule Is Worth
Less Than Dog
Gaffney. October 27.—A good
opossum do* is worth $10 more
than a young mul* in Cherokee
County, according to a sign dis* '
played by a trader on the horse I
swappers’ lot here.
The sign read:
“Good ’possum dog $"*0; 3-year
old mule, *10.”
Charlotte, Get. 27.-je»Xfee only imme
diate result of the rains in this sec
tion and particularly along the head- j
waters of the Catawba river, with re
ference to more water for hydro-elec
tric power, will be prevented the im
mediate extension of the curtailment
of two and a half days to three days,
according to Southern Power company
officials.
The rains, while rather general
throughout this section of the state,
are thought to have tyeen heavier in
this county and close around it than
in the watershed of the Catawba, it'
wa* said, following a survey of condi-!
tions yesterday.
Surveys of Friday at 10 o’clock and j
yesterday morning about the same:
hour show no appreciable difference j
in the water' supply, the principal:
ground for encouragement being tiiat;
there was no loss irr water head at the !
several bodies along the river and the
further belief that the ground was
fairly well saturated with the rains
of the past few' days, so that if there
should be another good rain scon,
most of the water would be surplus
and would find its way into the
streams.
The comparative records of the
larger bodies of water along the
river show that, despite the halt of
operations for Sunday, the gain in j
head was even a loss shown in the1
Great Falls dam from Friday to Mon-1
day due to a continued operation <f|
that plant over Sunday, the report
showed.
Mountain Island showed the largest
gain in the three days, water having j
been three feet higher yesterday than <
on Friday. However, the water is still
10 feet from the top of the dam it
was said. At the Wateree dam the wa
ter gained half a foot, and was 15 feet
from the top.
Only Slight Gain.
At the Bridgewater reservoir, where
the gain was only three-tenths of »
foot, the water is 50 feet below the
dam. Several hard rains wiM be re
quired before this huge reservoir will
take on anything like its normal ap
pearance and supply of water.
The curtailment program or two and
a half days for all industries, except
those that from their nature must
continue, such as iee plants, which
has been in operation for severe I
weeks because of the low water, will
have to continue until more rain falls
and gives more head in the ponds, of
ficials of the company said last night.
It is possible that the rains of the
east two or three days v/ill prevent
the extension of the curtailment to
three days, certainly for the immedi
ate future, it was stated.
This section is believed to have re
ceived something of the edge of the
storm that passed over Alabama and
other states further south. Wind wt*
high early Sunday morning, blowing
limbs of trees and even uprooting one
of the large trees on the playground
of the South graded school. Trees and
limbs in woods beyond the i'iiiid i*c
,|l>l • t: i * t‘v_ . Jt' ' !i. i<* •*..
91 In Senior
Class At High
">6 GGirls ant! 35 Boy* in Graduating
Class That Establishes Record.
Honor Roll Numbers 59.
A report issued from the office of 1.
C. Griffin, superintendent of the city
schools, shows that there are 91 pu
pils enrolled in the senior class this
year, which offers a representative
idea of the increasing school enroll
ment. Of the number 56 are girls and
35 boys.
The honor roll in the high deport
ment of the city schools for the open
ing month reveal that a total of 59
students attained the honor, 49 of
whom were girls. The second division
of the 11th grade led with 12 on the
coll, while the second section of the
eighth grade ranked next with 11. The
roll by grades follows:
Grade 8-1: Alex Gee, Robert Gid
ney, Mary Sue Borders, .Mary' Frances
Carpenter, Minna LeGrand, Mae El
len McBrayer, Elizabeth Riviere, Mary
Reeves Forney.
Grade 8-2; Oakland Morrison, Lula
Agnes Arey, Lola Cook, Sara Dellin
ger, Virginia Hunt, Dorothy King, Ada
Laughridge, Ruth Laughridge, Mudge
Putnam, Alice Sanders, Marguiet
Vanstory.
Grade 8-3: Mildred Parker.
Grade 9-1: Lucilc Bridges, Selma
Branton, Horna Kate Bridges, Heien
James, Minnie King, Sara Richbourg.
