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IF IT’S NEWS, IT’S IN THE STAR ■'I RELIABLE HOME TAPER Of Shelby And The State’s Fertile Fanning. Section. Modern Job Department, 1 " ■ ■ ■ ,j VOL. XXXIV, No. 1G “Covers Cleveland Completely.” * SHELBY’S POPULATION 1925 Census_8,854 Where Industry Joins With Climate In A Call For You, . -. ■ ■» SHELBY, N. C. FRIDAY, FEB. 5, 1926. Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons ( By mail, per year (in advance) $2.50* ( By carrier, per year (in advance) $3.00 KUcT UUNIbST uH AT HIGH SCHOOL Till Music and Student Oratory, Feature of the Entertainment. Ten. Contestants Entered. The Hoey Oratorical contest, the annual event in Cleveland county edu cational circles, that brings the stu dents up on their toes, is slated to he 1 eld tonight at the Shelby High sehodi auditorium. Some timely and inter esting orations are promised. J. C. Newton, county sup'rintendert of schools, will be in charge of tin program, which will include musical numbers, interspersed with the speak ing. Ten contestants for oratorical hon ors are entered for the contest, com ing from widely dispersed points (f the county. From Boiling Springs will conn two. C. M. Rollins, whose subject will be “The Needs of Today,” and Arnold Kincaid, who will declaim on the topic “There is a God.” Shelby High school speakers arc Louis Roberts who has for his sub ject “War’s Aftermath" and William Hughes whose subject is “America”. Waco will send two, J. H. H url, wno has announced “Grasping Life’s Opportunities,” as his subject, an l Boyd Canipe, who will discuss “Tie Forgotten Life, and State’s -Progress" From Piedmont will come Charles Forney with a discourse on “Glimati csl Progress Has Inventive Ge n -.” and Claude Hallman With a thesis, “The Call of Beauty.” Lamar Rhyne and William Mason will represent Kings Mountain, hilt their subjects have not been announc ed to the contest authorities. The program will start at 7:'30 o’clock. Knbicd Animals Reported at Large at Dover Mill, Lawndale anti at Points in Lincoln County. A mad clog scare once again loan.; r" cn the Cleveland county horizon. Mad dogs are reported at large \r. Several sections adjacent to Sheibv. Doctor Dorton told The Star Thurs day that the fact was reported to him a rabies’ crazed animal was at large in the Lawr.dale section, where he was informed it had bitten every gv.d dog in the town. Another case was reported to !>oc •'>r Dorton from the Dover mill sec tion. “I am also told by two men from Lincoln county,” the veterinarian went on. “that there is a 'serious 'outbreak of rabies in that vicinity.” It has been two years now—two years this spring—since Cleve’an 1 county had its latest mad dog scare. During that period of stress and an X’ctv, several children in and around Shelby were bitten, and two or three grown persons. One child, resident in the Zoor church section, lost his life as a re sult of a mad dog bite, dy.ng in awful agony of rabies. “What would you recommend to check the spread of the disease . Dr. Dorton was asked. “I would recommend,” he replied, “that owners of dogs keep them hous ed for the next 60 or 90 days. Th: is a serious threat, one of the most ous, and if dog owners do not think r rough of their pets to protect the n from being bitten, and enough of so ciety to use all such prec-autiorar.> measures, the time will surely com.* when all dogs will be exterminated. ’ Name “Shelby” On The Eskridge Roof To Guide Aviators The city of Shelby, after a manner of speaking, will turn its eyes to t e sky in a few days, and prepare to flirt with the coming aviators. The Ford Motor Company, through Edscl Ford, who is mainly interr - ed in the aviation unit of he nig concern, lias requested Mr. 1 hat les Eskridge, local Ford de- let s to cm b'azen upon the roof of the lyi. Kl'-r building here the name of Shelny. and an arrow pointing north. Mr. Ford has made a similar re quest, it is said, of every Ford do: - er in the United States. t> the e yi ♦ hat the sky pilots .nailing the ♦•'♦ lanes may be guide.I by these mot. posts, as it were. o 4 Mr. Eskridge said Tbyrsmiy thn. h« has contracted to have the N done, and that it will be started at once. Long ago, placing the property in the wife’s name was a precaution. As we understand Chile and 1 eru the first step in arbitration is to yen' tire other tellov , Startling Industrial And Business Growth Revealed _ Textile Milla Employ 2,000 People And Have! 72,500 Spindles. 