VOL. XXXIV, No. 129
SHELBY, N. C WEDNESDAY, OCT. 27, 1926 Published Monday. Wednesday and Friday Afternoons.
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What’s
THE
News
THE STAR’S REVIEW.
"The frost is on the pumpkin”
ariJ "heavies" are in the display
windows of Shelby stores. Autumn
turns the leaves any is being turn
ed itself into winter.
Spurgeon Spurting. Democratic
nominee for court solicitor in this
d, .rii t. doesn't find time to fill
out the term of former Solicitor
Huffman, says a nc -.\; article in
p day’s Star.
IJstcn to this Kiddies! You’!!
have i.o quit picking cotton Mon
day and head for the school house.
County Superintendent Grigg says
in today’s Star that the schools of
the county with one or two oxcep
t„ins will open on Monday.
js the Cleveland county cotton
crop this year below the state av
erage? How many bolls to the
staik does the local ootton crop av
erage0 How many bales have been
ch.ncd in the county to date, and
how far behind last year’s ginning
js the county this year? Read ,’r.c
three cotton items in today’s paper
for the answer.
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One of Cleveland county’s Meth
idist preachers has been moved by
the conference, but iie believes the
county should bank on chickens in
road of cotton and he is leaving
th« “cheeps” behind, according to
a news item today.
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Grab your overcoat and head foi
the city athletic field Friday after
nix n. The Shelby Highs meet Kings
Mountain in the first title game
of the year—and there are those
who believe Kings Mountain will
•via. Tommy Kerr not being amor g
those possessing the belief.
Will the Democratic ticket carry
again in Cleveland county this
year? A political survey by a Star
s.ai’f writer today believes so.
However, there are indications of
a "party bolt" in upper Cleveland.
Keep tab on the political dope
through The Star.
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The completion of the paving oil
Highway 20 through Rutherford
will open up a great trading terri
tory to Shelby merchants is the
opinion expressed by an editorial
in The Star.
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Shelby political speakers "keep
telling ’em” over the state. Read
Max Gardner’s recent speech in
this issue.
Wife of Charlie Webb. Died Mon
day Afternoon *fter Protract
ed illness
Mi--- Agnes Oates Webb, wife of
Mi-. Charlie Webb died Moniav
afternoon 4:15 o’clock a protract
<‘l illness which had put her on
the down grade of health for the
"" t few years and she was buried
Wednesday afternoon, th- funeral
1 ■ ng- conducted from the resi
dence on West Marion street at
• :’(t o’clock Tuesday by Rev. H. N.
McDiai-Mid. pastor of the Presby
*'rian church of which she was a
rywtber.
■Mrs. Webb was the daughter of
^arauel W. and Lizzie Oates and
'■'a- born 65 years ago near Stoney
f lint in No. 5 township. In early
1'fe she joined Long Creek Pres
1 vterian church in Gaston county,
it moved her membership to
Shelby when she and her husband
' one here to live. She was married
f)<t. 8th. 1883 to Mr. Charlie Webb,
one of Shelby's esteemed citizens
a’i l their lives were happily blend
i'<i togethef, each sharing with the
other the jnvs and sorrows that
tome. Mrs. Webb was a kind, con
scientious Christian, an apprecia
tive neighbor, a loving mother and
;i devoted wife. She loved her
home, family and friends and made
ho pretentions the gaudy, fickle
■how 0f ijffx preferring to give
' or time to her family and friends
;,or| the quiet worship of her Mas
ter.
Mrs. Webb is survived by her
husband and three children: Mr.
!'»>•] Webb, of Shelby, district
r»ent of the Pilot Life Insurance
■°.| Mrs. J. M. Austin, of Wades
'oro, and Mrs. D. D. Pou. of High
*>'nt. Two brothers, Mr. Rush
otes, of Asheville and Mr. Ed
bites of Seaside. Oregon, also
orvive. A sister Mrs. Cora Stroun.
of Clover, S. C., died about
>'vors ago.
