What’s
THE
News
THE STAR’S REVIEW.
According to an article in tc
,, Star there is now n likeh
, i th it the grave of Col. Patrick
fit n British leader in the Re
gijary, will get a marker
replace the small stone now at
.... Irave on the -nountain-sule
here the battle was fought, below
i town of Kings Mountain.
t
A score
and two more days
411 cotton should be picked, say
■icultural leaders. The cost of
tiie crop .nust go out
onywav. -< 't hy not get hack as
iTh as possible? The News and
Observer view is given.
agrn
producing
The Piedmont council of Boy
Scouts will gather here for field
ilay event, tomorrow.
Cleveland county tax payers
,ved $1,301) by paying part of their
taxes . : -■
to December 1.
Quite a number of Shelby Ki
war.iatn attended the meeting t >
celebrate the. opening of a link in
Highway 20
Several hundred young people
from three counties are expected
here December 10 for the Epworth
league n e-cti lg of the Methodist
hurfh.
Don’t forget the “ads” and save
money on your Chfistmas gi'Xt
buying.
State Dry Forces
Slated To Be Cut
Tci’ Prohibition Agents to Lose
Jobs. Says New Administrator
No Rum Drive.
Charlotte The Charlotte Ob
server says that ten prohibition
agents in North Carolina are
slated to lose their jobs, R. Q. Mer
rick, new administrator for this
district with headquarters in Rich
mond. Va.. told the Observer over
long distance telephone in reply to
a Washington dispatch that the
dry force in North Carolina would
likely be slashed in half.
Mr. Merrick said “about one
fourth” of all the dry agents in the
eighth district, comprising North
Carolina and Virginia, would have
to be dismissed. T'.ere are 41
agents in this state. Mr. Merrick
said he expects to notify Ben C.
Sharpe, deputy administrator for
western North Carolina at Char
lotte, and A. G. McDuffie, deputy
administrator for eastern North
Carolina, to reduce their forces by
the middle of the week, Mr. Mer
rick said.
C. M. Early, of the prohibition
staff at Milwaukee, ordered trans
ferred to Richmond to become Mr.
Merrick's assistant, is expected
within a week or so, the new ad
ministrator said.
Mr. Merrick said there were no
plans being made for any “drive"
against the whiskey traffic. “My
motto is to keep busy all the time.”
Iredell Memorial
Likely Following
Plan of Cleveland
Attorney Monroe Adams, of
Statesville, prominent in ex-serv
icemen's circles over the state, was
* Shelby visitor today seeking in
formation concerning the World
*ar memorial campaign to be con
docted by The Star.
^r' Adams says that members of
.Legion Post in his town plan a
similar campaign for a memorial
there. The Star’s fund is growing
•lowly while an opportune time is
•waited to stage a canvass of the
town and county.
Eskridge Gets Eye
Full of Novelties
,^r; Charles Eskridge, head of
® Shelby Ford establishment, ar
tt'«l home Thursday from a ten
“ys trip to New York. Mr. Esk
ri (to was accompanied by his
“other, Mrs. A. W. Eskridge, who
Wurned with him.
»e automobile dealer brings
word from the big metropolis
‘"at business in some lines is slov
.„.ftet)P'RK down the ladder, the
ook for '27 being not so bright
Mr r,time 3 year a^°
. , • bskridge said he found big
mon who are setting their
ei> for a slackening of the busr
this coming year.
vjr'"5 his jaunt around New
i.f . e auto dealer, found some
m e,tles ‘n which he was tre
“Wdously interested, as for ex
,n. ’ ? SafetV razor that operates
** >n* after the manner of a
'1 fiWeeper, being run from a
pla ,m. 'he wall, the blade being
in the case so that it vi
brateg
at a high rate of speed. H
a c*och that is run b;
h,: K'lty fr°ni a plug in the wal
f(j u lectrically operated, check
Askwi ;f,IL aecuracy daily by radi
A»kerf ;<■ i - * ™.v
that p . Wout<f verify the repor
ord is to manufacture a si:
«d t|er <ar’ Mr. Eskridge declai
insofar< is n°thing to the repor
insofa^' ‘c nothing to the r
thought H he ,knew> that
h was bunk.
