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News
the STAR’S REVIEW.
qmiW blizzards ir> the East, Cold
heic'. maybe the weather proph
ets were right.
i;j,j yi'U know that Cleveland
county cotton farmers have been
taking their cotton to South Cai
oliun'.’ A news item today from
Gaffney says so.
The petrol buggies keen running,
oil firm has opened for bus'.
Gc -gia murderer was recent
Iv'captui'-d in this county by Clev
eland < unty officers, according tc
a news item.
a m 4 •
The .Shelby Highs with the fool
ball season over are turning their
attention to basketball, despite the
fail that they hate r.o indoor court.
G;. m in Boy Scouts carried
away all honors in the big scout
meet; of the Piedmont Council hoe
Saturday. The meeting was attend
(vi by ■■■•. '. oral hundred clean-cut,
bealthly and happy youngsters.
A month of bar.qu*ts and mm •
rimertt-that’s the bill for Shelby
during December according 10 the
halday program at Cleveland
Springs. '
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Something definite may be dope
about the extension of the P. and
N. according to a Spartanburg dis
patch.
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The “down Southern” passenger
train \va< in a slight wreck this
morning near Ruthcrfordton, ac
rordir, to information secured by
The Star.
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The Cleveland county ■ schools
new have a paper of their own and
a school article says thit achieve
ments tests will soon be held to
compare the work of the local
schools with others.
Dr. L. V. Lee, prominent‘Cleve
land county citizen, was painfully
injured in an automobile accident
yesterday.
Did you know that one of the
first camp-meetings in America
was held in Lincoln county? lteud
the editorials tAday.
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Imagine dreaming about an auto
wreck then to see the dream hap
pen in real life. Such was a Shelby
man's experience yesterday.
According to messages received
from Ruthcrfordton the early
morning “down” Southern passen
ger train was partially derailed in
a slightwreck about one mile south
of Ruthcrfordton nearing Spindak*
this morning about 6:45.
Split rails, according to the in
formation secured, brought about
the shifting of the cowcatcher and
* part of the engine from the
tracks. The baggagr carj it is said,
wa“ slightly damaged and the first
pas.engcr car was slightly off.
About 75 yards of track, it is es
timated. was torn up. Two wreck
ing trains, it is reported, were on
route to the scene early in the
morning.
One colored man, according to
Mr. Xorris, of Rutherfordton was
slightly injured.
The train was the south bound
Corning passenger train from Ma
riw to Rock Hill.
Cogo Season Of
Forest City Team
Ff>rofit. t'icy—With a successful
y’n'Hal! season just closing by de
featin^ the flashy Marion high
Jfbool team G-0 Thanksgiving day,
™e athletes of Forest City high
Jth'ol are ready to turn their ef
7 toward basketball.
^oach Pool has issued a call for
"e candidates for the basketball
tarn to assemble Monday, Decem
r Since practically all of last
Jears team which made such a
8^ showing in the semi-finals in
c western tournament at Mars
I are hack in school, it is cx
that ForestsCity high school
II have a successful season.
A stiff schedule has almost been
upleted up to the probable date
fella ■ Statt‘ championship. The
iwinR is tj,e schedule as nr
lar.ged:
Alexander School, inch,
ar-l,0 v ec' ®0illng Springs high
-„i’ here; Dec. 21, Central high
h,t . v©ninii
fJ0’ ^P'ndale; Jan. 11, Marion
'1 “choo], there; Jan. 14. Cen
tra] k• r ' iwre; Jan
},i , hlRh. here; Jan. 18, Gastoni
school, there; Jan. 21. T in
Sii)lt0n’ hcre: Jan- 25. Bailing
hcr?Pp ’1Prei Jan. 28, Marion,
Feh ’, Bincolnton, there;
oncvv?asionia- her'>: Feb. 8,
tni v,- open; Feb. 15, Cen
a| high, there.
uasian::i Dcouis Win Honors In
Piedmont Field Day Held Here
*/n-; Ui~ Takes Regular Lead. Several *
Lunured Scouts Attend Annual
Seoul Meet Here
. ■’;> Ii t to j..; f'r t and
b*»KC. buy Sr (Tit (V " 0 * SUi
’> • >ay afternoon when the annual
*•’ "f t’11 Piedmont Count T
•’ . >u> was lit-Id.
