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News
.THE STAR’S REVIEW.
It’S now only 309 shopping days
until Christmas.
Christmas drinking is on the de
crease, county officers tell The
Star. . . „
One of the biggest business
changes of 1926 took place yester
day when B. O. Stephenson purchr.e
ed Riviere’s drug store.
An idea as to the Christmas mail
handled at the Shelby postoffice is
contained in an article in today’s
Star.
Farmers should take note of the
big farm meeting to be held here
next week, details of which an
given in this issue.
Several Shelby merchants say
that business was better in 1926
than in 1925. A good disinfectant
for the hard times topic.
Where is the Hickory peddler
who disappeared from the Shelby
section November 30.
Within a short time after a man
of the Fallston section died his
home was destroyed by fire, says a
news item in The Star today.
What are the outstanding
needs of Shelby and Cleveland
county ? If you know you mak make
some money by reading today’s
paper.
George Estelle, who died recent
ly, was one of the quaintest char
acters in this country. Rambling
sketches of his colorful life arc
related in this issue.
Personal mention of Christmas
visitors, Christmas parties, dance
and other Shelby Yuletide events
may be found in this paper.
And the “newest news”
Friday.
again
FARM CAMPAIGN
HERE TO START
TUESDAY, JAN. 4
Millsaps and Gardner to Speak
Here in Court House Jan. 4,
on Balanced Farm System.
The campaign to bring about a
better balanced system of farming
in the cotton growing counties of
North Carolina will begin on Jan
uary 4th when the first county
wide cotton meeting will be held.
The county meetings continue until
January 15 after which the com
munity meetings begin. These wil!
be continued by the county agents
and their supporting organizations
until every cotton farmer in the
State has in some way received the
message of better farming and the
dangers which beset cotton grow
ing next year.
At the county-wide meetings,
blanks which call for a better bal
ancing of the farm operations will
be distributed. On the back of the
blanks will be a suggest farm or
ganization which has been found to
pay by some of the best farmers in
Eastern Carolina. Two copies of the
blank will be given to each cotton
farmer attending the meeting. He
will be asked to fill out one and
return it to the college through his
county agent. The blank does not
call for a pledge to reduce acre
age but calls for a better balanced
system of farming which in itself
will reduce the acreage by 30 per
cent if adopted.
In explanation of the blanks
there will be distributed also a
bulletin which shows the world
cotton situation and which gives
the best and latest recommenda
tions about balancing cotton with
livestock and poultry. This bulletin
is now in the hands of the printer
and will be delivered tn an edition
of 50,000 copies at the first print
ing. The bulletin was prepared by
the agricultural specialists and ex
perts of the school of Agriculture
at State college and is said to be
one of the most valuable publica
tions recently issued at the college.
The meeting for Cleveland will
bo held at the county courthouse
on January 4th with Max Gardner
and E. S. Millsaps as speakers.
O. C. Lewis Grocery
Makes Assignment
The O. C. Lewis grocery store in
West Shelby made a voluntary
assignment yesterday and it is
understood that Mike Austell has
boen named as assignee. Mr.
Eewis has been conducting a groc
*ry store' in West Shelby for sev
oral years, doing a heavy and
fancy grocery business. It is not
known how his liabilities and as
compare, but it is understood
that his creditors have accounts
against the store on which they
^111 not realize a hundred cents on
*be dollar.
Double Tragtdy Strikes Family In
Fall;; ton Section. Home
Burned After Death
Within forty-eight hours of the
,-iroe Johnn’.o Walker was buried,
his home was destroyed by fire
near Falls^on early Tuesday morn
ing.
Mr. Walker, a man about 50, who
lived on Mrs. Hunt’s farm two
miles northeast of Fallston, was
taken suddenly ill Christmas day
with convulsions. He had eaten a
hearty Christmas dinner about
noon and died Saturday evening at
7 o clock after having one convul
sion after another. On Sunday he
was 1/ ried at Knob Creek Method
ist church.
Early Tuesday morning his home
was destroyed by fire. Just how the
fire originated, no one knows. His
wife and three children were at
home at the time of the fire was
found to be eating through the
roof of the building. Deputy Ed
Dixon, was the first man on the
scene and his alarm brought in
other neighbors, but the roof was
soon falling in and every' attempt
to save the house and contents was
without avail. The house, a small
tenant structure, was owned by
Mrs. Hunt on whose plantation the
family lived. None of the household
goods were saved and the widow
and children are at the mercy of
the friends ar.d neighbors. One
bale of cotton and the seed there
from was also destroyed, leaving
the family in destitute circum
stances.