VOL. XXXIV, No. 145
SHELBY, N. C. FRIDAY, DEC. 3, 1926. Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons.
_ OJorth Carolina
PRESS ASSOCIATION^
By mail, per year (in advance)—$2.5»
By carrier, per year (in advance)
r
Discount On County Taxes Allow.
ed Gives Tidy Sum to Early
Tax Payers
On.-, percent as a matter of
interest is considered very
much, but one percent of the
tuxes paid annually in Cleve
land county hoi.'; total y. sum
considered a sizable little m
tune by many.
In fact, a mere discount of
one percent has left something
over $1,300 extra money to be
st»ent in the county this year
for Christmas gifts. Each year
the county taxes paid prior to
December 1. Sheriff Hugh
Hogan following a recent
checkup says that something
over SI30,000 of the county
tares was paid in prior to the'
first of the month, which
means that the tax pavers who
took advantage of paying early
were given SI,300 off.
The total coun/y taxes, col
lected by the sh-"iff, run
around $500,000* which means
that if all county taxes were
paid prior to December 1. that
$5,000 would be saved by tax
payers.
Town Insists On
Early Payments
To Meet Bonds Due
City Must Raise Over $13,000 by
February 1st, to Meet Bonds
and Interest Due.
Street and sidewalks assessments
are coming due on certain pro
jects of work done several years
ago and water works bonds issued
a number of years ago will be fall
ing due the first or January and
February, so the city is urging
all who owe to make immediate
settlement in an advertisement in
today’s Star. On January 1 there
will be due $8,000 in bonds and $2,
525 in interest. This will be fol
lowed on February 1 by bonds due
to the amount of $21,0,00 and in
ti t st $5,730., making a grand to
tal for street and sidewalk im
provements of $37,255, according
M figures obtained from Mrs. O.
M. Suttle, clerk and treasurer. To
this total must be added $0,596 due
for interest and water works bonds
which also fall on January 1 and
February 1, making a grand total
; cf $43,851 which the town must
_pay on or before the first of Feb
ruary. Bond holders do not wait,
' so in order to be ready to meet
this indebtedness, the city urges all
who are owing taxes and install
ments on streets and sidewalk work,
| to make settlement at the city hall
during this month.
67,000 Ride To
School In Buses
More than 800,000 rural school
children, the largest number in the
history of education, are using
the highway each morning as a
regular means of transportation
i to the school rooms, an official of
the American Road Builders’ as
soc'atien stated today.
The growth of the consolidated
and community school systems in
the United States has kept pace
with the good roads movement.
The number of children actually
| using the highway for school pur
I noses would reach well over a mil
lion if the high schools in the
small towns were included, it was
i said. In Mississippi more than 75,
000 children are taken to their
> studies each day over the highway
North Carolina transports 07,000
i to the classroom daily and In
I dial a 40,000. The figures are bas
• ed on a recent educational survey.
The association called attention
to the great debt that education
[owes to the public highway and
asked that progress in highway
transportation he reviewed in
1 schools throughout the nation
during Good Roads Week, .Tan
iuary 10th and 15th, 1927. At that
; time the annual convention and
i road show of the American Road
Builders’ association will be in ses
sion in Chicago.
Estimating an average of 150
school days for each child, the
Ir.umber of passengers carried to
pnd from school for the year
! would total 2.400.000,000, associa
i tion figures show.
Je wels, “Trash”
I Rochester. N. Y.—Hiding her
jewels in a waste caper basket
the contents of which was dump
ed into an ash can has caused the
loss to Mrs. George C. Cox of
jewels valued at $4,000 and the
arrest of the ash collector on a
jchargp of grand larceny.
ALL COTTON SHOULD BE PICKED IN
OPINION OF AGRICULTURAL LEADERS
The Main Cost Of Production Has Already Been Incurred
So It Is Waste Not To Pick.
Early this week County Agent
Alvin Hardin stated that in his
opinion some farmers of Cleveland
county were making a bad mistake
by not picking all their cotton just
because the price is low. Several
thousand bales, it is estimated, will
not be picked in tins county for
that reason. In Connection with the
county agent's belief conies the
following timely editorial from the
Iialeigh News and Observer:
“There is more unpicked cotton
.in the fields of Mecklenburg than
ever before on December 1 and,
according to Hope Elias, county
farm agent, ‘indications point to
ward a large number of bales be
ing allowed to rot in the fields.’
