North Carolina Newspapers

) | 7n«mb*r TI North Carolina PRESS ASSOCIATION By mail, per year (in advance)_$2.5t By carrier. Der vear fin advancei S3 What’s THE News tHE STAR’S REVIEW. ^ Crowds of shoppers thronging Shelby business streets remind one that there nrc only about 10 moie shopping days until the big Yule tide event. The pres nt cotton crop is the largest in the history of the state as well us in the nation and the county crop bids fair to reach similar honors. ye taxpayers! There’s an article of interest to you in today’s Star, pid you know that Shelby’s munici pal tax is the third lowest in the state? „ . . Curls for men in “male beauty ahops only.” What about that? guc!, is said to be hovering in the Asheville atmosphere. The new register of deeds, Andy Ucwton, can gather in the ’taters js well as votes, it is said. Every boy has a secret desire to be s cowboy and throw a lariat. One pover mill boy should be a rodeo champion. He lassoed a big hawk last week with his cap. j. W. Atkins, Gastonia publish er is the new president of the Shel by district Epworth League Union. The Christmas pageant at the Morgan school is expected to be one of the town’s most colorful jehool events. It takes a nerve to steal a cop’s automobile while he looks at the heroine and the hero in a movie, yet such occurred last week in Shelby and the car has been recov ered. • • • County an dtown officers like to see good business in Shelby just before Christmas, but the liquor trade is another matter and the of ficers are active now seizing the holiday stock. * * * A Rutherford youth was accident ally killed while out hunting last week. The rainy week-end resulted in several auto wrecks. A Shelby lady was injured in one here while n Shelby man tried to dodge a petting party and was injured in another. The season of banquets is ap proaching. One will be held this week at Cleveland Springs and will be followed by several next week and on through the holidays. Washington Boys Still In Shelby Training School Officers Have Not Come For Escaped Boys After Week. It was learned at the Sheriff’s of fice today that Odus Kinnigham »nd Paul Schraek, the youths who •scaped from the National Training ichoel at Washington, are still in jail here awaiting the arrival of school officials. The youths were caught early last week by local of ficers and were with another boy connected with a stolen car from ?cckinghani. Local officers wired Washington and officials of the school returned a wire last Wed rtsday asking that "the boys be held Until they arrived. So far no other *ord has been heard from Wasli ®£ton and county officers cannot Understand why no one has come “>r them. Deputy Sweezy Is Getting The Spirit County Officer Nabbed Two Men And Six Gallons Last Week. Cuts Christmas Cheer. County and town officers are al j**dy cutting down on the artifi Jj®. Christmas cheer as bottled in Siffii fprm,_ Last week town of ™<;rs nabbed several gallons of r'dsv sphits, while on Friday jwputy Tom Sweezy bagged six ©uons of corn and two men near T*™C°n- The booze was hidden the road owing to motor trouble and the officer walked up r,one of them, W. M. Turner. La the other man, A. J. Dawson, •wared on the scene and was also ;**en *n tow. Tried it> recorder’s T®rt the two were given road sen _ ces of four montiis each, an ap P* was entered in both cases. Peck Wilson It Head Of Kiwanis officers were elected for the wrford Kiwanis club as follov\3 Jwident, B. Deck Wilson; vior bn.+ ntl E. Spikes; district Haf e<1' ®‘ Smith; directors, J. p. *•'' f’arPenter, Clyde A. Erwin, srcy Hplms TC-_1 I-V tt_ fiepycHelms- Pred D. Hamrick, Scruggs, W. B. Walker, Hick 4 w _ T" N' C- Harr'iir J- ,'lson was vice-president this yesr and is an enthusiastic Ki Waniarv tZ , , emnusiasuc ivi i» „ '.‘be l'luh meets weekly and It js 0Win<? stronger each month, off °nly fW0 years old. The new - „ Wl11 be installed the first ln8 in January. CISTiSIWE Stoivt A bustle With Merry Buy- ! crs as \\ inter Sun Shines. ' Thronp of Gift Hunters. Many a gift for Kris Kringie to place in his pack was purchased in Shelby Saturday. With a beaming sun throwing out rays with an August warmth Shelby was packed during “shop- | ping Saturday” with throngs of \ uletide buyers. Sidewalks were crowded and local stores were ! busy. Quite a number of local stores have staged December drives and Christmas sales and with only two ' weeks to go before the big event the buying public of Shelby, Clev eland county, and a part of Ruther- i ford responded Saturday. Stores 1 wherein special sales events are on report a steady business during the day. Fact is, the sale events are some 1 thing near the definition given them by one buyer: “These stores have cut their