Grade 9-2: Huitt Dellinger, Billy
McKnight, Lallage Shull, Martha Esk
ridge, Melva Hamrick.
uimie i’-o; j.vv nuy la-uioiu, L>on
eta Browning Edna Earle Lee.
Grade 10-1: Margaret Blanton, Kath
leen Herd, Charlie Mae Laughridge,
Montrose Mull, Jennie Lee Packard,
Maude Rollins, Mary Switzer, Lee
Wray.
Grade 10-2: Madge Sperling, Jack
McGinnis.
Grade 10-3: Daniel Troutman, No
vella White.
Grade 11-1: Mildred Ramsey.
Grade 11-2: Jennie Mae Callahan,
Blanche Dudley, Ruth Gladden, Kate
Grigg, Virginia Hoey, Lucile More
head, Dorothy McKnight, Olive Sin
gleton,' Elizabeth SpangXer, ’Ltita
Moore Suttle, Hervey Nichols, Char
lotte Tedder.
The Senior Claas.
The present senior class roll with
its 01 pupils shows that the local
high school is a drawing card over the
section, many of the students conung
from homes outside the direct city
territory. The class roll following,
boys and girls separate, gives the ad
dress of students not living in Shelby:
Maragret Leauna Allen, Shelby R-7;
Ruth Arrowood;; Mattie Suo Allen,
Shelby R-7.
Bemicu Borders, Shelby R-l; l>en
riis Byers, Shelby R-7; Edna Blanton,
Shelby R-6; Gussie Ray Beam, Shel
by R-7.
Rebecca Adelaide Cabaniss; Frances
Louise Caldwell; Selma Cabaniss, Shel
by R-7; Jennie Mae Callahan; Mattie
Brown Crowder; Myrtle Crawford;
Vetus Costner, Shelby R-6.
Ruth Dedmon; Katherine Dover;
Blanche Dudley; Lallage Eni Dover,
Ola Mae Divine, Shelby R-8.
Attie Mae Eskridge.
Frances Farmer; Hesnia FaudeL
Ruth Gladden, Shelby R. F. D.; Mar
garet Love Lardner; Kate Grigg.
Virginia Hoey, Viola Helms, Wray
Hoyle, Shelby R-6; Leola Hoyle, Lawn
dale R-2; Lois Mayhew Hudson.
Emily Harriet Logan; Louise Clara
Ledford.
Mary Lucile Morehead, Earl; Dor
othy McKnight; Madge Mauney, Shel
by R-6; Elizabeth Pearl Morris, Kings
Mountain R-2; Agatha Pearl Morton;
Frances McMurry.
Grace Putnam.
Mildred Ramsey; Mary Roberts;
Louise Roberts. Patterson Springs.
Mattie Short, Clara Jane Sperling;
Grace Surratt, Earl; Susan Isabella
Sellers; Mary Elizabeth Spangler;
Olive Margaret Singleton; Mary Sut
tle; Lula Moore Suttle.
Charlote Tedder.
Alice Gano Wilson; Margaret Cath
erine Wilson; Margaret Williams;
Lilly Webber.
Heyward Austell, Earl; Carl An
thony, Kings Mountain R-2.
Joseph Kennon Blanton; William
Herbert Blanton.
Raymond Carroll.
Henry Wesley Davis.
Vernon Glenn Grigg, Austell James
Graham.
Roland Hamrick: Corbett HamrirV,
William Hughes; William Harris; Al
ton Hopner: Jack Hoyle, Max Chivus
Hovle, Shelby R-6.
Bloomfield Kendall, Whitelaw Ken
dall.
Charles Thomas Lattimore: Thomas
Henry- Lucas. John Flav Ledford.
Hunter McSwain: Ir»ne McKinney.
,T Harvev Niehols. Earl.
William Putnam, Shelby R-7; Petl
er. Melvin.
T ouis Carroll Roberts.
Harding Thomasson, Blacksburg, S
C., R-l: Julian Thompson; Claude
Hoke Thompson.