’ he funeral was large attended
flTV'. a wealth of handsome floral
’' igiiSj so abundant in number
’ d they more than covered her
've, attested the high esteem in
"ivh Mrs. Webb wa« held A
‘^lartet from the Presbyterian
' ’ rch rendered two beautiful
'‘"’’vtinns. ■
Sei
I'l'ving as nail beare’-s were
'' ur *' ^'hhidge Carl Thompson,
r,' ^ MeMnrry, Forrest Est-Hdo-e.
• • Thohipson and Lee D. Weath
ers.
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Democrats Speak
Friday Evening
At Three Places
Large crowds will ho doubt hear
four prominent Democratic speak
ers who will address the voters in
the county Wednesday and Friday
on the eve of the election next Tuts
day. Hon. A. L. Bulwinkle candi
date for congress speaks at Falls
1 ton, Wednesday evening.
Friday evening there will be
j three speeches at three different
places in the county. Hon. A. L.
Brooks of Greensboro speaks in the
: court house at Shelby, Hon. Clyde
'R. Hoey speaks at Kings Mountain
j and Hon. Spurgeon Spurling speaks
at Fallston.
If King Boris is coming to Aw
. erica in search of u bride, as rc
! ported, perhaps kings have more
| judgment than generally credited
| to them.
Ltj'ul,Leans iti Clwclani County
I)o Net Have Opportunity of
Picking Out Flr-As.
Hi.h a fall election not a week
in the < ffir.g those interested
in the outcome in Cleveland county
rnight paste up the following pre
diction for future reference: Those
Democrats seeking reelcction at
the hands of ceunty voters will oe
re-elected, and the now men on the
Democratic tickets will poll vot- s
•almost equal to those of their bet
ter known running mates. Perhaps
no (ne will credit the prediction
with any (special foresight for
( lcveiand county has been doing
just that through a period of years
s.retching farther into , the past
than the memory of the young
generation, yet in this year ot
upsets it may be worthwhile to
make such a prediction as the pre
lude to a general political survey
of the county.
The best asset the Democrat c
county ticket boasts is the record
of the party in power here.
From the matter of county gov
ernment that asset should balance
all ethers. A big business firm docs
not fire an executive on the year
after he has established a record
n which there are no flaws anu
few bad moves.
And thaL is the hardest problem
Republican campaigners in the
county have to meet. Had any of
the present office-holders at the
court house been connected with a
scandal or graft in office, C. O. P
hopes might brighten considerably.
Such would furnish an opening ar
gument in getting the attention of
the voters who • year after year
hover on the fence. But even the
wishy-washy voter in this county
cannot find enough wrong in the
present and past Democratic cour
ty administrations to desire a
change.
Political leaders complain of a
lack of interest over the county.
The Star surveying the situation
doesn’t see any need for worry. The
citizens of the county arc 'satisfied
with the present Democratic regime
and also with the new men among
the nominees, and being satisfied
they see no reason why they should
get out and stir up political heat as
if the issue would be n close one.
Next Tuesday they will turn out
and vote and the Democratic ma
jority will not be far from the us
ual one returned. Whether or not
the new generation of voters is
responsible is unknown but Cleve
land county these days has a way
of voting and saying little about it.
Recent Democratic primaries of
fer sufficient proof. One week be
fore the first primary a political
leader remarked: “There will be a
mighty light vote. You don't hear
anyone talking politics.’’ And sev
eral folks got fooled. What is gen
erally considered "a whale of a
vote’’ turned out. A second primary
became necessary and the same
i wise ones remarked “Well, all the
j interest was in the first primary
* and not more than 50 per cent, of
the first primary voters will vote
in this primary.” And again they
were fooled. Righl in the midst of
a busy season just as many folks
' came out to vote in the second pri
mary as did in the first. So, if you
are inclined to believe that voting
will be light, next Tuesday rec:;l!
the primaries before you place your
wagers.
So far the general public hasn't
heard a single kick, even with sonv
campaigning going on, against
Sheriff Logan, Mrs. Yarborough,
the commissioners, or any of those
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Asheville, Oct. 25.—Six inches of
snow was reported from the Burns
ville section in Yancey county fcv
local residents who visited that sec
tion today, and The mountains that
tower around Asheville were white
capped late this afternoon as the
first real touch of winter crept up
on the Appalachian range. Flakes
fell in the city this morning.