prices down now to compare with cotton prices.” That is what some of the merchants have termed their price cuts, and appar ently the buyers are agreeing. Decorating Streets. Even though Saturday witness- - ed a rush of holiday shopping the merchants of the town are ap parently looking for still bigger days. Various sections of business streets are taking on added holiday appearance as cedars and vari-col ored lights are being placed along | the curb. Display window's arc vic t ing with each other to attract at : tertion and all extra space in the stores is being utilized to accommo i date the gift stocks. And, by all the laws of human nature, “the rush’ is still ahead. Carolina Alumni Plan Big Event Chapci Hill.— The Carolina al umr.i-student banquet, to be held at Cleveland Springs hotel on December 2 should have an at tendance of around one hundred eluami and students and along with these will be a large number of wives, sweethearts and friends. There are now within the county about seventy or seventy five members of the alumni and in the i University there are about twenty eight students. Big plans are be ing made about this event and a great amount of interest is being shown over the county. Sinclairs | orchestra is being secured to play i at intervals during the meal. An interesting speaker will be secured | for a brief peppy talk. while ' others will be asked for brief re marks of interest. The Cleveland. County Club at Chapel Hill in connection with the alumni here have been putting out i some hard work to put this over as i the biggest ever and all members | are asked to join in for a big I time. Dance For Everybody ] • After the banquet the affair i will be turned into a big informal I Carolina Ball, a script affair for i everybody. Everything will be in I fine shape for a big time or all | with Sinclair’s Tar Heel dance or | chestra at its best. A prize will be : given to the lady who is crowned i Queen of the Carolina Ball. How Many Pieces Of Gold To Come Here Christmas? Shelby is still old-fashioned, or original enough to give gold pieces , of varying denominations for Christmas. Ordinarily local banks j corner a surplus supply of the glit ! tering gold coins for the conven i ience of their banking patrons who ! like to slip such gifts in the pro verbial Yuletide stockings. The following dispatch from New York is assurance enough that the gold pieces will be in circulation again this year: “Gold pieces in the j $2.50, $5, $10 and $20 denomina tions are now leaving the New York federal reserve bank by the truckload, bound for country and city banks which will supply the stream of gold coins that pour in ; to Christmas stockings and gift en velopes. “Every year at this time the New York and other federal reserve banks have watched a growing flood of gold pieces pour forth, and then suddenly, after the holidays, pour hack and become a part of the bank reserves until another Christ mas rolls around.” __ This is the time of year that the turkey occupies the center of the table, without enjoying the lime j light. —■ * Shelby Has Third Lowest City Tax Rate In State Wilson Has Lowest At 58 Cents, Morganton Second With 80 Cents, Shelby Third With 88 Cents Shelby’s municipal tax rate is the third lowest among the 48 largest cities and towns in North Carolina, according to tax figures obtained from Raleigh. Shelby’s tax rate per $100 as sessed valuation is 88 cents. Only two towns, Wilson and Morgan ten, have lower rates. Wilson’s rate is 58 cents and Morganton’s is 80 cents. The highest municipal tr.x rate is that of $2.85 in Louisburg, almost two dollars higher than the rate in Shelby. Of the larger cit ies Winston-Salem and Wilmington have the lowest tax rate of $), while Durham has the highest, which is $1.40. Gastonia’s tax rate is $1.35, and Kings Mountain’s is $1.15. The tax rates of the 48 largest towns of the state follow: Asheville, $1.24; Burlington, $1.70; Canton, $1.50; Charlotte, $1,16; Concord, $1.62; Dunn, $1.75; Durham, $1.40; Elizabeth City, $1.22; Forest City $2.18; Gastonia, $1.35; Goldsboro, $1.25; Greensboro $1.24; Greenville, $1.50; Hamlet, $1.70; Hendersonville, $1.90; Hick ory, $1.60; High Point, $1.60; Kings Mountain. $1.15; Kinston, $1.65; Laurinburg, $1.25; Lenoir, $1.25; Lexington, $1.15; Louisburg, $2,85; Lumberton, $1.75; Monroe, $1.70; Mooresville, $1.00; Morganton .80; Ml. Gilead, .90; Newt Bern, $1.28; Newton, $1.20; North Wilkesbore. $1.80; Oxford, $1.48; Raleigh, $1.15; Reidsvilie, $1.20; Roanoke Rapids, .90; Rockingham, $1.70; Rocky Mount, $1.30; Roxboro,'$2.00 Salisbury, $1.49; Shelby, .88; Statesville, $1.30; Thomasville, $2.20; Wadesboro, $1.00; Washing ton, $1.45; Wilmington, $1.00; Wil son. 58; Winston-Salem, $1.00. Inheritance