/»PFJ*-x.niat?ly.. iiQO Boy Scouts
coming1 from Lincoln. ‘ Gaston
iLuhrr!, Cl-vcK-nd and Polk,
’■ (Untie wore in m.. n ! ;n,','\ Ga;
"n ■ < o ii'. y , nt the biggest iv-,
presentation of youngsters and
; 1! 0 carried away all the prizes in
ti ■ even,?. A fair crowd of spec-1
ntor. lined ,! • field with parents
on ! friend watching the events
end th ly, train'd tactics of
! ]° ; "out-- v.-.-n the admiraton of
th.e crowd. Generally speaking it,
was the cleanest-cut gathering of1
boys Shelby has ever entertained.
From the rope-throwing relay
through the equipment race every
even, was highly entertaining and
many of the winners exhibited near
perfect work. Troop Four, of G;\ -
tonia, a highlight at all scout
gatherings took away major hon
or.-. and the big silver trophy cup
presented by the Shelby Kiwanis
club. And in their wake lined up
three o.her Gastonia troops, Ten,
Five a’d Two, for the other honor
and prizes.
Shelby has two troops entering!
both making close bids for scor
ing honors.
~)e»im*c Plans For Extension Of
E* &. N. To Be Considered Wednesday
Clerk George Webb Swears Him
self Out of Office and His
Successor In.
The new Cleveland county offi
cers, elected at the last general
election, were sworn in this mora
ine at the court house.
Former Clerk of Co\irt George
P. Webb literally swore himself out
of office without using ary pro
fanity. One of the first officers to
be sworn in was the new clerk, A.
M. Hamrick, and Mr. Webb swore
his successor in. The county com
missioners and the new register.
A. F. Newton, were among the oth
er officers being sworn in. Sam C.
Lattimore, the newly elected com -
missioner, was unable to be pres
ent early in the morning for the
regular cerenionie s, but was expect
ed later in the day.
After he had taken the oath of
office Clerk Hamrick was busy for
some time himself in swearing in
bistiees of peace from various sec
tor ns of the conty.
With the hew officers going in.
county court on, ard the monthly
board meetings there was a large
crowd gathered about the court
house during the morning and ear
ly afternoon.
Cleveland Farmers
Sell Cotton In S. C
Practically All Best Cotton In
Cherokee Has Been Sold Is
Opinion Of Hamrick
The following from the Gaffney
Ledger should be of interest to
Cleveland county readers:
Practically all of the host grades
of Cherokee county cotton produc
ed this year has been marketed,
excepting the bales put in storage
to b' held for higher prices, ac
cording to Pr. \V. C. Hamrick,
head of the Hamrick group of
mills, which has been the princi
pal purchasing factor here this
fall. Cotton gathered in the fields
now is frost-bitten, which injuries
the staple, he said.
Cotton that is kept away from
the gin for some weeks alter be
ing picked improves in quality de
cidedly, Hr. Hamrick stated. The
lint actually continues growing,
apparently securing a certain
amount of food from the oil in the
seed.
[ When Th;r Hamrick- group of
mills entered the local markets
| several week > apro it was announc
I od that only Cherokee county
! grown cotton would, be purchased.
The local price was put up a quar
i ter to a half cent per pound over
the majority of the other markets
! in this territory. The other day a
| Cleveland county farmer residing
15 miles above Shelby hau’ed five
! hales .35 miles to sell on the Gaff
ney market. In consideration of his
1 long trip an exception was made
of his case and his cotton was ac
cepted by the Hamrick buyer.