Cleveland County Cotton Crop Is Late
8,000 Bales, According To Gin Report
Cleveland county may make
40,000 bales of cotton this year
but unless a considerable
amount of late picking is done
the total will fall several thou
sand bales short of the predict
ed amount.
To d i*e the crop is 8,000 hales
late. Meaning; that up until Oc
tober IS, only 18,831 bales had
been ginned in the county. On
October 18. 1925. 20,842 bales
had been ginned.
Since the above report has I
been issued by Mites H. Mare, j
special agent, there are those
I
who begin to doubt that the
crop will he as large as expect
ed—rather that not as n.uch
cotton will be ginned as was
predicted. Several farmers say
that quite a quantity of cotton
in the county is not being pick
ed and that this Tact will lessen
the predicted ginning total be
cause some farmers do not con
sider it worth picking. Others
say that picking is now gen
eral for the first time in many
sections, anfl that at least 20,.
000 more bales remain to be
gained, e taoin shrdlu cmfwypp
ginned.
Woman Leader
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tf.'UHic* In Ktui’.n! tin
intiiiti nolltlriird V. ■ klii.-i
-**'”.r*l) ]mrty si:<' £1;ijs won
an ora lor
ait
loi.i;.r=
for lYw
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10 OPEN FUST
Some Few However With Hoard
Permission Will Defer Open
in" One Week.
Contrary to a rumor that has
spread over some sections of the
county the schools of Cleveland
county will open on next Monday,
November 1, according to J. H.
Grigg, county superintendent.
However, there will be a few ex
ceptions he says. In some sections
cotton picking is so far behind thi t
citizens of those communities have)
petitioned the county board of edu
cation to defer the opening of their
[ schools one week. In one or two i»<>
| stances these petitions have been
j granted, it is learned. But the
I major portion of (he county schools
will be in session next Monday.
The board of education is anx
ious that as many schools as pos
sible open next Monday as later
j opening would push the school clos
| ing into the late wpring. Schools
opening a week late, or on Novem
ber 8, will not be able to close be
fere April 29, Superintendent Grigg
says and this will interfere with
sn 'mg work on the farm. All in all
it is general';/ tdmvcd despite the
lateness of the collon crop that it
would be best for the schools to
j open next Monday.
Teachers to Meet.
The county teachers meeting pr*»
! viously announced for Saturday
! will be held according to schedule,
j it is announced from the superin
tendent’s office.
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| Preacher Won’t
Move Chickens
I Bishop Gave Rev. Green Marching
Orders, So He Goes Out Of
Poultry Raising
In moving Rev. John H. Green
from the Belwood charge, the Me
thodist conference does not move
Mr. Green’s poultry yard. The
Belwood circuit rider will take all
of his personal belongings to Char
lotte, bfit he is offering his chick
ens, incubator and brooder for sale
in a classified advertisement in
| today’s Star. Baptist ministers in
Cleveland have the reputation for
raising more poultry than the men
of any other profession. The fever
seems to be contagious and a num
ber of Methodist ministers have
! taken up the industry as a side
line. Whether they do not get
enough chicken to eat at the homes
they visit or whether they “raise
their own” to supplement their
salary is not known. At any rate,
Rev. John Green is moving to
Charlotte and closing out his poul
try business. Raising chickens in
a city is not a neighborly thing to
do, so when he leaves Fallston
next week he hopes to close out
all of his feathered tribe except
a few for personal table use.
Mr. Green goes to Spencer
Memorial church, Charlotte. He
has been on the Belwood circuit
for three years. Now he is suc
ceeded by Rev. Joe Fitzgerald who
comes from Welcome. There he
succeeded Mr. Green and does the
same follow-up stunt on the Bel
wood charge.
Mr. Green will preach two fare
well sermons Sunday. At Palm
Tree he preaches at 11 o’clock and
at Fallston at 7:30. He is qu’te
popular on the charge, has done a
wonderful work and will no doubt
, be heard in his last sermons by
large crowds.
, State Till* Strii'i N'arts Here Fri
day .\f*«fjpenn. Expect Great
Crowd for Game.