Tax To Boost North Carolina Income $400,000—Budget Makers Are In Need Of More Revenue I REGISTRAR i 'Tirol RAISER Andy F. Newton Caters Especially to Nancy Halls and Delta Long Staple Cotton. Down in No. 4 township, Andy F. Newton, the new registrar of deeds is known as “Tater Andy" because he is somewhat of a wizard in raising Nancy Halls. Mr. New ton had a yield of about 800 bushels this year and he has these on stor age, curing for market next spring. They must be watched closely in order to make them cure up to a I perfect flavor, so he is motoring | back and forth from his job and will keep this up until spring when the ’taters are sold. Mr. Newton ex pects to move his family to Shelby. He says he is too poor to buy a home here and will therefore rent. Mr. Newton lives over in a sec- j tion said to be especially good for long staple cotton. In fact the soil grows a staple almost equal to the Mississippi delta. In addition to 'taters, Mr. Newton raises cotton, but plants nothing but the delta long staple. This year he raised 20 . bales which he has already sold at prices ranging from 21 to 24 cents per pound. A few pigs and potato 1 slips are included in his farm oper- 1 ations. Mr. Newton writes a very legible hand, is accurate and quick in fig ures and is getting on to the details of the office. Cop’s Auto Stolen Here Is Recovered Minus License Tag I ! Forest City Officer Has Car Taken While Enjoying A Shelby Show at the Princess. Auto thieves, especially those who | patronize theatre curbs in Shelby, ! are not particular about the pro : fession of the owner of the cars I they annex. Meantime record an | other car to disappear which its j owner was absorbed in a Shelby theatre. Last Wednesday night Police man M. E. Fox, of Forest City, came to Shelby with a lady friend to .witness a show at the Princess. As ; theatre-goers' have a habit of doing ! he parked his Ford roadster at the [curb and entered the theatre only to return after the show and find his car gone. | Friday the officer came back to 1 Shelby to look for his missing car I and it was found abandoned on a • Shelby street minus the license tag I and a flashlight belonging to the officer. FRIDAY THE DAY FOE ‘MUSIC BOX REVUE.” It cannot bo dented that Irving Berlin has the faculty for concoct ing the intimate Broadway enter tainment. In his fourth edition of “Music .Box Revue” which comes to the Princess theatre Friday night he is at his best in the lilting rythmic swing of the musical num bers. His resource.\Jness in tune ful composition never seems to end and in the revue to be seen here they come aplenty. The fourth an nual revue is a big beautiful showT, w ith class written all over it, we are told. Among the company of enter tainers is a chorus of wondrous beauty and charm. (Barkley in Observer.) Raleigh,—The average annual yield to the state from inheritance taxes will be boosted by approxi mately $400,000 under the provis ions of an inheritance tax clause drafted by the state budget com mission and board of assessment for incorporation in the new reve nue bill and designed to take ad vantage of the estates tax clause of the federal revenue act. That, however, is the first prom ise of increased revenue for the state’s general fund that the boards have been able to find during the week they have been at work on a revenue bill. And while it is under stood not to be their purpose to in crease the taxing schedules which prevail in the present revenue act, it was indicated that some of the classifications may be revised and possible new sources of revenue in vestigated in the hope of inceasing the total tax yield without adding to the existing tax burdens. Work Together. The budget commission and the board of assessment are working together in the drafting of the new revenue bill in compl’anee with the law which requires them both to prepare it. The former commission has, in addition, the responsibility of drafting an appropriations hill to be submitted to the legislature. Its aim will be to make Ihe revenue bill, which means that for every dollar appropriated to the institution and departments there must be a dollar in tax money in prospect. That additional revenue will be needed to meet the appropriations to be recommended by the commis sion even after the requests of the pending agencies have been sub stantially sliced was indicated by the announcement tyat the commis sion and its partner, the board of assessment, are on the look out for ways and means of providing the state with a larger income than the present revenue act is supplying. What suggestions the two boards are considering have not been dis closed. It was stated, however, that members of both agencies are defi nitely