Tire And Battery
Store To Open Here
Spangler and Newman- is the
name of a new firm which will
open for business the last of this
week in the store room recently
vacated by the Commercial Printery
in the Courtview hotel building:. .1.
\V. Spangler and Roy Newman are
the owners and they will stock a
full line of automobile tires and
batteries,-'handling well known
brands to sell at retail. Both are.
well versed in automobiles and ac
cessories and feel that a good busu
ness awaits them in those lines.
Spartanburg, S. C., Dec.' 5.—It is
expected that a definite proposition
for the construction of the Spar
tanbure-Gastonia link of the Pied
onint and Northern railroad and
possibly one for the extension cfj
the road from Charlotte to Win
ston-Salem or Durham, will be cor-j
sidered at a meeting of the stock
holders in Greenville Wednesday. |
It was unanimously decided that
the work should be recommended at j
a !. '■ting of the board of directors I
of the railroad company in Green- i
ville November 3.
The construction of the missing 1
link between this city and Gastonia;
will connect Greenwood with north-j
f rn points and to some extent ful- i
fill the dreams of the late James J
B. Duke, president of the road, who
wishes to serve the entire Piedmont i
section of the two Carolinas.
If the projects are endorsed by |
the stockholders it is expected that |
the charter of the corporation will j
be so changed as to call for an in - i
crease in the capital stock of 200, ’
000 shares. The common shares of \
this stock will have no nominal
value but the preferred shares will j
he valued at $109 each, it is plan- \
ned.
The announcement of plans of
the P. and N. relative to the con
struction of the missing link be
tween Spartanburg and Gastonui
is the second big development which
has been planned for the eity. The
other is the announced intention
of the Charleston and Western Car
olina railroad to make a physical
connection with the Clinchfiel-J
through an underground tunnel in
the city.
COTTON MARKETS
(By Jno. F. Ctar\ and Co >
Cotton was quoted at noon Mon
day as follows on New York ex
change.
January 11.86; March 12.06; May
12.28; July 12.49; Oct 12.66; De
cember 12.09.
Liverpool 12:15 p. m.—Decem
ber 8; January 10; March 16; May
14 American points better than
due. spot sales 6,000 middling 659
against 630 yesterday. J. B. Gor
don, coop experts think 18 million
will be gathered and ginned. Man
chester cable renorts some trans
actions last week of considerable
sue at low prices but declining raw
cotton quotations makes buyers
hesitate. New England cotton- ar
rivals since August 1, are 276,278
bales against 302,166 last year,
mills still adhere to policy of buy
ing very conservatively. Greens
boro, N. C., special says North Cav
oiiha cotton finance unit has had
several inquiries but no requests
for loans. Light business ir
Worth street. Southern spot mar
kets firmer Saturday sales 40,000
bales, Dallas 1085 Augusta 11.31.
Market may rally further on cables
and pre-bureau covering. New
buying by the public because they
regard prices low is becoming more
noticeable and together with trade
buying absorbs hedge selling.
Want to Reduce?
Walter U. Taber, zs, an on worker
at Huntington Beach. Calif., used to
;weigh 224. But he swam the 2T
mile Catalina channel 'In IS hours
and 27 minutes and now he weighs
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SCHOOL TESTS TO
To Compart' Work of County
Schools With Others. School
Times Reaches Readers.
Nearly 200 ( lev land county
teachers attended tin.' general mect
in(f held in the court house her.f
Saturday at which time important'
matters to the school profession
were taken up and discussed.
Loading i.i inf ere t was the dis*
cussinn i ' the achievement test#
which will be • to'ted in the schools
of the county this week and next.
By tire plan 2,500 Cleveland county
school children from the fourth
through the seventh grades will he1
tested by the Stanford Achievement
Test to determine their ratirg with
school children in other counties.
The test will not be held in any
one or two schools but will cover,
the representative types in the
county—long and short term
schools, one teacher schools and
four and five teacher schools. At
the completion of the tests a com-1
pat iron will he made of the stu-!
dents achievement in this and oth- ]
er counties. The primary purpose
of the test is to determine the
short comings of the local system
so that improvements may he1
made where needed. Also the test
will, or should reveal the advan
tages of certain types of schools.