9,125 Cars Freight Received. Wholesale Grocers Do 2\ Million. Milling And Cigar Center. S'ar; lin ; f:i (s a , Shelby's paenoni'iir.I growth were rev« ?.l ^ il: '■•'Atp-cic:.t ■;! at the in tr. tf iy flight met'!in ; of t'ie Kiwi! s dub with John F. .Mc. K-niifJ*!. pnmin-ut wholesale groccryman in charge of the pro ) . i.jvin,r m the midst of ■ >•< knowing iiltle of the outstanding facts «f the tin of Sp ins; , th> Kiwan’ans were surpri'-ed t > Icurn that the sev yM1 ho esaie grr- -cry hou e< in Soell.y do a total husiress of to > and a :|tn>rlcr million do le.it. that the textile mills here have 72,S00 spindles, 1 667 looms, ..a-e a ra; roP cf near a million and a half dollars annually and ihnt th ■ c ;timateJ repacement c<-t of the local textile ph'nts "oal l !). four and a half million dollars; that the d’iry products *1 t io courty last year amount ed t< feOO.OOO; that (he Kex Ci company c, strebutps cig'trs o:i which the rmme Shelby ap P-rs on ivt.i box in ."6 states • a t of tlie Rocky Moun'ains; hat Iftross receipts at both the S, aboard and Southern d-pots I." .: year were SI.186,229 88; that there are non over, 1.100 telephones in Shelby and that the c pry- - ceipts last year were ST8.U7.31; that the Eagle Itn hr Mid manufactured .77.902 bar r.ds of fi'>ur last year valued at S6'I8 '2.1.13; that the total bank dope i;,s cf th? three Shelby bank' :n Stations amount to nearly four a-d half million dol lars; that the four building and loan associations have loaned more than two million dollars toward building homes. Vi ill Distribute Facts d ■ ' i’H many other eye-open intr s'ctenienfs were made, the pur nose being to better acquaint the P' >i'.l c ’ t! is section with Shelby’s bur'"c and industrial strength and at • rn;n'< time {father •• information whir’ will be complied, printed in thousands of booklets for distributino •n the- and other states in order to take t'h? message to ethers in the hope that they too might become in terested and cast their lot here. The time .was limited to 30 minutes but every minute was brought with a startling fact that had been carefully and accurately gathered by one in touch with his subject. Josh Lr.ttimore gave the total de posits of the Shelby banks v.h ch reach $1,380,000, these banks having • outstanding .capital stock of $475,000. He 1- ailed the phenominal growth of 15 years when Shelby banks quickened their stride and stepped up front 3406,000 deposits to over four millions. Shelby is a home-owning town and he four live building and loan as sociation have contributed to th,s outstanding - record. Through these four strong institutions, a large ma jority of the homes in Shelby have been' built or have received financial aid in building through the buddim and loans and today these institutions have outstanding loans of two mil lion dollars, according to J. F. Rob erts; The seven wholesale grocery estab li 'nutate do a total, business of two ; nd a quarter million dollars, accord ing to ( . S. Young of the A. Blan ton Grocery Co. So well are these wholesalers serving the retailers in this territory, the outsiders find it difficult to find a market here. The retail merchants were declared to be the best in any county in North Carolina and their reputation for promptness in setljlment of accounts i. of outstanding record. Shelby in 36 States J. F. Ledford of the Rex Cigar company distributes for several fav orite brands of cigars did not g.ve the number of cigars his firm distri butes anmialy, but he pointed out that the name “Shelby, N. C.” is printed plainly on every box amj that these cigars are sold in the 36 states east of the Rocky Mountains. The brands “Col. Shelby” and “Col. Cleveland/’ named for heroes of Kings Mountain battle help draw at tention of people in other states to Shelby as a manufacturing and dis tributing center. Mills Emproy 2,000. Jack Dover’s survey of the textile industry revealed that the local milh on ploy 2,000 people, have 72.0J0 spindles, 1,067 looms, consume 20, 0(!0 bales of cotton annually which at op c( nts per pound amounts to two n.iiion dollars, that the mills have an annual payroll of $1,425,000, that, the villages house 6,000 people and that the estimated cost of replacing the mills on present day market values • o'jio. reach ihe »<u« ol lour unu a quarter million dollars. Half Million Pounds Putter. Last year