Similar reports come from other
sections, some growers feeling that
the price is too low to justify pick
ing and ginning.
“The main cost of growing the
cotton has already been incurred.
It is waste not to pick it, gin it, and
either sell or warehouse it. Cotton
is indestructible, and if what has
been made is saved and there is
proper reduction of acreage next
year, it will bring a price that will
insure profit. Even at the worst, the
cotton will bring Considerably more
now than the cost of picking and
ginning.
“In the early days, when the first
cotton slump came, and policies
were being considered, the sugges
t;on of leaving p:-rt of the cotton
unnioked was based upon that
policy being generally adopted by
Southern farmer-. The thought was
that if it was known that two or
three million bales would not bo
picked, the price would go tip. But
that plan was no* adopted and tho
only thing that farmers here and
there could accomplish by not pick
ing all their cotton would be to lose
something of a ero paYready made.
“All the cotton should be picked.
With reduced acreage it will bring
a good price another year.
English Society Has Movement
Started To Replace Little
Stone There. Reported
Kings Mountain —After having
Hern unmarked for nearly a cen
tury and a half by th° country for
"'hirh he fought. the grave of
Maior Patrick Ferguson. British
commander in the battle of K nri
Mountain, may at last bo decorat
ed by his fellow-countrvmnn,
writes Charles II. Garrison in the
Greenville Piedmont.
Information ’•eachm'* h^o ;s
that an English society contem
plates the p'acing of a tasteful
: •" 1 apnrooriate marker to the
J grave in which Maior For«ris"n
'rests. When this is done the crude
■ marker oliepd there hv American
hands will he removed and Patr:"k
Ferguson long deserted hv his
friends and countrymen, will have
[ received a measure of recognition
: from those he tried to serve.
How soon aro men forgotten by
t^cjr friends! How death does nlnce
all men on an equal footing
whether they are rear-rank pri
vates or whether
manded the army!
they
King
com
and
rw>asart alike must wrap the;r
shroud pMm them and lie down in
eternal sleep!
Maior Ferguson stood high in
*he Brit'sh arrjjv. Cornwall's. Tar.
letup and other? indicated that, this
fierv officer commanded the re
sneet of all h's sun cm or?. W" b"d
been fairly successful until the
mountaineers bec*mn enraged and
owormmg over King® Mountain
killed him and captured his com
j mard. Yet in no place is it re
corded that. Ferguson did not be
have gallantly. In h:s report of
! operations in the Southern states.
| Tarleton savs that Ferguson led
; l':s men in the fight at Kings
Mountain and fought bravely until
several bullets brought him down.
Buried On Mountain
Ferguson was buried on Kings
I Mountain, onlv about a hundred
I yards from where he fell. Tarle
i ton in his report of the battle
1 savs that Ferguson’s body was
■ badly mutilated by the enraged
' patriots before it was buried. Per
haps so. Men who were fighting
i for home and freedom perhans
, had no respect for those who
I sought to keen them in bondage.
Maybe the mob spirit was evident
as far back as 1780,
The battle of Kings Moun'ain
was fought on October 7. 1780. a
I liitle more than year before Corn
| wallis surrendered at Yorktown.
! The battle of Kings Mountain was
| one of the first struggles the
: patriots won in the south and it
! was one which had a big effect on
j ihe outcome of the war for indcp
j endence. When Cornwallis was
iforced to surrender on October
10.1781, to the combined French
and American forces Kings George
or whoever was in charge of the
British affairs grew tired and
gave up the fight.
The British Quit
“To much trouble to fool with
that bunch of scrappers over there.’
his maiesty pi#’>ahly said. “I’ll
just pull up and quit.”
Except for the little skirmish in
1812. the British appear to have
quit this country for good. No at
tempt on the part of the nation as
a whole to mark the grave of Fer
guson has ever been made, so far
as can be learned. Ferguson, great
jin life, honored and trusted, is de
i serted in death!
I The first rumblings of a move
STATE'S SORPLUS
Raleigh—Credit balance or sur
plus of the state of North Car
olina’s general fund was $1,419,
652.63 on October 31, 1926, as
against a credit balance of $320,
726.60 on October 31, 1925. accord
ing to the monthly combined state
ment of the auditor and treasurer,
which was issued yesterday, says
the Raleigh Times.