Mr. W’alker was a quiet, peace
able, and highly respected citizen.
Three Auto Firms
Moving This Week
Three local auto dealer? swap
locations with each other this week.
On Friday December 31st the
change will be made when the
Charles ET. Lambeth Motor com
pany which handles Dodge automo
biles and Graham Brothers trucks
moves into the S. A. Washburn
building on N. Morgan street where
now is located the Chrysler agency.
The Jordan Motor company which
sells the Chevrolet will occupy' the
Gardner garage building on S. La-'
Fayette street vacated by Lam-!
beth. The B. B. Higgins Motor •
company which handles the Chrys-1
ler car will mqve into the Charles !
Hoey building occupied by the Jor- j
don-Chevrolet building occupied by
the Jordon-Chevrolet company on >
S. Washington street.
Christmas Affray
Involves Champion
_
C. O. Champion, of Mooresboro,
the man who attained the lime
light some months back by myste
riously shooting a Scotland county
man at the Charlotte speedway
races, is in the Shelby hospital for
treatment as the result of an af
fray in the Shelby cafe here Christ
mas night. Champion, who it is said
was drinking, became engaged in
a controversy with Laymon Beam,
Shelby High football star, and the
controversy'developed into a fistij
encounter with Beam apparently
holding the advantage. According
to street reports Champion flashed
a razor during the melee but was
disarmed before getting it into
play. As the result of the fight
Champion was carried to the hos
pital for treatment.
It is understood the affair will
be “aired” in court when Champion
is able to attend.
Supply Company
Enlarges Space
The Shelby Supply company, op
erated by Gerald Morgan on N.
LaFayette street has rented the
store room recently vacated by
Miss Georgia Lutz millinery store
and now the supply company occu
pies two adjoining store rooms. The
stock has been greatly enlarged,
carrying a full line of mill supplies
and mill hardware and caters large
ly to the textile trade throughout
this part of the state. The substan
tial growth in business made it ne
cessary to obtain more space, so
the store now has two store rooms
in the Hamrick building on N. La
Fayette street.
Keeps 'Promise—Dies.
Boston. Mass.—When a boy, Jo.
seph D. Donovan said he would
have made his million by the time
he was forty-five and then he
would retire. He kept his promise
retiring from business last year at
forty-five. He died recently, less
than a year after his retirement.
What Does Shelby
And County Need
Most In New Year
Is farm diversification the big
gest need of Cleveland county in
1927? Maybe.
But what is the biggest need of
the town of Shelby for the New
Year ?
The Star is offering two prize .
one of $3 and one of $2 to the two
best lists containing the five
greatest needs of the county for
192i. Th° lists will be judged by
three representative citizens ami
their lists will be announced in The
Star of Friday, January 7. Lists
must be in The Star office by noon
preceding the day of publication.
This contest is sponsored by The
Star with the ultimate aim of bet
tering town and county conditions
in the New Year. The two winning
lists will be turned over to the
chamber of commerce, county farm
board and county commissioners
and will receive the support of The
Star in bringing the needs to real
ization.
Are you interested in your town
and county? If so get busy and
send in your list.
DRUNKS DECREASE
DURING YULET1DE
OFFICERS STATE
Smaller Number of Boozers “Can
ned” Here During Christmas
Than Ever Before.
Despite the fact that some “spir
its” were in evidence during the
Christmas holidays Sheriff Hugh
Logan says that in his opinion
there were fewer “drunks” during
the Christmas just past than ever
before.
Sheriff Logan should know too,
for it’s down at the building super
vised by him that the drunks are
taken until they “get out from
under."
Asked by a Star reporter as to
the quantity of folks placed in jail
during the holidays the sheriff
stated that a smaller number was
locked up than over some of the
week ends not in the holiday sea
son.
Although troubled to an extent
somewhat customary by Yuletide
imbibing, city officers are also of
the opinion that holiday drinking
is decreasing rapidly.
Several reasons are given for
the decrease. First, it is said mo
ney is not so plentiful that liquor
may be bought freely. Second, that
from the standpoint of prohibition
the country is growing ' better,
which sides with the views of Fed
eral Judge E. Y. Webb. And, third,
that many folks who ordinarily
take a “sip or two” during Christ
mas have become wary of all booze,
fearing that they might get hold
of some of the poison liquor which
is so plentiful these days.
Anyway the county jail has more
empty cells this week than is cus
tomary after Christmas.