hostile to any further in crease in the income tax schedule, which now varies 1.25 per cent on small incomes to 5 per cent on the large corporations, nor is a sales tax being considered. There have been intimations that a reduc tion may be made for franchise tax’ schedules, which admittedly are heavy, and that burden shifted to some other classification. Auto Tax. Automobile dealers of the state are urging tbe boards to make cer tain changes in the schedule of tax es imposed on them. For one thing, they would like for the $500 tax now levied on the sale of each make of automobile shifted from the manufacturers and divided among the local agents. An attack may also be made on the $10 license tax levied against agents. HEALTH EXHIBIT TO BE SHOWN IN SHELBY D. Arnold Kohn, of Chicago, hpa secured permission of local officials to put on a liesith exhibit here in the nature of wax figures. Mr. Kohn has wired his associates in Chicago to forward the material at once and it is expected that it will arrive so it can be shown the latter part of this month. The producers say that the title given is “Every body’s Business” and that the first exhibit to be given in the United States will be given in Shelby. Big Crop at Starvation Price. 16 Percent. Larger and Worth 26 Percent Less. Raleigh—North Carolina’s i cotton crop is 16 per cent larg or than last year hut worth 26 per cent less. The federal department of agriculture today, character izing the situation ns grave, suggested a "tremendous cut next year as the only salva tion.” Several million hales I should be held off the market, the statement added. "With a prospective crop of * 1.250,000 bales, of which 1,000, •161 bales have been ginned to December 1, we have the larg est probable crop in the state’s history,” Frank Parker, agri cultural statistician for the state, declared. Nativity Pageant Ready For Event Everything Set For Big Christmas Pageant ii;t Morgan School. May Give Again. The “Nativity Pageant” to be presented at the Morgan seoool, Wednesday evening at 8 o’clock is in readiness for the performance. The characters, the setting, and the music ail contribute to the true pic turing of the birth of Christ. Those taking the twenty five character parts have secured beau tiful costumes from the Brenau costume room, and the 65 girls singing in the chorus have lovely white robes. The music used throughout the entertainment will be the familiar old Christmas carols and hymns; ! also occasional strains of different1 national anthems and a negro spir itual song by Evelyn Williams, who takes the part of Africa. Dr. Plaster will play the violin which will add much to the sweet ness ol the Christmas Songs. I Those taking character parts are as follows: interpreter, Mildred* Parker; angels, Irene Turner, Mil dred Barrett, Esther Byars, Kath erine Gantt, Flossie Stewnrt, and Mae Allen; Mary, Corrine Cham pion; Joseph, Ruby McSwain; shep herds, Lois Blanton, Evelyn Blan jton, Vangie Haynes; wisemen, Mil dred Patterson, Ruth Williams, Pearl Towery; nations—Columbia, Ola Lee Glasgow; India, Roberta Rheinhardt; China, Magnolia Car ter; Japan, Cothenia Hamrick; Mary Sue Bell; Russia, Rae Ellis; France Lena Hamrick; Africa, Eve lyn Williams. The public is very cordially in vited Wednesday evening Admis sion, adults 20c; school children. ,15c. The pageant will be repeated, complimentary, Thursday evening for the members of the Kiwanis club and the members of the South | Shelby night school only. Curls For Men Now Talked By Barbers Asheville Proprietor Says Number of Men Have Conferred With Him About Matter. Asheville—Well, men, it’s hap pened! They are quoting prices on masculine curls, both permanent and Marcel wave. At a local barber ’ shop the man in charge of waving apparatus has prepared a schedule ] of prices for men’s pates, j This shop recently installed a i beauty parlor as a part of its equip i ment, partitioning off a portion of the rear of the establishment. Here ] men and women operators are kept busy with I . I. Bennett, a barb< r \ in Ashevilh and Morganton for the past 15 years, having general su pervision of the waving machinery. “Since we undertook this work,” the stonsor told a reporter, “a num ber of men have conferred with me about having their hair curled. I have not as yet had a male client to take a wave but so much interest has been shown in the subject by my masculine clientele that I hope to put some men’s curls in for Ashe ville citizens before the arrival of the summer tourists, and the cer tain demand among visiting gentle men for attention. I just would like to start the ball rolling with I a local man.” i I ------ May Let Contract For “Gym” Today Bids for the proposed new gym nasium building at