The Shelby High focthall el
even will meet the King*
Mountain team here Friday
afternoon in the firet name of
the state title series, accord
ing to the high school schedule
arranged in Salisbury Tuesday
r.ight.
UW uf tile largest football
crowds of the se. on is expect
ed to path; r at the local park
as tho opening game sees two
Cleveland county teams facing
each otht r—and at the end one
county team will Ik* out of the
state race.
For t!:e first time in many years
| Kings Mountain will trot on tha
; feild a football eleven calculated
[ to give Shelby a terrific struggle
| ar 1 perha- s to eliminate the local
team. Cer.ch Christonberry, of
: Kirgs Mountain, is a Davidson man
l and has been training the huskies
' there ak>*'°r Wildcat lines. In pre
I season gabies KinHs Mountain has
trounced everything met. piling up
’ huge scores in several instances. A
heavy line and a he.'.y speedy back
field are the main assets of the
Mountain boys. Locally those in
the know figure that Shelby will
have a very hard time in emerging
victorious Friday—and if Shelby is
defeated it will be the first time
in many years tiiat the local Highs
have dropped out in the first game
of vhe title series.
Other Games Fixed.
Group one: Lexington at Leaks
ville, October 28; Reidsville at
Greensboro, November 5; High
Point at Lexington, or Leaksville
at High Point, November 6.
j Group two: Salisbury at States
ville, November 5; • Troutman at
Winston-Salem, Ixovember 6.
Group three: Mooresville at
Charlotte, October 29; Concord at
Gastonia, October 29. Monroe drew
i a bye and will play one of the wir
! ners on November i2.
Group four: Lincolnton at Dallas,
' October 29; Waynesville at Ashe
ville, November 5.
The final game to determine the
championship will be played ni
I Chapel Hill on December 4. All
groups must have their champion
chips settled by Nov. 12.
Works Highs Hard.
Coach “Casey" Morris back from
the Salisbury meeting will drive his
charges at a rapid pace this week,
giving them new' -| -ays for the sc
ries game Friday. A hard scrim
mage will likely be held today and
Iso tomorrow with alight dr,’,1
perhaps instead of the scriir.roag > j
Thursday. Every game counts row
and the Highs'are being pointed
solely towards the Kings Mountain
contest.
Mr. wTaTd^s
Paralysis Victim
(Special to The Star.)
Mr. D. A. Davis ' died Friday ;
i morning at his home near Fayette-1
| ville, this state, following an illness j
1 of 18 months with paralysis.
Mr. Davis was 66 years of age
and was born and reared in upper
Cleveland, having moved to the
eastern part of the state about 10 j
years ago to make his home. Since
his affliction he has been living
with his nephew G. C. Hopper of i
that place.
Funeral services were conducted i
by Revs. Hedgepeth and Ellington
Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock at
Cedar Creek Baptist church.
Mr. Davis is survived by two |
sisters, Miss Martha Davis of Turn |
ersburg, Mrs. D. H. Hopper of Earl
and two brothers L. L. Davis of:
Gaffney, S. C. and J. M. Davis of j
Turnersburg, together with a host
of relatives and friends to mourn ,
his death.
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NEW WATER STATION
TO SUPPLY SHELBY
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According to an announce
ment by Mayor Weathers
this afternoon (Wednesday)
the city water supply from
the new $165,000 station wjll
be turned on cither this aft
ernoon or tomorrow.
The mayor made this an
nouncement following a con
ference with R. V. Toms, su
perintendent pf the water and
light system
The new water station was
actually put into operation
last week, but owing to the
newness of tiie machinery a
switch was dislocated, which
caused the further delay.
Hen. A. L. Brooks Who Speaks Here Friday
Hon. A. L. Brooks, of (ireetub oro, who delivers the first Demo
ciatic speech (f the campaign in Shelby at the Coart House Friday
night.
Gardner Scathingly Cuts
G. 0. P. “Prosperity” Claim
Rowan Democrats Urged to Show
Their Faith in Party by Big
Vote. Neglect of South.