Elliott Boys Preach
At Old Home Church
During the holidays, the people
of the Pleasant Grove community
at Beams Mill had the pleasure of
hearing two promising young min
isters who have gone out from that
church. Rev. Sylvester Elliott, a
student in the Southern Theologi
cal Seminary at Louisville, Ky., and
his brother Rev. Yancey C. Elliott,
a student at Wake Forest college,
both filled the.jpulpit at Pleasant
Grove, each one preaching a fine
sermon. These young men are sons
of Mrs. J. Y. Elliott and have
promise of becoming two of the
leading ministers in the Southern
Baptist convention. While they are
pursuing their studies at the Sem
inary and at Wake Forest, both are
actively engaged in ministerial
work in their respective communi
ties.
Three People Get
Cut Up In Wreck
Mrs. D. L. Thrift, of Shelby R-l.
and two sons, Hilliard and Ben, re
ceived treatment for lacerations
yesterday at the Shelby hospital
as the result of an auto crash on
the slippery street just in front of
the home of Mr. A. B. C. DePricst
on the Cleveland Springs road. A
car occupied by the Thrifts and one
driven by T. B. DePriest, young
son of Mr. DePriest, crashed to
gether at that spot as the DePriest
car was either going in or coming
out of the driveway to the street,
it is said. Both cars were dam
aged to an extent.
According to a notice from the
hosiptal the Thrifts were able to re
turn home after receiving treat
ment for lacerations and bruises
about their faces, heads and hands.
John Hall. 55, Bought Ticket Here
Nc\embor .'10, And Hasn't
Been Seen Since
Do you know a tall, slender man
of 53 years, wearing n sandy ,mus
tache, a. cl walk ins: with n cane
owing to a slightly deformed left
foot ?
If so perhaps you can help au
thorities locate John Hall, Hickory
peddler, who disappeared some
where in this section about the last
of November nnd hasn’t been heard
from since.
A mystery surrounds the disap
pearance of the man, who it is said
sold perfumer, and officials of
Catawba county after consulting
with his wife are making an inves
tigation into the natter.
Hall, it is said, wrote his wife
from Shelby about November 30,
saying that he would be home with
in a few davs. So far his wife, who
lives in the Windy City section a
few miles from Hickory.
Mrs. Hall is of the opinion that
robbery was the motive behind the
sudden disappearance of her hus
band, and when her husband fail
ed to show up at home she and her
daughter came to Shelby to start an
investigation, according to Hickory
dispatches. Judge E. B. Cline, of
Hickory, it is said to have taken
charge of the search recently and
investigators have learned, it is
said, that two men were with Hall ,
when he purchased his ticket for
Hickory.
Sheriff Logan states that he re
ceived a message from Hickory
about the man but that he and his
deputies so far have been unable
to locate anyone here acquainted
with him.
Likewise none of the business
men or others about town seem to
remember the crippled peddler de
finitely enough to recall when he
was last seen here.
Early Posting of Mail Aids in Dis
patch. Postmaster Quinn
Thanks Patrons.
Mail going through the local
postoffice war fully a fourth heav
ier this year than last, according
to clerks in the office. And the an
nual slogan “mail early” had some
effect on the patrons. The Christ
mas mail rush started earlier than
usual and at 4 o’clock on Christ
mas eve, the heavy rush stopped
like the flood gates had been drop
ped suddenly. 'Of course there was
some carry-over and a few strag
gling letters and parcels that had
to be worked Christmas day and
after, but the bulk of the incoming
and outgoing mail was dispatched
much earlier than usual.
Postmaster Quinn is pleased with
the co-operation of the patrons of
the office and on the other hand,
the patrons are commending the
clerks and officials for the prompt
! service rendered in the rush of the
i holiday season when the mail is
1 always at its peak for the year. Mr.
Quinn has addressed the following
letter to The Star:
i “In behalf of all connected in any
I way with the handling of the mails
at this office this year, I desire to
! express, through you, to the pat
, rons of this office our highest ap
| preciation for the co-operation giv
len us in handling the Christmas
| mails. It is evident that the pub
| lie in heeding the annual appeals of
i the post office department for early
and often mailing, which prevents
a congestion at the last. Although
1 we have handled a larger volume of
business this year than usual, it
was done without a hitch and with
out any delay, all mail being dis
tributed from one arrival before the
next arrival. The public has been
kind and reasonable, making no un
reasonable demands upon us. We
greatly appreciate the many kind
remarks heard from our patrons. It
is always a joy to know that our
efforts are appreciated. It is an in
spiration for better service in the
future.
I “In this connection, I desire thus
publically to express to every em
ployee at this office my highest ap
preciation for the hearty co-opera
tion and the faithful service ren
dered throughout this holiday' sea
son in handling the mails so satis
factorily. Every man was at his
post day and night up to noon
Christmas day without a single
failure. I do not think any office
has a more faithful corps of clerks
and carrier's.