Although the credit balance
showed an increase over a period
of twelve months of more than one
million dollars it showed a decided
decrease during the month of Oc
tober for the credit balance on Sep
tember 30, 1926 was $1,769,733.41.
The report also indicated an in
crease of approximately seventeen
million dollars in the indebtedness
of the state over a twelve months
period. On October 31, 1925, the
state’s debt stood at $126,703,531.
On October 31. 1926, the state’s
debt was $143,562,600.
The highway and other special
funds showed a credit balance this
year to date of $11,691,466.09 as
against a credit balance on the
same date last year of $9,596,694.97
NOETORIOl S PRINCESS
ATTRAt TING ATTENTION
Constantinople.—Princess Chive
kiar, former wife of King Fuad, of
Egyp\ against which a fine of
ten Turkish pounds was assessed
recently for insulting the Ameri
can-born Princess Saida Chakir,
divorced wife of John D. Spreckles
of San Francisco, again has come
into the spot light. She has ob
tained a divorce against her third
busbar.d and has been secretly mar
ried to a fourth, Rafet Pasha,
former leader of the opposition
party in Turkey.
Rafet was one of the men ar
rested for alleged complicity in the
plot against Kemal Pasha. He was
tried and acquitted, but most of
the plotters were hanged. He then
resigned his seat in the national
assembly, ar.d he is taking his new
wife to Egypt.
RUTHERFORD COUNTY
HOME’S REPORT GOOD
Rutherford Sun.
Superintendent C. S. Royster
said today that the county home
farm had done well this season.
Nine thousand bundles of fodder,
two thousand bundles of tops, 30fi
bushels of wheat. 1,500 pounds of
lint cotton have been gathered;
183 gallons of molasses were made
and 300 bushels of sweet potatoes
were raised as well as several tons
| of hay. A large quantity of jelly
and preserves have been canned for
winter use.
Fifteen and one-half acres of
wheat and four acres of oats and
two and one half acres in alfalfa
have been put in.
ment on the part of the British to
mark the grave of the leader are
heard from the other side of the
Atlantic. Nothing may come of this
rumbling from across the Atlantic
but there is every indication that
after nearly a century and n half
of desertion. Ferguson is to be re
membered by his own countrymben
Much interest centers in this re
port for it brings to Americans
the memory of those of their own
country who sleep beneath the
poppies of Flanders Fields, Will it
ever be said of America that a
century and a half after one of
her commanders died in service on
foreign soil that the only marker
to his memory was placed there
by enemy hands?
i
Scout Troops of Five Counties to
Participate. Bet-ins in After
noon at 2:30.
Boy Scouts coming from the five
counties in the Piedmont Council
will gather here Saturday after
noon for their annual field events
and exercises. Th- meet will be
held at the Shelby High athletic
field and is expected to he attend
ed by several score of scouts.
The Shelby Kiwanis club is spon
soring the event and the counties to
be represented will be Lincoln.
Rutherford, Gaston, Cleveland and
Polk. A fine silver trophy cup will
be awarded the scout troop show
ing the highest proficiency in the
list of events.
Parents Of the boys, the general
public and all interested are invit
ed to attend the exercises which
start at 2:30 in the afternoon.
The. orde,r of the event is as fol
lows:
Event No. 1.—Inspection if
troops. Troops will form in line.
Event to be judged on percentage
of attendance, proper uniform, and
insignia, general appearance, in
cluding the proper flags, nnd dis
cipline while the troop is being in
spected.
hveitt No. 2.--Rope throwing re
lay. Troops to enter team of eight
scoutfi who furnish lariat. One
scout starting' line, seven scouts on
line 35 yards distant in file form
ation. On signal, jjcout one runs
forward to line 16 feet in front of
balance of team throwing lariat
over head of first man drawing it
tight about scouts neck (scout who
is roped may hold arms sideward
to prevent rope slipping down until
drawn tight). Scout one pulls scout
j captured back to starting line, who
I in turn takes off lariat and follows
j procedure of scout number one, this
1 in turn is done until entire team i<
j brought over line.