County Superintendent J. II. Grigg'
says the results will not likely be
tabulated before the first of the
year.
Two other discussions of intere st j
to the teachers were those by J. E.:
Manning, erf the Piedmont school,!
and Mips Mary Keller, of the teach
er training school here. Mr. Mar.- :
ning’s talk, which was of much ben- ■
efit to the assemblage, was on the
topic of a teacher’s reading out
side of professional topics. Miss
Kellc r’s very helpful discussion
was on the subject of methods and
devices in teaching reading. Other
than these high lights the meeting
was devoted to general routine
business of interest to the teachers.
A Good Paper.
At the meeting the teachers of
the county were introduced to the
first issue of “The Cleveland
County School Times,” a publica
tion by and for the schools of the
county. The paper, a five column,
four page sheet. \gas published by
The Ste.r Publishing company, - un
der the editing and supervision of
the school hr a da and teachers ef
the county. The general news mat
ter is made up of topics of interest
to the school work both from the
standpoint of the teacher and pu
pil, and the editorial is of the scho- 1
urge. J. H. Grigg, county superin
tendent, is the editor, and his as
sociates are W. R. Gary, J. E. Man
ning, J. A. Moore and Mrs. Sam
Crawley. Prof. Lnwotn Blanton of
Crawley, Prof. Lawton Blanton of
and €. A. Ledford is his assistant.
NEW Oil COMPANY
HERE
Cleveland Oil Company Takes Over
Washburn Oil Company. Au
thorized Capital $100,000
Cleveland Oil company is the
name of a new firm which is just
beginning business in this territory
distributing petroleum products
such as gasolne, oil and kerosene.
This new company has been char
tered by the state with an author
ized capital of $100,000 and took
over the Washburn Oil company
which has been handling petroleum
products in this territory for son’"
tim^J S. A. Washburn and his
sons Charles and Max have stock
in the new company. .T. Flem
Johnson of Gastonia has been elect
ed president and general manager,
R. A. Rankin of Gastonia vice
president, Charles Washburn,
treasurer; R. Hope Bryson of Gas
tonia, secretary and assistant gen
eral manager. Messrs. Johnson
and Bryson have moved to Shelby
and will reside here where they
can devote all of their time and at
tention to the business, planning to
develop a larger territory which
will include not only Cleveland but
contiguous territory in the two
states.
The new oil company has offices
at the Carolina Motor Inn on East
Warren Street with four large stor
age tanks at the Seaboard depot,
these tanks having a capacity of
sixty thousand gallons.
All of the men connected with
the new company are experienced
in the distribution of oil and gaso
lino and Shelby not only welcomes
new capital hut the new citizens,
Messrs. Johnson and Bryson.
Two Old Prospectors on Trial
Albert IV Fall (IcfU nml talwanl U I'ohpnv lined In pronpeet tngethei for
(told In the mesa* of New Mexico Now they are on trial in Washington
on charges of conspiracy to rl fr.itid (he government. the charge growing
out of Dnheny ■» IlftOttfiO gift to Fall several years ago when Fall was
secretary of the treasury Fater Foil I ’ «>.1 part of the Klk Hills and
Teapot Dome Oil Reserve* to Poheny i i it U charged the 110(1.non was
a tribe
DREAMS OF AUTO WRECK AND SEES
IT HAPPEN AT IDENTICAL PLACE
I
Discuss Program of Health and
Play. Committees Appointed.
Social December 1 fith.
(Special to The Star.)
Lawndale, Dee. 4.—The Parent
Teachers association met in the re
ception room of Schenck Hall
Thursday evening. December 2 and
held a lively and interesting ses
sion.