“May the New Year bring to all
a full measure of life’s richest
blessings.”
I Spends Three Years Making Table
Infinite patience, anc 50,619 pieces of wood, were used by George L.
Hathaway, inmate of the San Diego war veterans’ hospital. In making
this table' He began it three years ago, and his only tools were a pocke*
knife and a saw. He's shown finishing It.
Odd Character Of County Was Man
Of Unique Birth—Buried Last Week
George Estelle Often Wanted To Know His Legal Nationality
Sunstroke Gave Him Permanent —__1—_
Shave
When George Morgan Estelle
died last week on the farm of Clerk
A. M. Hamrick, north of Shelby,
one of the most unique characters
in Cleveland county passed away.
* * *
Estelle, a man of 84 years and a
derelict of the wanderlust, often
wondered as to his exact national,
ity—that is, as expressed by im
migration laws. One of the favorite
questions of the quaint old fellow'
was to puzzle a friend with the
question: “I was born on an Amor
ican ship in the .Mediterranean
sea of a Spanish father and an
Irish mother. Just what na
tionality am I?"
Technically he never knew. Aft
er asking the question he often
said: “I knew you couldn’t tell me.
I ve asked Clyde Hoey, Max Gard
ner, Judge Webb and all othe oth
er smart folks and they couldn’t
tell me.”
That question was one of the
few keys to Estelle’s mysterious
past—a luring past that covered
wide areas from sea to sea, misfor
tunes, endless travels, odd happen
ings, and, occasionally, good luck.
Nobody ever learned the complete
past history of the man despite
the fact that he lived in this sec
tion for many years, casting his
lot it> this county after one of the
most colorful lives ever recounted.
Occasionally friends gleaned from
him startling bits of information
concerning a wild, roaming life
that overshadowed the most glow
ing mythology of Joseph Conrad.
None of Conrad’s famous sea char
acters could have passed through
events that transpired in actuality
for George Estelle.
Withered, hairless about the face,
of odd stature and demeanor Geo.
was long pointed out as a charac
ter on Shelby streets. Years ago—
just how many no one knows def
initely—George wandered in to
Shelby and secured employment
with the English Monazite com
pany in the days when Cleveland
was one of the leading monazite
mining counties. For 17 years he
remained with the company as a
valued employe and the company
in a way cared for him for many
years after his ability to serve was
ended. After that period he lived on
farms north of Shelby in th
Spurling section, being considered
even in his old age as a tireless
worker. When he talked he was in
teresting, but it was seldom that
he talked openly of his past—a
past that would have made a col
orful novel. "
Born on Seas.
So far as was ever learned
George’s birth was much like he
gave it. It is presumed, since he
has numerous brothers in the north
west, his famil ywas of the Irish
immigrant class in the early days.
Just why or how his father mar
ried an Irish woman is part of the
mystery in his early life. Anyway,1
travelling to the west coast of
America by a round-about cruise,
George was born somewhere on the
Mediterranean. Reaching boyhood
the call of the sea that he inherit
ed by birth lured the boy of odd
parentage back to a sailor’s life.
During this period—perhaps a de
cade—of sailing before the mast,
t it was that Estelle passed through
many dangerous, and colorful ex
periences. Shipwrecked several
times, marooned on islands not
populated or populated with sav
ages—all the experiences of the
old-time sailor. Later he followed
the call of the wanderlust here
and there. To the Orient, back to
the new country, to the Alaskan
mining fields, the Barbary coast,
Friscos’ Chinatown, and about New
York when the Bowery was being
made into history.
No Shave For Years.
For a score or more of years Es
i telle never shaved. The absence of
! a razor for him was not because
of any religious cult, but because
i he didn’t need a shave. Cast adrift
I on wreckage from a ship that went
1 to a watery grave he came ashore
in the blazing sun along the South
American coast. Wandering delir
iously there in the sun for days he
had a sunstroke. Thereafter hair
never grew on his face and he lost
his teeth. That marked the end of
his seafaring life for he could not
chance another sunstroke, though
he lived for a half century after
the first.
One of his most colorful experi
ences was a shipwreck of Which he
related more than of the others.
For weeks he drifted about before
j being rescued and he survived be
cause of a sailor's knot with which
(Continued on page eight.)
WHAT ARE FIVE GREATEST
NEEDS OF SHELBY AND
CLEVELAND COUNTY?