'Event No. 3.—Signaling. Each
troop to enter team of four scouts,
, one who reads written message,
j render, receiver and scout who
j writes message for receiver. Morse
! code to be used. Teams to furnish
, standard Morse signal flag. Team
: completing message first or who
! has most correct letters at end of
two minutes, wins.
Event No. 4.—First aid. Each
troop to enter team of eight scouts
three as patienfs and four as first
aiders. Team furnish own cquip
| rnent. First aiders form on start
ing line, patients on line 35 yards
j distant.
On signal, first two first aiders
i run to patient numrer one applying
bandage to second finger on left
: hand as shown in Boy’s Handbook,
i page 382, figure 21. and then apply
head neckerchief bandage as shown
i on page 375, Boys Handbook. First
! aiders then make chair carry (page
405 Boys Handbook) and carry pa
tient back to starting line at a walk
Then, third first aider runs for
ward toward patient number two
impossible for rescuer to stand er
i cct within 16 feet of patient. Pa
t ient to be rescued a id carried back
to line.
Then fourth and fifth first aid
i rs rescue patient number three
who is lying on his stomach on a
live electric wire. Patient is rescued
from wire by approved methods
and carried back to line in shirt
staff stretcher as shown on page
402 Boys Handbook.
Patient must be handled as real
I cases and bandages must not be
removed or touched until judges
make inspection.
i Demonstration in Archery—A
| short demonstration in archery will
be staged. Plans for an annual
archery meet will be announced at
a later date.
who is overcome
Event No. 5.—Tent pitching.
Troops to 'enter team of two scouts.
Shelter tents will be supplied.
Teams to furnish hand axes to
drive pegs. When tent is pitched.
, team will salute judges. Tent must
be properly pitched.
Event No. 6.—Fire-by-friction.
Each troop to enter two scout?,
each of whom furnish a fire-by
I friction set made of local material
Cedar bark tinder will be supplied.
1 First scout to get blaze* wins,
j Troop may win only one place.
Event No. 7.—Flint and steel and
water boiling. Each troop to enter
team of three scouts, two wood cut
1 ters and one first marker. Team
. will supply hand axes and knife and
| flint and steed set with scorched
; punk. Cedar bark tinder, two half
bricks, quart can of soapy wat«r
and piece of 2x4 three feet long,
will be supplied.
On signal team will cut wood,
make fire by flint and steel and
boil water. First team to have wa
ter boiling out over side of rot
I wins. Spilling water disqualifies
team.
' Event No. 8.—Equipment race.
One scout from each troop. Scout
Stars .Coming to America
!
One hundred etani of the Itritisn Kluge nnd si i con are cumin to A ••
lea to enter a conte. t for the honor of ntomeftltilff ■Snt.l.tnd In nn A.
ran nrovo. Above are two of the UrttUli beautie* Miuj Julie ouedt t
Rnd Dole* Conrai.
RUTHERFORD- CLEVELAND
HAVE NOT HAD SQUARE DEAL
IN ROADS, DECLARES GARDNER
“There has not been a just and
fair distribution of the state rond
funds and if I am elected gover
nor, one thing I will see to is that
there is a fair and equitable dis
tribution of the state road money.”
declared Max Gardner, one of the
principal speakers at the joint Ki
wanis banquet at Forest City last
night when the clubs of Shelby,
Forest City, and Rutherfordton met
to celebrate the completion of the
link in Highway No. 20 from Shel
by to Forest City. Mr. Gardner was
not making a pre-campaign pledge
but announcing a principle and in
so doing, drew a round of applause,
for Cleveland and Rutherford ha\e
drawn no road construction out of
state funds except the one trunk
line. No. 20 which traverses both
counties.
The celebration was attended by
125 or more men from the two
counties and the program was short
and snappy with speeches, singing
and fellowship. President Barber
of the Forest City club delivered
the address of welcome which was
responded to by J. C. Newton cn
the part of the Shelby visitors, Mr
Newton making n most eloquent de
liverance on the high and noble
purposes of Kiwanis. He pointed
out the achievements of the Shelb
by club, particularly what it has
done to improve the condition of
the poor and unfortunate ones of
the community. M. L. Edwards of
Rutherfordton responded in a most
happy manner for the Rutherford
club. Bob Minish acted as toast
muster Mr. Minish is always equal1
to an occasion of this kind for he
has a droll humor and a good voice
which was heard in a number of
popular vocal selections. A bevy j
of teachers from the Forest City
school whom he presented as
‘‘Southern Peaches” also rendered;
several quartet numbers, while the '
famous Spindale male qunrtet |
added greatly to the pleasure of!
the evening with old lime melodies
and “Georgia Grand Opera”. So
well did their numbers take, they
were called on for encores repeat- J
edly.