the iwo co-operative creameries produced approximately a half million pounds of butter while the j dairy products were valued at $800,001* i according to Win. Lineberger. Mr. Lmeberger pointed to Frank Sherrill, or.e of the owners of the S. and \Y system of cafeterias and announced i that, these institutions use a ton efj Cleveland county butter every two weeks, Shelby as a milling center was j handled by W. J. Roberts of the Kagle Roller mill who revealed that this ei>- j ierj)rise last year milled 253,440, bushels of wheat. Of this quantity 205,625 bushels were shipped in, while 47,823 bushels were .bought ■ lo-j rally. The cost of this year w .s; 8462 066.78 to . which the freight should be added, 553,326.85, making. $515,393.63. From this raw product ; 57.902 barrels of flour were made valued at $608,423.13, not counting j the by-products which were valued ntj a handsome sum. 9,125 Cars of Freight. CKto Long, cashier of the Southern 1 railway, offered facts and figures onj public utilities which gave a most (Continued on page four.) To Hard Surface Road *Bat Cave to Hendersonville (Hendersonville News) The county authorities in ses sion with s.ate highway oifl cials yesteruay entered into con tracts whereby the county is to lend the state money with which to hard surface the Eat Cave road, th s being the third of , three recent road projects that will give Henderson county ap proximately a one million dc'.lar road building program. A few days ago the officials contracted with the state for the building of the Greenville road to the South Carolina line and the Spartanburg road to the Poik county line These, loads will entail an ••■xpemiiiure of nearly half a million dollars or $190,000 and the Bat Cave road will require the other half, or $510,000. according to careful estimates. Officials statid that the pre sent Bat Cave rea ‘ would be used cs the main route of tile paved highway. It is understood that a con tract will be awarded by state offici o 4 ,fo. the o ildlrig of the Greenville road next Monday, l!as Number of Children in Shelby! and County. Preliminary Contest At Piedmont for Hoey .Medal. (Special-to The Star.) I awndale, Feb. 4.—On Tuesday ?v ning, the preliminary contest was helu in the high school auditorium for the purpose of selecting two speakers to contest for the Clyde R. Hcey medal. Miss Ethel Elmore is again on duty n the music rooms after several days of illness. Mr. M. B. Powell is the latest ad dition to the high school. Accompanied by Miss Myrtle Ficm tor of Charlotte, Miss Johnnie Giir," who has a business position in Char otte and Mr. Quay Grigg, who ia principal of a school near that cit.v were the week-end guests of their parents, Dr. and Mrs. W. T. Grigg. Rev. Mr. Dixon, slate executive of he Methodist Protestant church, preached a very eloquent sermon Sunday evening at Lawndale com nunity church. ) Mr. Thomas Blanton, an aged and I Inspected citizen of Lawndale, d>ed Monday morning, February 1, at 7 o'clock and was buried Tuesday atj Palm Tree. He had been for many ears a devout member of the Meth edist Episcopal church of Lawndale. Besides a host of friends, he leaves a large family, among whom are: Mr. W illiam Blanton and Mr. James Blan ton, of Lawndale, and Mr. Oscar Blan ton of Shelby; Mrs. William For, Mrs. Henry Cloninger, Mrs. O. F. Wall, Mrs. Stanley Morrison. Mrs. Herman Grigg. Mrs. Noel Devim ey, and Mrs. Mamie Ashley. Youngest Flier Farnim Parker. 13-year* i M. yet: r.rtcvt licensed s\ i.-.tor. recently y .\? irhins'.cn a ft >v thrills with ju Oiver fly.s.j. Cheaper Transportation Stork lias Horn Purchased and One l nit is Needed on Th- I) i\ i ion Shelby people are- intensely .interested in an improved pas singe". < vpr;: baggage and mail service over Seaboard be tween Charlotte and fiutherfb>'I tbn and the announ ■ement that the Seaboard has purchased; two •• as-- b ctri • tfair.s to . put «, >. the Seaboard ;yst*m a< an -ex; r men*, % ill no doubt cause Sh"lbv arul 1b" other tow;1: along this d v - io to :: k tha such a ser vice be in diluted alone thi di vV'in, Those gas-elcctre trains : ienm-engihe and regular par sang r ears and if the.1 prove fire cheaper to operate than the successful, ltx.i l train service which was recently curta:>ad be cause of the competition by au tomobile bus lines, might be im proved. I nits 83 Feet long Th"s> gas-electric trains are a combination affair, having l ,e motor po wer, bags ;ge, < xpr" mail and passenger compart* m-nt • all mounted on a single unit 80 feet long, a sort of street car multiplied several times in lei :g‘h and comfort. The gaa clectric .has a passenger capacity of .