Salisbury. Oct! 26.—Leaders of
Rowan-county's democratic citi
zenship and a few well known Re
publicans here attending federal
court packed the Rowan county
court house last night and heard
O. Max Gardner logically draw con
vincing parallel of Democratic and
Republican legislation in the nation.
The widely heralded champion
Democratic orator plead with Row
an Democrats to exert themselves
as “patriotic citizens and vote next
Tuesday.” While Henator Overman,
County Chairman Woodson and
other leaders surrounded the speak
er’s stand.
“Sleeping Sickness.”
Mr. Gardner’s plea tonight was
to combat an epidemic of sleeping
sickness that seems to paralyze the
voters conscience, and he prescrib-j
ed as a cure for the malady, a gev- .
uine dose of devotion to our corn;-,
try, manifested at the ballot box.
He brunded the citizen who
boasts of his indifference to elec-,
tions as a sorry one, and appealed'
to the patriotism of the people vo1
support the party which has j
brought to North Carolina a gen
eral prosperity shared by all peo
ple in nil walks in life, and a gov
ernment not unmindful of the di
seased and unfortunate, at the
same time rendering every aid tj'
the cause of education for the;
masses.” i
Introduced by Senator Overman,
Mr. Gardner plunged into a direct
appeal to the women to take ad
vantage bf their suffrage, for which
he said had been made possible only
by centuries of labor on the part
of those who made the ballot ac
cessible to women.
“I am not ashamed," he declared,
“to confess that my party earnest
ly desires the continued certificate
of good character that a predomin
ance of women voters assuredly
gives it in North Carolina."
After sounding the call of lead
ers for all Democrats to vote, Mr.
Gardner launched a logical ami
earnest attack on the Coolidge pros
parity propaganda.
“The Republican party is braz
tnly urging the defeat of Senator
Overman and North Carolina
congressmen in order to insure na
tional ■ prosperity," .. he declared.
“This argument is the last word in
political impudence. The whole
world knows that Democratic leg
islation supported by- Overman,
Simmons and Doughton, and the
Woodrow W'ilson banking law, are
today the foundation upon which
rests all the boasted Coolidge pros
perity, without which laws this
country would be right now in the
midst of a panic of stupendous
proportions.
Illogical.
“The President and his party arc
insisting that prosperity is the
principal reason for continuing his
party in power. If his argument has
any force,” Mr. GaiCner forceably
exclaimed, “Its logical conclusion
is that we must keep Mr. Coolidge
and his party in control until the
business of this country suffers a
national disaster. Let us analyze
this propaganda.
“If the President, by some eco
nomic magic, creates prosperity,
by the same token he must be held
responsible for the depression
which follows in the wake of his
dominion. He must take the lean
with the.fat. They have made then
bed, they must lie in it. They shall
noi be permitted to lie out of it.
Neglects South.
“If Mr. Coolidgc's administra
tion made the railroads, the north
western wheat farmers, the hog
raisers, the steel manufacturers,
the glass producers, the aluminum
factories and the chain stores pros
perous, why is it that in the same
country and under the same flag
and the same law, he has neglect
ed the textile mills of the South,
the darlings cf Republican protec
tion ?
“Why is it that i?ie textile busi
ness of North Carolina has been
prostrated during his administra
tion?
“Why is it that the only com
fort that the cotton farmer receives
from Mr. Coolidge in the hour of
his terrible distress is the appoint
ment of a nice committee, the ma
jority of whom nevjr grew a Roll
of cotton?
October Snow Falls Here For First
Time In Years; “White Winter” Ahead
The first snow of the winter sea
son fell in small quantities here
yesterday morning about 9 o’clock,
the snow following several rapid
drops in temperature.
Not enough snow, however, fell
to whiten the ground and many
working inside failed to see the
seasons first snowfall. Yet old
time wpather prophets are predict •
ing a “white winter," basing their
prediction on the early snowfall,
great fruit crop, quantities of hick
ory nuts and persimmons. These
age-old signs, they say, never fail
and their general advice is to get
ready for several snows and un un
usually cold winter.