The keynote of the exercises
was the relation of health to
plav. Miss Rosalie Toller, teacher i
of home economics, presented the'
duty and opportunity of thr
school with respect and health and
sanitary living. She Was followed I
bv Miss Melba Whitworth, teacher
of the seventh grade with the sub 1
joct, ‘Do we provide sufficient i
playgrounds?? Mr. Schenck Car-'
renter discussed the question of
the moral value of pi a v in the life
of the child. Mr. C. D. Forney pre
sented some vital questions for'
open discussion. Several meet- j
bora took part in these open dis
cussions. among them Prof. W. D.
Dorns. Prof. .1. M. Latham. Prof.
John E. Manning and Mr. C. D.
Forney.
The president of the association
Mrs. W. D. Burns, appointed the
•following com nf, tees: Program,
Mrs. Will Lee Mrs. C. D. Forney
and Prof. J. M. Latham; Meni
l>ership: Mrs. C. D. Forney, Mrs.
David Beam, Mrs. George Hold.
Mrs. William Yelton, Mrs. George
Cornwell, Mrs. 0. V. Warllok. Mrs.
Will Miller. Mrs. Florence Lackey,
Miss Vertie Champion, Miss Em
ma Gold. Mrs. W. L. Grigg and
Mrs. Will Dixon: Social: Miss
Rosalie Toller. Miss Annie Belle
Harroll and Prof. M. I,. Turner.
Playground: Mrs. Anderson Hord,
Mrs. John Moore. Mrs. C. D. For
ney, Miss Margaret Lattimore.
Miss Nora Flllott. Miss Marie and
Cornwell: Health: Mrs. John
Moore, Miss Annie ..Belle Harrell.
Mr. Schenck Cpmenter; Publicity,
Miss Charlotte Young.
■The next meeting will he held
in the home economics rooms. Thir
will he largely a social meeting and
will occur on Thursday afternoon*
December 1G. when there is to he
an exhibit by the home economics j
department and a sale of gifts
made by the students. Further an- j
i ouncements will be made later
in regard to the meeting and the j
sale.
Mrs. \V. N, Dorsey has returned
home after spending several days,
with Mrs. G. S. Royster jr.t at
Fallston.
Mrs. J. C. Harrill, Mrs. M. I
D. llarriH and Miss Alive j
Dellinger of Forest Cit^ spent ;
Monday with Mrs. W. Y. Crowder.:
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Parker of,
Clemson college and Miss Edna |
Parker of Greenville. S. C.. spert
the week end here with thiir par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. L,. Parker.
:
I)o coming events cast their shad
ows before?
H. A. Mills, of Shelby, one of the
proprietors of the Kelly Clothing
company, says wes, maybe.
Saturday night Mr. Mills went
to bed and went to sleep after the
fashion of a man whose conscience
is clear, and had a dream! It was a
thriller. Iiv the nocturnal vision he
saw himself traveling the highroad
between Shelby and Forest Ctiy.
It was broad daylight. He was
driving the car, and going at top
speed, in haste. Just why he was :n
n huiry is not clear, but he was
stepping on the gas. All of a sud
den, at a turn in the road, his ear
heeled out as a ship in a wind, ran
on two wheels giddily along the
edge of a precipice, and then—
bingo! Over the embankment it
went, and rolled over and over and
over with Mills inside bumping al
ternately on the cushions and on the
top.
He was injured, severely. He saw
in his dream his body lying pros
trate amongst the wreckage of the
car. Then he woke up—all wet with
sweat—the vision had been that
elear.
That was all. In time he went
back to sleep.
Yesterday afternoon—the next
day, you understand—he started
home from Forest City, traveling
over the precise road of his dreams.
Ahead, as he came toward Shelby,
lie suddenly saw an embankment.
It looked familiar, so familiar that
the sight of it was disturbing.
lie slowed the car up. Yes, it
was the same scene—the scene of
his dream. There was the very
precipice over which his car tum
bled. So deeply into his conscious
ness had the dream cut its way,
that his hand shook as it held the
wheel.