‘14 poodle, hut is so that pow erful trailers can be added if necessity arise*. Since Seaboard trains No. .",1 and 34 were discontinued, thi; Cb," rlut te-Ru t herfurdton d iv is io n of the system has bad only on > train each day. running West about'-noon ami cast about 5 p. m. With this curtailed service Shelby ns wcl! as the other towns along the division Irue been greatly handicapped not only ,n restricted passenger ;r v;c'. but in mail and express facilities. These towns between Charlotte and Ruthcrfordton ai • therefore, anxious that the Sen board officials can see their way elans to add one of these new and improved motor power • units on this division. Two Strong 1 earns Crash at Piedmont (Special t'.I The Star.) Lawndale, Feb. —In one of the jest played games of the season on heal court Piedmont High nosed out victoriously in .the fourth quarter to show the supremacy and genuine* if real basket ball over the great es efii’ed Union squad. The iron-wall lefense of Piedmont only allowed Un ion to get within a few yards of goal mytinie. The fast passing and bril iant shooting of C lyde and Ivy Whi? - ant and the steel eonfider.ee and ac tive erformances of Wallaee. Union showed great work, great speed and displayed fine talent in all ir.rtc of the game, Mooney being the star, with honors shared by his team mates. ligon now a fixture IN SEABOARD OFFICE T.. E. Ligon, well known in Shelby, las been appointed regularly to what ■ known as the first trick job as tile irapher at the local Seaboard depot. Mr. Ligon now shares responsibil v in this department with J. G. Vltuney, who has been on the job at :ne Seaboard, his ear cocked at the :ieker, for many years. Mr. Ligon takes the place of B. J. Maurice, who asked for a leave of ab sence of 60 days, and did not reassume lis duties. Good times are those in which we stretch the credit we so sorep need in „b«tl times Group Of Shelby Women Interested In Antique Art Number Of Ardent Collectors Of Rare China And Old Furniture Discovered In This City. Tell Something Of These Race Collections. Antiques Are Scare In Cleveland. As th * ir.uch discus*,vl ntw sly o; ' f f.iil.iiture. the blow of this k»>'I vt rr o{ U’-li an- being put o« display, •pommint in is dig t: •: I. upon the nuni Lhv ( ■{ 'women in this sccth n, ami in Shelby t specially, who arc interested .n antiques. indeed, the fact has developed that there are a number of pr, ,nt”<:!.-t w o. me» in Shelby who n*v emitted to ! .■ Called antique fans. They have devel oped a pa-siotut' interest in old things, and are buying these old piiees and addir-g tlu in to their e 1 | lection whcnevi r the opoitunil'y ut f o d". Mi -. Oscar Suttie is oni of the j orouti'nent members of this cult, Mr?. .0. Ii. Sufle is another, Mrs. Reuben .Me Bray or st il another, .'.nil Mr;., Grady Lovelace is said to be a very jenthti::astif collector. Mrs. .Oscar .turtle has gone 'into the subject to the extent that she is com oilimr a bibliography^—a comprehen sive history of old china- and pottery. S'u and Mrs, MeBrayi r and Mi's. S.if jtle recently attended the sale of the (l ,e< Is of t • late Mrs. Amanda Ciemtcn. on the Fallston road. Mrs. MeBrayer said she was able tc I ick up there some very fascinating odd tit- < f old china. Mrs. McBrayer recently made a very profitable t; in. from the standpoint of adding a t m. her of attractive pieces to her c .Faction, to Winston-Salem. Mrs. C B. Slittle, asked by The Star, if if was trite that she is inter ested as a collector, replied: “I cer tatrly am.” She went on to say she was especially interested in old china. She said she has been collecting about two years. I. is understood that enthusiasm f ir this fad docs not step in the Sut j the family with Mrs. Suttle, bat that ! Mr. -Suttle' also yets a sympathetic twitch every time he secs an old I j if-l c . Mrs. Oscar Suttle has made quite a c iripreherisive study of the subject of the ancient art. She can rehearse comprehensively and interestingly the 1 sychology of die rise of the new tyle- anil the setting aside of the oil, "Tf— nnd then the revival of interest in the h'st< i io dcrigns. ccordiog to Mrs. .Stitt It*, when i ol a n oak furniture made its nppear