Cleveland and Rutherford are
closely related by ties of blood and
marriage. Cleveland was carved ;
from a part of Rutherford and for
this reason the two counties enjoy
a solidarity of purpose and aim that
is not found elsewhere in- North j
Carolina. The new road ties them i
up in closer contact and it was in
celebration of the completion of his
new highway that brought repre
sentative men together from the
two counties to rejoice and fra
terrvalize in a closer fellowship.
While citing the co-operative spirit
and the ties that hind the two j
counties together. Mr. Gardner de
clared that they had not received
a square deal in the matter of j
road construction and that it would
be his endeavor, if elected gover-1
nor, to see that there is an equnl1
distribution all over the state. |
The meal was one of the best the
Shelby Kiwanis club members has |
been privileged to enjoy for some-;
time.
North Carolina Pays Big Taxes To U. S.
Government Thanks To Cigaret Smokers;
_ !_l
Increase In Cigarette Smoking
Among Women Aids Federal
Taxes
(Raskervill? in Charlotte News)
Raleigh.—Already $83,789,062 in
Federal taxes has been collected
in North Carolina during the first,
five months of Uie fiscal year—
and most of it from the tax on cig
arettes! During November alone,
collections amounted to $14,873,392,
as compared with $13,690,736 in
November, 1925, a gain over the
same month last year of $1,820,666.
And indications are that if collec
tions keep up at the present rate,
the total for the present fiscal year
will be at least $200,000,000, ac
cording to Gilliam Grissom, collec
tor of Internal Revenue for North
Carolina.
“Just let them keep on smoking
cigarettes at the present rate, and
the collection will run a million
dollars a month more than they
have,” said Mr. Grissom. When
asked if by “them” he meant wo
men as well as men smokers, Mr.
Grissom only smiled, but said not
a word. However, it is tacitly ad
1 pitted by tobacco manufacturers
and dealers that since women have
taken smoking cigarettes millions
! more are being consumed than for
; merly. And the records of the col
lector of internal revenue tend to
| bear out this fact. Not only are
vwomen (smoking more cigarets
1 each month, but by doing so, they
! also have encouraged men to smoke
j more than formerly, dealers say,
since men who formerly refrained
from smoking in the presence of
women, now smoke freely in their
i_____
must furnish staff, wear high
shoes with eyelets, scout stockings,
I neckerchief, belt and hat. Contest
ant to run five yards and remove
hat, run five yards and remove
i neckerchief, belt and hat. Contest
ant to run five yards and remove
shoes, run five yards and cross
line. Returning, dress on route,
j Staff must not be laid on ground at
; any time. All parrs of uniform
; must be correctly and neatly ad
justed. All buttons must be com
plete.
presence or with them.
Attention is called to the fact j
by Mr. Grissom that while by no
means are all these cigarettes
consumed in North Carolina, all
these cigarettes are consumed in. j
the United States, since those
cigarettes which are made for e^c-;
.port to foreign countries do riot j
bear the United States revenue't
stamps. He also mentioned that
while all these taxes are paid in
this State, because the cigarettes !
are manufactured here, the tax is j
really paid by the consumers in all j
sections of the country.
Bynum Weathers
To Fla. Hospital |
Attorney Bynutv E. Weathers,■
member of the local bar and chair-;
man of the county board of elec
tions, left yesterday afternoon for
Lake City, Fla., where he will un
dergo treatment for bronchial as
thma at the veteran’s hospital there
Mr. Weathers has been bothered
with asthma for some time and it
was thought that treatment in that
clime for 30 days or more would
bring relief.
During his absence his father, R.
Lee Weathers, now register of
deeds, will look after his work. The
elder Mr. Weathers will remain in
the register’s office after Mr. A. F.