Reports from the Chimney Rock,
Asheville and Hendersonville sec
tions yesterday were to the effect
that considerable snow fell there,
while even as far east as Monroe
light flurries were reported. In
nortwestern sections of the state
several inches of snow fell, while
the Blue Ridge peaks are wearing
white caps, say press dispatches.
PAVING COMPANY
GIVES 15 TONS OF
COAL TO POOR HER1
Hus This Quantity Left After Hav
ing Propcct Is Finished.
Distribute to Charity.
Through the generosity of Mr.
Maurice Cushion of the Ely Con
struction company, which is justs
finishing a paving project hare*
the poor of Shelby will have warts
firesides during the winter months.
The company had fifteen tons nt.
a fine grade of coal left when thus
machinery was dismantled thfe»j
week and ratherHhan sell this coal
and realize the cash. Mr. Cashion
has tendered it to the Associates!
charities which will distribute it
to the poor and needy as necessity:
arises. Mayor Weathers kindly of
fered the services of the city;
trucks to haul the coal out to the;
homes but before any coal is disk
tributed the cases must he invesj
ligated by Mr. J. B. Smith, count$|
welfare officer and duly approved.:
Mr. Smith had much to do lust win-]
ter with the distribution of over!
$1,000 raised by the Kiwanis chibij
as a charity fund which was snent:
in buying fuel, clothing and foot!
Since that time an Associate*!
| Oiarities has been organized n
, the distribution of alms will be cart
ried on through this organization
and the welfare officer, Mr. Smith
Mr. Cashion officially turned fchi
coal over yesterday morning t<
l.ee B. Weathers who was treasure
last year of the Kiwanis Charitj
fund. Arrangements were made
with Capt. J. F. Jenkins, owner o]
! the coal chute where the coal is lo >
| cated, to allow the coal to remans
j where it is until charity cases art
approved and the city trucks hau
it away. Mr. Jenkins kindly offerer
the use of the coal chute withou:
charge.
The Ely Construction company
; has completed its paving project
here and all of the plant equipment
has been dismantled but will be left
1 in storage until another contra*!
; is secured elsewhere. The Ely com!
| pany did the first paving project
j ever done in Shelby and the wod|
has proven very satisfactory, Sra
Cashion, head man on the local jot!
I is pleased with Shelby and Shelb!
people and regrets to leave tha
many friends he and his wife ha^j
made since their sojourn here. j
Seven Boll Average
On Cotton Plants
in Cleveland Co.
There is nn uveragc of sevft|
bolls to each cotton plant in Cleve
land county, according to figures
furnished by the State Departmen
of Agriculture. Condition of thi
crop is given at 72 per cent of nor
mal. One per cent of the acrcagi
has been abandoned. The probabU
yield per aero is 707 pounds
seed cotton or 249 pounds of lip
cotton. Forty six per cent of th
cotton was ginned in the epuntj
up to Oct. 18th, while fifty thee
per cent bad been picked. Quite i
few countiet in North' Carolin
show a larger yield of lint pel
acre. In Brunswick and Onslov
counties the condition of the croj
is given at 100 per cent.
North Carolina’s total crop is es
timated at 14100,000 bales. The to
crop is light, but the middle ero
is extremely heavy. Lint is som«
what shorter than usual and tb<
bolls are generally regarded a
smaller and lighter than usual. Th<
yield of cotton is expected to aver
age 282 pounds of lint per atrr
nad if this is the case, Clevclam
county, always regarded as abov
the average in production per uct<
will show below the state averagj
This average per acre in the Slat
is about eight per cent better that
the 261 pounds harvested las
year.
SPURUN6 NOT TO
TKsmmrc
PUCE ID 01W
Lenoir, Oct. 26.—L. S. Spurlin
Democratic nominee for solicitor <
the sixteenth judicial district, wi
not accept the place made vacai
by the resignation of Solicitor Hu
man until the regular time desi|
nated for him to assume the duth
of the office, he intimated here th
morning. Mr. Spurling said he hi
a conference with Governor M
Lean-yesterday, and told the execi
tive that because of pressing woi
he could not accept the place boo:
er than the expiration of the tin
allotted to the present solicitor. !
under obligation*., he said,
complete certain tasks that hai
already been started. 4