utnv up< u a startled world, the cf I '< < ! t,,c new stuff was so dazzling ti»«: th. householders moved the drab ’> aim i i od mahogany pieces to the parrel, and want in for what at that 11: tun--win- something in the nature t f a ju. spree. h \ art an I years the old black: I iei ■: 1 >ou!ded in the parrel, and got coated over with much dust, and ac ( vnudrfed nuich antiquity. And then t ’e ei thasiasni for golden oak. and f oe new shiny pie es subsided, as e'l tl he * a will, and'then the astnn i i mu discovery was made, how chase and i vfjt'iaite Was the taste of eur for fat hot si "hen wo turned the clock hack, and wtiti to sleep onee more in mahogany bed-, and squinted at ourselves in mirrors across walnut top dressers. The furnuiture makers took the cue and went to work on the old pattern;!. Out the real antique fan was never satisfied with these made pieces,, hut hi1- heart (and her heart) yearned for the real age-old, time honored heir loom. According to Mrs. Suttle, who talli ed to The Star interestingly on the subject, such objects in Cleveland county are now becoming quite rare and hard to procure. “Ten years ago,’’ she said, “these1 old things were rather common ami easy to buy and were cheap. Rut now the owners have learned their value, and they, like most other things have gone up, and prices are still rising. BRESNAHAN SIGNED AS GIANTS’ COACH New York, Feb. 4—Roger Bresna Mathewson’s battery mate, today was from 1902 to 1908 and Christ/ han. catcher of the New York Giants appointed a coach of the Giant t, Manager John ,1. McGraw announced. He left New York- in 1908 to man age the St, Louis Cardinals. Postal Receipts Of County I For 1925 Were $55,537.40 Gain Of I82 Per Cent In Receipts Over 1924. j Biggest Gain Was At Waco, With Grover I Second. Reflect Material Prosperity Of The County. i (By J. II. QUINN, Shelby Postmaster.) At a recent quarterly meeting of th1 Cleveland County Postal Service council, a resolution was unanimously adopted instructing the President of the council to call upon all postmast ers in Cleveland county for a statis tical report showing the aggregate re ceipts for their respestive offices for the years 1924 ar.d 1925 and showing the per tentage of increase or 'de crease for the last year, said data to be furnished to the newspapers of the county for publication. In accordan e witii this instruction, the writer is pleased to submit below a tabluation of the data furnished him. This data furnishes unmistakable evidence of the material property of the county. It will be observed that only three offices show a decrease in receipts over 1924 and. in these cases, it is very small. All other offices show a substantial increase. especially in cases of Fallston, Grover, Patterson Springs and Waco. While some of these are small offices, the rates of increase are worthy of special note. The increase at the Grover office is j remarkable, being; due to the fact that i u local cotton mill ships all of its pro-[ ducts C. O. I). and promises a much | afger volume of business for current! year. The increase of 10 per cent, and 3.1 1-2 per cent, respectively, for Kings Mountain and Shelby makes a very finy showing Tor these two of ices. in view of their large volumes of business. An average increase of 8 1-2 per cent, for the entire coun y is a very fine record, when we re lumber that the i extremely dry vefather in 1925 materially decreased the income of all the offices in the after part of the year. The increase i the Shelby office for the first half f 1925 was, approximately, 23 per cent., hut this was materially low vod by the drop in business in the fall. Of the total increase for the county, 10 1-8 per cent, was at the Kings Mountain office and 51 3-4 per cent at the Shelby office. At the rate of increase of last year, the postal receipts of the county can be doubled i" a little less than 5 1-2 years. These figures furnish valuable foed for thought. Offices Behvood _ Boiling Sp"s. Cosar __ Earl -. Fa 1 Its tun Grover Kings Mtn. _ Lawndale La tti more Mcoresboro Patterson S. Shelby_ Waco __ Totals Total incre Retd. 1924 $ 39L24- — 1,022,62— ' 495.15— 593.95-. 712.55— 1,710.26 8.726.27.. - 2.442.02 . 1,112.01 2.1.18.00. — 123.49.. . 27.227.59 . 156.87.. . 546,852.08 .. use for count Reed. 1925 $ 281.80. 1,008.81. 537.51. 612.33 912.02 1,917.27. 10,130.40 2,536.77 1,135.09 2,061.55. 169.97 31,720 89 382.97 . $55,537.40 y 8,685.32 Per Cer.;. .