Jessie Wiggins, Shelby R-l; John
Piiii >Vii .in K-j S1 evc Wcji
Almost One Dozen Diforce Cases
Docketed For Term Nest Week.
Civil Case Docket
Sessions of Cleveland county Super
ior court of late months are handling
quite a number of divorce cases. The
\ last sec;ion disposed of a dozen or
! more such cases and 11 are docket
ed for next week.
Alimony, unknown to local courts
heretofore in the memory of barris
ters, will make its entrance next week
in the case of Sims vs. Sims, which
comes here from Kings Mountain. The
case it is said calls for alimony, but
not divffrce.
The criminal docket so far does net
contain any cases of major interest
other than the Jim Jones assault
charge which was passed up from re
corder's court this week. There are
quite a number of interesting cases
in addition to divorces on the civil
calendar, which follows:
Wednesday, Nov. Ith.
Foster vs. Foster.
'Hoyle vs. Willis.
Williamson vs. Williamson.
Braton vs. Braton—judgment.
Jimerson vs. Jimerson.
Plonk vs. Stennes Bros.
Mark vs. Anton.
I hursday, Nov. 5th.
Will of Ellen P. Ellis.
Finance Co., vs. Goforth.
Harrill vs. Harrill.
Borders vs. Steward.
Ward vs. Jackson.
Berry vs. Berry.
Friday, Nov. 6th.
J. W. Lucas vs. Mooresboro Cotton
Oil Co.
W. C. Edwards vs. C. C. Martin.
Hoffman vs. G. W. DePriest.
Hawkins vs. Brackett.
Norwood vs. Norwood.
Smith vs. Smith.
Monday Nov. #th.
Finger vs. S. A. L. Ry, Co.
Finger vs. S. A. L. Ry. Co.
Wood Preserving Co., vs. Welch.
West vs. Bessemer City Furni. Co.
Clem Whitworth vs. Lula Whit
worth.
H. W. Whitworth vs. Lcola Whit
worth.
Brown vs. Brown.
Horn vs. Horn.
Tuesday, Nov. 10th.
Frances vs. Mooresboro Cotfon Oil
Co.
Ryburn vs Cline.
Empire Sales Co., vs. Southern Met
al Works.
Scott vs. McCraw and Hester.
United Business Service vs. Harry.
Kelly and Towery vs. Monroe Wil
lis.
Blanton vs. Blanton. •,**,
Wednesday, Nov. 11th.
Bost’s Bakery vs. S. A. L. Ry.
Lowrance vs. H. P. Hosiery mill.
Lingerfelt vs. Lingerfelt.
Hambright vs. Hullender.
Cothran vs. Ora Mill Co.
Sinis vs. Sims.
Thursday, November 12th.
Carpenter vs. Biggers. ¥
Watts vs. Biggers.
Goodrick vs. Whitehead.
Peeler vs. Peeler.
Roberson vs. Roberson.
Friday, nuifniwr urn.
Jewelry Co. vs. Morrison.
Short vs. Vandyke.
Ramsey vs. Green.
Ramsey vs. Green.
Vass admx. vs. Southern Railway
company.
McGinnis vs. Southern Railway Co.
Thrower vs. Hunt and Crowder.
A. E. Gregory vs. Stowe Bros.
Bank vs. Spake.
McCall Co., vs. Bertha Hamrick Co.
Huge Endowment
Doubled By Will
Charlotte, Oct. 28.—The $40,000,000
Duke endowment, created by the late
James B. Duke last December, will be
doubled under provTsions of the will of
the deceased, it was disclosed by the
executors of the estate at a meeting
of the trustees of the endowment held
in New York yesterday. The informa
tion was received in Charlotte from
members of the board of trustees of
the endowment in New York, and
given nation wide circulation over the
wires of the Associated Press last
night.
Thirtv million dollars of the addi
tional $40,000,000 becomes available
immediately, with at least $y0,000,
000 to be added later, making $80.