Newton goes in to attend to his
son’s business during the period of
oen or two months by which time
it is expected Attorney Weathers
will be back to take up his regular
legal duties.
Square Dance Is
On For Tonight
The old-time square dance Under
the auspices of the local post of
the American legion will be held
tonight starting at 8 o’clock in
the new Thompson building on
Warren street.
Promoters of the dance are pre
dicting one of the most entertain
ing events of the year.
SHELBY EXPECTS
800 YOUNG FOLKS
FOB LEAGUE MEET
Il»K Attendance Looked For At Dis
trict Epworth League Meet
ing On Next Friday
Shelby will be host to something
like SOO young people from Gaston,
Lincoln and Cleveland counties next
Friday night when the regular
quarterly meeting of the district
Epworth League Union of tin
Methodist church gathers in the
Central Methodist church here.
C, L. Hager, prominently iden
tified with Epworth work in the
district, says that one of the best
attendances in the history of the
body is expected. C. H. Moser, of
Gastonia, president of the district
union, will be in charge of the
meeting, which Will open promptly
at 7:.'10 o’clock.
The program has outlined now is
as follows:
Song—by (he leaguers.
Prayer-Dr. F. J. Pretty mar.,
Gastonia.
Song by the leaguers.
Scripture lesson—Rev. T. B.
Johnson. Lafavette church.
Music—Shelby high school or
chestra.
Welcome—Dr. H. X. Boyer, Cen
tral church.
Introduction of Speaker—lion.
I). Z. Newton.
Address—“Young Peoples Place 5
in the Church,” by Mr. J. C. New
ton.
Music—by leaguers and orches.
tra.
The last meeting of the district
group was held here and at tho i
time it was voted to return heie >
again for the meeting next week.
Belmont Romance
Ends In Death Of
Girl Who Eloped
Gastonia.—The final chapter in ,
a sordid romance was written
Sunday when Miss Shirley Elmore,
formerly an attractive young,
lady of good family, of Belmont,
died in a hospital in Los Angeles,
Cal., following an operation for
appendicitis.
About n year ago Miss Elmore,
according to rumors current at
that time and published in tho
newspapers, eloped from Belmont
with a policeman named Drennao.
It was stated at the time that she
had in her possession sevcra’
thousand dollars, money inherited
from her mother's estate.
Drennan left a family behind.
The couple were located in Califor
nia but efforts to extradite them
proved futile. The body is on the
way home, it is stated, and is ex
pected to arrive in Belmont Fri
day. Mirs Elmore was the daugl
ter of Mr. John H. Elmore,
well-to-do citizen of Belmont.
Mrs. Jones Buried
At Rehobeth Churc
Mrs. Eliza Jones, wife of Crei;
ton Jones, died in the Morgant
hospital Wednesday evening at
o’clock where she had been und
treatment for three weeks. Mr
Jones had been in bad health foi
some time and the best medical at
tention failed to restore her health.
She was only 35 years of age and
before marriage was Miss Eliza
Parker. Surviving are her husband
and one daughter, twelve years old.
The funeral took place Thursday
and the interment was at Rehobeth
Methodist church where she held
her membership, the services be
ing conducted by her pastor, Rev.
S. M. Needham of the rolkvilla
circuit.
COTTON MARKETS
(By Jno. F. Clara, and Co >
-:
Cotton was quoted on New York
Exchange at noon Friday:: Jan
uary 11:83; March 12.07; M?y
12.28; July 12.50; October 12.67;
December 12.07.
Liverpool, 12:30 p. m.—January
as due March and May 14 American
points lower than due spot salts
5,000 middling 642 Against 650
yesterday. Nothing fresh inter
est in the cotton columns. Moder
ate to light business in Worth
street, prices slightly lower, 60 bj
64s sold at 6 7-8 for spots, 6 3-4 fni_
December and 6 6-8 for January
and February. Southern spot mar
ket quotations yesterday averaget—
about 20 points lower, sales 48,00t
bales,, Dallas 11,10; Augusta 11.64
Purchases of spot cotton by Russi
up to October arc said to hav_
been 401,000 bales. Trend of price:
look easier at the moment bu1
some think the market will turi
when nobody is looking and eatci
a good many shorts ua