the Shelby High school were all received late Satur day afternoon, it is said, and the board will meet this afternoon at 5 o’clock to consider letting the con Lots of Woe for the Farmer Here Genevieve Short in shown with a mode! bug Huge models of the Insects that attack crops were exhibited at the recent University of California Agricultural Club exhibit, and way# to fight them Were explained. Marvin Lutz Child Is Pneumonia Victim — Three Have Typhoid Bright Lutz, ten year-old daugh ter of Mr. Marvin Lutz who lives on Highway No. 18 just above Bel-, wood, died this morning of pneumo-j nia, following an attack of typhoid fever. Three other children of Mr. Lutz are sick with the dreaded malady and a little brother of the deceased is critically ill, now hav ing hemorrhages. The sympathy of the entire community goes out to Mr. Lutz in his series of mis fortunes. It is thought that typhoid fever in the family was contracted from drinking polluted well water and a specimen of the water has been sent to the state chemist for analysis, but the report has not been received as yet. The little girl who died this morn ing had typhoid fever for several weeks and recently developed pneu monia, which took her away. She was a very bright and attractive child and her death is a source cf deep sorrow to the many friends of the family. Fate seems to have dealt harshly with Mr. Lutz wfcD is one of the leading farmers of upper Cleveland. About two years ago his wife, who before marriage was Miss Mamie Elliott, daughter of Mr .Bob Elliott died from a heart trouble. Six months later the youngest child in the family passed away. A few weeks ago typhoid fev#r developed and one by one the children devel oped the disease until all four were down at the same time. The other three children are quite sick, one little boy being critically ill at this time. Petting Party Gets Local Car In Wreck Shelby Man However Was Not En gaged in Party, But His Car Pulled Turtle Stunt A petting party in which he had no part other than as an involun tary intruder caused L. V. Mulkey, of the Gilmers atore here, to re ceive numerous slight injuries late Sunday night when his car turned turtle between China Grove and Concord. Mr. Mulkey along with Mr. Archie Galloway, “ad" man at Gilmers, left Shelby Sunday aft ernoon for Charlotte. Mr. Gallo way'stopped over at the Que»n City to visit relatives and Mr. Mulkey continued on to Salisbury. It was on the return trip from Salisbury that the wreck occurred. Somewhere between China Grove and Concord Mulkey noticed a big Buick parked at the right side of the road and just as he noticed the parked car another auto with blinding lights came at him from the Charlotte way. The Shelby man faced the alternative of crash ing headon wit hthe approaching car or going into a ditch to keep from hitting the parked car. lie chose the latter course and his Ford coupe did the somersault be side the Buick, whereupon the oc cupants, a young boy and girl, their tete-a-tete disturbed immediately departed without investigating the damage to be wrecked car. With the aid of a Rowan dairy farmer who lived nearby Mulkey righted his car and continued on to Char lotte where he picked up Galloway and returned to Shelby. Today Mulkey is experiencing some pain with an injured knee, a bruised hand and chin although none of the injuries are of a serious nature. His car, it is said, is only slightly damaged. Galloway meantime is congratu lating himself on always stopping over somewhere when he makes a trip out of town with a friend. It was only several months ago that Galloway left Shelby with Opie Tharpe, Gilmer employee, and while Galloway was with his parents in Charlotte Tharpe cut a flip in his car in the Iredell section, badly damaging the car and receiving several injuries himself. tract for the building. Whether or not the contract will be definitely let today is only sur mise but school officials have stat ed that it is their hope to have the new athletic building practical ly ready by the time school reopens after the holidays on January 4. Sat His Gun Down, it Discharged and Blew' Side of His Face off. Funeral Mt. Hebron. One of the most horrible acci dents that Rutherford county has ever known occurred at Logan sta tion, six miles east of Rutherford ton, when Freeland, the 15-year-old son of W. Tom Vickers, of that sec tion, accidentally shot himself with a shot gun. He had been out hunt ing and came up to a car to talk to some boys and, it is thought, went to place the gun on the fen der of the car and missed it, the trigger hitting the fender and caus ing the gun to go off. It blew the left side of his fade off. . Funeral and interm#nt took place at Mount Hebron Methodist church