He slowed the car down to a
crawl. And then this happened:
Around a curve ahead came a
Ford, traveling in high, and loaded
with kids. It swept toward the prec
ipice with a rush, and as Mills look
ed—right before his eyes—the
thing careened on the edge of the
embankment, two wheels rose in
the air, spinning—there was a sec
ond of breathless suspense, and
then down the steep incline plung
ed the car with his human freight.
It happened at the identical spot
of the dream.
Think it over!
High$ Practising
For Cage Contests
Candidates for .the Shelby High
basketball quintet are now practis
ing regularly under the direction
of Coach “Casey” Morris. A sched
ule taking in a number of county
teams and quints in other sections
of the state is now being arrang
ed.
Basketball here has been a side
issue for many years owing to the
lack of suitable indoor court. This
year as has been the custom the
Highs are training on an outdoor
court and will be handicapped as
usual when playing their schedule
on indoor floors. The material out
is among the best of recent years
and high school athletic officials
are expecting a fair season.
Dr. L. V. Lee Loses Eye
When Car Goes Into Creek
EASTERN STATES
Blizzard Brines Three Deaths at
Buffalo. Sn<>« Fighters Kept
Hosilv at Work.
i\ew ione, iJec. ♦>,-—Accompanied
by strong winds, the first heavy
snow fall of the season blanketed
the enst today. Knrly last nitrht >
snow began to fall in some section
and 21 hours later was still falling
the depth ranging from three to 34
inches. Buffalo reported the heav-'
iest snow fall. New England was
hit. by the blizzard and Boston re
ported temperature of four degrees 1
above zero.
The snow fighting forces of New j
^ ork city turned their attention to 1
keeping open the ferry approaches 1
and the bridges over which 170,000 ,
trucks moved, carrying food sup- *
plies into the city. In Western Pern !
11 ylvania, rain and sleet fell with |
a gradual drop in temperature.
Buffalo, N. Y„ Dee. 5.—Three
deaths resulted from a heavy snow
storm here today. At Lockport a
trolley struck an automobile and*
Kenneth Merch and Melvin Brit
ten, both of Smithville, were killed.
A man identified as George
Jones died of exposure in this city.'
The accident at Lockport occur
I red at the height of the storm whan
the vision of both the trolley mo
I torman and the driver of the auto
mobile were obstructed by the
heavy snowfall.
| The snow fall in Buffalo reached
j a depth of 12 inches.
Temperature at Lowest of Season.
Boston, Dec. 5.—New England was
1 engulfed in a bitter freezing wave
| from the northeast today that
drove down temperatures to the
| lowest levels of the season. In the
( northern sections, the mercury
sank far below the zero mark. Bos
ton, with a frigid four degrees
above zero, experienced its coldest
! December fifth in the history of
| the weather bureau whose annals
, extend back 52 years,
j Hard on the heels of the peak of
the cold wave came snow that fell
I steadily throughout the day and
was drifted by a driving northeast
| wind.
Northfield, Vt., reported an of
ficial twelve degrees below zero,
and Caribou, Me., 10 below.
| Georgia “Lifer”
Nabbed In County
Kings Mountain Gets Escaped Mur
derer From Georgia With
Another Convict.
Atlanta, Ga., R. E. Travis, who
| escaped from the Muscogee cour
ty chaingang November 3, where
, he was serving a life sentence for
the murder of a Fulton county
guard, has been captured by Kings
Mountain, authorities, the state
‘prison commission was advised to
day.
A telegram from I. M. Allen,
chief of police of Kings Mountain
j to the prison commission saitj that
Travis was arrested there in eom
! pany with another escaped Georgia
1 convict, Walter Fisher, who was
serving a sentence in Murray
I county.
“Oh, How They Fight
Over Me”—In Court
Love is costly. Especially so
when two women have a “hanker
ing” for the same man and decide
on the process of elimination—sur
vival ofthe fittest—to determine
which shall be loved.