000.000 which will be ultimately avail
able for educational, humanitarian and
religious purposes in North Carolina
and South Carolina, including hospit
alization work, care of orphans and
support of aged Methodist ministers.
son! Clarence Wright; Marshal
'Vr'ght Presrit-'
York Citizen
Dropped Dead
Here Tuesday
Alex Childers, well known merchant
of upper South Carolina, dropped dead
here yesterday afternoon about 4
o’clock just as he started to step in
his automobile parked near the jitney
space at the edge of the court square
in the business district.
Childers, who formerly operated a
store at York, Kingstree and Pied
mont Springs in South Carolina, had
spent the day in this county in con
nection with business regarding the
sale of his South Carolina properly.
He was accompanied here by Mr. John
Martin of Piedmont Springs, with
whom he had been living, and the two
had taken dinner at the home of Mr,
Fletcher McMurry in the county, it
is said.
They came to Shelby in the after
noon in Mr. Childers’ Ford coupe and
parked at the northwest curb of the
court square. Mr. Childers in getting
ready to leave started to open the d jo*
of the coupe to step in when pas
sers-by noticed him fall to the street,
his car keys flying out of his hand.
He died almost instantly and before
physicians arrived. Mr. Martin, who
accompanied him, stated that Childers
was not known to be suffering with
anything and that he had never heard
him complain. His body accompanied
by Mr. Martin was taken to Piedmont
Springs late Tuesday afternoon and
interment will be at Canaan church
there.
Mr. Childers, who was 65 years of
age, was known to hundreds of up
per South Carolina people end since
, selling his store ffad (been living with
Mr. Martin at Piedmont Springs. He
is survived by a wife and no chil
dren, and has no brothers or sistera
living.
The sudden death in the business
district attracted quite a crowd and
traffic around the corner was momen
tarily slowed op. Childers frtd vfeited
this county on business several times
and was known by a number of peo
ple here, and was recognized by them
before his identity was definitely
learned.
■
Judge Webb Meant No
Disrespect of Court
I Greensboro, Oct. 26.—Judge lsi.
Yates Webb, of Shelby, of the United
States district cqurt of Western North
Carolina today entered a plea of nolo
contendere in the court of Justice of
the Peace Oris W. Duke, in connection
with the charges instituted against
him by deputy Sheriff Frank McAdoo
charging the ^judgf^wttfch. haying - ex
ceeded the speedlimit in his automo
bile in this county a short time ago.
He was fined $10 and the costs.
The plea for Judge Webb was en
tered by Judge A. Wayland Cook, and
R. L. Blalock, clerk of the United
States court duties. Judge Webb said
that the reason he had not settled tho
matter before was due to the fact that
he had been in a hospital and had not
been furnished with mail and he as
sured Justice Duke “I meant no dis
respect for your court.”
Funeral of Jones
Held at Camp Creek
Relatives and friends estimated to
number from 1,200 to 1,500 attended
funeral services conducted Sunday
afternoon at Camp’s Creek Baptist
church for Columbus Jones, SvelU
known citizen of Gaffney, route 2,
who died early Sunday morning: fol
lowing a brief illness, says the Gaff
ney Ledger. The Rev. W. B. Jenkins,
of Avondale, conducted the services.
Six grandsons of Mr. Jones served as
pall bearers. The burtal was conduct
ed by the Masonic lodge of Moores
boro, of which Mr. Jones was a mem
ber, with P. S. Courtney, Gaffney fun
eral director, in charge. Mr. Jones*
home was in No. 2 township of Cleve
land county, but he was well and
favorably known to many Gaffney
and Cherokee county people. He was
77 years old.
He leaves the following children:
Mrs. Nora McCraw arid Mrs. Lucy
McCraw, of Gaffney, route 2; Mrs.
Blanche Horton, Boiling Springs, Gil
bert. Wade and Grady Jones, of Cher
okee county. He is also survived by
two brothers, J. J. Jones of Gaffney,
route 9, and W. A. Jones, of Cliffside.
FIRST LYCEUM PROGRAM
AT SCHOOL THURSDAY EVE
The first lyceum program of the
season will be held Thursday evening
at 8 o’clock at the Central schocl
auditorium. The number is by Loseff’s
Russian Orchestral quartet in native
costume and a good attendance is ex
ner-te't