with Rev. J. B. Tabor in charge The deceased is the youngest child of a large family and leaves several brothers and sisters, besides his par ents. Shelhv Girls In Win Over Casar Start Cage Season With a Victory. Look Forward To New Gymnasium The newly organized Shelby birls high school basket ball team won their first out-of-town game Friday, when they tackled Casar. They beat the Casar girls 22 to 17, in what is said to have been a hard fought tussle and then some, more resembling football in certain stages more than basketball. Flushed with their victory, the girls are now seeking a game with Blacksburg; then will come others. Enthusiasm for the new pastime at the high school among the gii'ls is running high, it being the first time this division of the co-eds have had a chance to shine on the athletic field. The girls are giving big credit for their new team to R. M. Tolli json, coach, and Miss Macie Parham, athletic supervisor. Both went to Casar with the team, and helped the children pull their first batch of chestnuts out of the fire. The team is eagerly looking for ward to get into their “tin can” gym, for basketball, after the first of the year, Superintendent Griffin promising that this addition to the school equipment will be completed ^during the holiday term. Between 350 anil 400 Leaguer* At tend Interesting Meeting At Central Church J. W. Atkins, publisher of the Gastonia Gazette and former herd of the N. C. Press association, is the new president of the Shelby district Epworth League union. Mr. Atkins along with other new officers was elected at a meeting of the union held at Central Me* thodist church here last Friday night. The other officers elected were Mrs. C. G. Adams, f Stan ley, vice-president, and Misa Grace Lowe, of Lowell, secretary and treasurer. Meet In Gartonia; The next meeting of the union will be held at West End church in Gastonia. The high note of the meeting here was the inspiring address of Mr. J. C. Newton, secretary of the Shelby chamber of commerce, h>* topic being “The Young Peoples’ Place in the Church.” Those in at tendance termed it one of the most interesting talks ever made before the body. Other features of the pro I gram were musical selections by | the Shelby high school orchestra and solos by Miss Lucy Harmon./ It is estimated that between 350 and 400 young folks attended the meeting. Boy Lassoes Big Hawk By Tossing Cap On Its Head Youngsters at Dover Mill Frus trates Hawk Stealing One of His Hens by Trick. Luther Floyd, aged 11 years, is the hawk rodeo champion of Shelby and his pal, L. C. Hardin jr., aged 10, is a mighty good helper. One day recently the two boys j were playing in a yard at the home in the Dover mill village when sud | denly a big hawk swooped down out of the air and nabbed up a hen from the yard. Just as the hawk cleared the ground and start ed to soar away with his prey young Floyd yanked off his ca> and threw it at the hawk attempt ing to frighten the marauder. T1 cap accomplished. The cap fell ovc t he hawk’s head and fell down ove its eyes. Temporarily blinded th hawk swooped to the ground whei it was caught by the boys. ’ The hawk measured 24-inch from wing tip to wing tip, it is u derstood. it being measured aft being killed. Mrs. McSwain Has Head Cut In Car Accident Sunday Injured Lady Able To Return Home After Treatment At Shelby Hospital Mrs. R. L. MeSwain received a severe laceration of the forehead late Sunday evening when the Me Swain car collided with a car park ed on West Warren street. A Ham rick girl, who is employed at Rose a store, also received slight injuries, it is said. The McSwains with the Hamrick girl were motoring up Warren street and becoming blinded by tin lights of an approaching car the MeSwain car struck the bumper of a car parked against the street curb, Mrs. MeSwain being thrown against the windshield. She was taken to the hospital for treatment and it is understood several stitches were necessary to close the cut oui her head. However, she was able to i return to her home following treat ment here. Mooretboro Man Hurt At Gaffney Hiram Turner Fell In Crosscut Saw at Lumber Yard. In jures Knee Gaffney, S. C., Dec. 13.—Hiram Turner, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Turner, of Mooresboro, was sev erely injured here when he fcl* against a crosscut saw at Weave and McMillan’s lumber yard, where he was working. His left knee-cat was almost severed. Physician;' who dressed the injury said it i; likely his leg will be stiff for life. Evangelistic Services. Rev. A. C. Miller, jr., held rclitr ious services for the deaf mutes c High Point, Sunday ayd next Sa! bath he has an appointment \ preach in Charlotte-at 11 a, m. any in the afternoon at Concord.