Charlie Degree, local colored
man, is the lucky, or unlucky, Loth
ario, and the two women appear
ing in Judge John Mull’s county
court this morning split up tho
costs.
J It seems from the evidence that
one of the women was up town
with Charlie Saturday night. Tho
. other girl happened by and decided
I Charlie should be keeping with her,
1 and there the affair started. The
■ officers arrived on the scene and
) Charlie departed, surmising that
he was too much in demand. The
i two women entertained the court
1 crowd Monday morning with their
statements from the witness stand
and though both hinted that theyi
; had claims on Charlie’s polyga
mous heart neither was sure which
| had the best hold.
Has Chest Injury Which is Giving
Physicians Some Concern. Is
in Rutherford HosiptaJ.
Dr. L. V. Lee, prominent physi
cian of Lattimore, has lost his left
eye ami has n chest injury which is
giving his attending physicians
great concern, as a result of an in
jury he received Sunday morning
when his Buick coupe left the road
and plunged into the creek near the
David McBrayer farm between Lat
timore and Mooresboro. Dr. Lee
was riding alone when his car left
the road as it appronched the
bridge, landing about ten feet up
side down in the bed of the creek.
The radiator struck first, but tl e
weight of the car brought it back
on its top. From the moat reliable
sources, it is thought that Dr. Lee
war. knocked unconscious for about
.'SO minutes. After he regained his
composure from the shock, he man
aged to open the ear door and free
himself, but found that his eye was
gone and was sitting in the creek
washing the blood from his face
when a negro passed by and as
sisted him to another car in which
he was carried to his home at Lat
timore.
Has Chest Injury.
One report has it that he was
going to see his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. T. G. Lee at Boiling Springs,
while another says he W'as answer
ing a call to see a daughter of a
Mr. Walker when the accident hap
pened about 10:30 o’clock Sunday
morning. He was found by the col
ored passerby about 11 o’clock and
reached home about noon, his cloth
ing soaked with water from the
creek. Sonietime ago Dr. Lee was
at the point of death with pneu
monia, so with a chest injury and
exposure to cold and water on a
raw day, his family and physicians
are anxiously watching develop
ments. When the car landed down
the embankment, Dr. Lee’s chest
struck the steering wheel and
smashed it, while it is supposed
flying glass from the wind-shield
cut his eye. Physicians remove*
tho eye at the Rutherford bospiti.
at 9 o’clock Sunday night and re
ports this morning from his beci
side is that his condition is movi
encouraging. Special attention i
being given to his chest injury i:
the hope that pneumonia will ik
develop.
Banquets And Dances To Mark
Holiday Festivities Staged
At Cleveland Springs
Cleveland Springs, Shelby’s
suburban resort and hotel, was
once considered a summer resort,
but not now. December is getting
to be the big month of the year
with the annual banquets and fes
tivities of the holidays.
Assistant manager Stovall has
listed the events already schedul
ed for the month at the resort as
follows:
Banquet of M. P. Coley insurance
agency on Tuesday night. Decem
ber 7. The banquet will be pre
ceded by a meeting in the after
noon and a high official of the
home office will be in attendance.
On December 17, the farewell
dance of the hotel will be held for
teachers and others.
On Decrgiber 18, the big annual
Shelby Mill banquet under the di
rection of Mr. R. T. LeGrand will
be held. The banquet will be mark
ed by fine local entertainment
program.
The University of North Cr.ro
lina alumni of the section will!
stage their big alumni banquet on
December. 2.
On December 24, conies the big
annual holiday dance of the Shel
by Cotillion club, one of the out
standing dances of the year.
The alumni members of the
Sigma Nu fraternity in this and
other sections of Western Caro
lina will hold their banquet on
December 27, with the purpose of
organizing an alumni chapter for
the section.
The December list will wind ur
with the New Year’s Eve dance or
December 30, and also a banquet
and dance of the Charlotte Pro
gressive club.
Several other banquets and din
ner parties are expected to bn
booked during the month.