-.decrease 2 1-2 p.c. _decrease 1 1-3 p. c _increase 8 1-2 p.e. _increase 4 p.c. _increase 32 p. c. _incr. 129 p. c. .... increase 3 4-5 p. c. ... .increase 16 p.c. -_.increase 2 p.c. -decrease 3 1-2 p.c. . increase 27 1-4 p c. increase 16 1-2 p.c. --incr. 114 pc. 18 1-2 p.e I Min inter's Son and High School Boys Implicated in Murder Charge. One Makes Confession. Wills Green, lll-year-pld Gaffney high school student; Roy Hill, 20, son if a Gaffney minister, and Charl'o Kendrick, 22, left Gaffney, S. C., Wednesday in the custody of Sheriff K. V. Michaux, jr., of Burke county, bound for Morganton. where the young incr will face charges of having shot to death last Sutuiday morning at 2:30 o’clock Frank Butler, 30 years of age, alleged blockalTf r of Burke coun ty. Cherokee county officers are search ing for Otis Jolly, young Gaffney man who is said to have "been the fourth member of a party going from Gaffney to the slain man's home and it is expected that he will be appre hended in the immediate future and taken to Morganton. An alleged confession, made by K'y Hill to the Cherokee county officers and the North Carolina sheriff, is to the effect that the four men went to Burke county to get a car load of liquor from Butler. They obtained nine gallons and drove back to But ler * home where a dispute ensued about the amount of payment, the Gaffney youths offering $(> per gal lon and Butler demanding $7. It is said in the confession that Butler turned off the motor of the Gaffney car, and Hill alleges that Kendrick fired through the top of the automobile, while young Green slot directly at Butler. Although fa tally wounded, Butler is said to have walked a distance of 25 yards, carry ing r five gallon jug of whiskey, en tered his home and told his wife, “those fools have shot me,” after which he fell to the floor and died. Seen in the jail at Gaffney Wed nesday Green, who is known to his friends as ‘Crip”, emphatically .denied ilia' he shot Butler. Kendrick refused to discugs the case, but “Shadow” Hill when approached by his minister f at her and implored to tell the truth, is said to have made the confession. The wife of the slain man is said to have seen two of the men who came to her home on the night of the homicide, and Sheriff Michuux said be fore leaving Gaffney that he planned to take his youthful prisoner^ by the Butler home so that Mrs. Butler could Identify the two she saw on last Sat urday morning. BUTLER 8LAYERS HELD BY SHERIFF MJCHAU* Newton, £eb. 4.—Solicitor Huffman i*rt night received a long distance telephone message from R. Vi Michaux jr., sheriff of Burke county, that ho hau aoprehended and had in jail the th ee men who on last Friday night killed Frank Butler in Burke county, and asked him to return home as e vrly as possible to conduct the pre liminary healing on behalf of the .date. Sheriff Michcaux stated to the so licitor that the three men had con fessed and that they killed him after they had bought some liquor from him and refused to pay him his price, and Butler jumped on the running board of their car when they started to ltave without paying. One of them shot and missed and another shot and killed. '1 lie solicitor stated that the pre ininary would not be held until pos iblv late Saturday evening. MR. JlClffi BURIED WBRESOKr •rominent Farmer Of Upper Cle\e land Dies At The Age Of 49 With Kidney Trouble. Mr. Joe. C. Hoyle, one of the most nfluential farmers of No. 10 Town hip died at his home early Tuesday norning of this week with a compil ation of kidney trouble. Mr. Hoyle was only 49 years of age. He had been n declining health for some time but confined to his bed only a short while. He was the son of John R. Hoyle of No. 10 and a prosperous end highly esteemed citizen who enjoyed the confidence and respect of all his friends and neighbors. Mr. Hoyle was married 'to Miss Minnie Willis, daughter of Mr. M. Frank Willis who survives with three children, Mrs. Lester Barrett, Emory Hoyle and Woodrow Hoyle. He was a faithful member of Carpenter’s Grove Baptist church but bis remains were bur,ed at St. Peters Methodist chrrch Wednesday ,the funeral being conducted by Rev. John Gram amid a la-ge crowd of friends despite the bad weather. Those attending from Shelby were Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Hoyle, Mr Hoyle being a brother of the deceas ed. Dr. J. R. Osborne, Mr. and Mrs, George Peeler.