Two prizes, one of $3 and one of $2, are offered
by THE CLEVELAND STAR for the two best lists
of the five greatest needs of the Town of Shelby and
the County of Cleveland during the year 1927. Lists
should be written on one side of the paper and mail
ed or delivered to THE STAR by Thursday noon,
January 6.
Three representative citizens will act as judges.
The winness and their lists will be announced in
THE STAR of Fsiday, January 7. Get busy and win
a Prize! _ * ‘1 • 1
City Bonds Sell
To Chicago Firm
At Good Premium
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Chicago Firm Buys $50,000 Water
Works Bonds at a Premium
of $51,082. Eight Bidders
The Cttjr*s credit continues good.
A $50,000 issue of five per cent
water works bonds was sold Tues
day for $51,082, making a new higli
record at which Shelby bonds have
ever sold, according to city offi
cials. There were eight bidders and
the successful bidder was E. P. Mc
Maekin and company of Chicago.
Morris Mather and company bid
$50,280; Wachovia Bank" and
Trust company $60,265.66; W. L.
Slayton and company $50,041;
Providenct Savings Bank $50,520;
Pruden and company $50,435;
Cleveland Bank and Trust company
$50,056.
The bond issue was authorized
in November by the city fathers to
finish paying for the city’s new
water plant ' which was recently
completed. When the plant was
finished and the contractors had to
be paid, the city borrowed a suffi
cient sum from the street im
provement fund to pay the balance
due on the water plant, so the bulk
of this new water works issue will
be needed to refund the borrowed
money to the street improvement
fund, so the street work can be re
sumed when winter breaks in the
early spring.
mm in
One of Boys Connected With Kill
in« of Frank Butler, North
of Cleveland, Escapes.
Charles Kendrick, Gaffney mar.
serving: a seven-year sentence in
the State prison for his connection
with the death about one year afro
of Frank Butler, alleged liquor
dealer in Burke county just across
the Cleveland line, escaped from
prison last Friday.
The other two men who left the
prison were Frank Coffey and R.
C. Odum, both of whom were serv
ing three to five years terms, the
former for store breaking and the
latter for larceny.
Kendrick was one of four Gaff
ney youths convicted of manslaugh
ter at Morganton in connection with
the death of Frank Butler, alleged
Burke county liquor dealer, who
was shot and fatally injured at his
home by a party of alleged rum
runners.
Wells Green, a Gaffney high
school boy admitted firing the shot
that is supposed to have killed But
ler. Otis Jolly and Roy Hill, the re
maining members of the party,
were tried and convicted for com
plicity in the slaying, and all four
received varying sentences in the
penitentiary. Green was given 8 to
10 years; Jolly four to five years;
and Hill two to three years. Butler
was killed January 30 and the trial
took place March 15, this year.
Kendrick had served only a lit
tle more than nine months when he
escaped.
A Raleigh dispatch says of the
escape: Three white convicts es
caped from the North Carolina
state prison Friday. They left in a
prison truck to deliver laundry to
the Old Soldier’s home and failed
to return. One surrendered later
to the Fayetteville chief of police.
Those who escaped were Frank
Coffey, serving three to five years
for storebreaking; Charlie Ken
drick, seven to eight years for man
slaughter, and R. C. Odum, three to
five years for larceny.
Coffey surrendered at Fayette
ville and turned the truck over to
the police chief.
Wray-Hudson Stage
Big Reduction Sale
Beginning Friday December 31st,
the Wray-Hudson company will in
augurate a big cut price sale to
run for a period of nine days. The
store will be closed all day Thurs
day while the force is engaged in
marking down prices to lower lev
els. Messrs. Wray and Hudson say
their sales this year show a gain
of $22,000 over last year and that
this splendid record is due to low
prices and a big volume of busi
ness. In this sale they have made
bigger preparation than ever be
fore and the prices are more at
tractive. A larger quantity of mer
chandise is offered than at any
previous sale, and the so-called
“specials” are in such quantities
that there is no danger of, them
running out. A double page adver
tisement in today’s issue gives
many of the low prices that will
prevail during this big reduction
sale.
One of Shelby’s Lording Business
Firms Changea Hands. Steph
enson Experienced Man.
One of Shelby's best known busi
ness establishments changed hands
yesterday when Mr. B. Ogburn
Stephenson, formerly of Charlottes
ville, Va., purchased Riviere’s drug
store from Messrs. Zollie Riviere
ard Garnett M. Cox. Although the.
sum involved has not Keen made
public the deal is considered one
of the biggest business changes
here in quite a number of months.
Mr. Stephenson took charge of
the store this morning and it will
l>e operated under the firm name of
the Stephenson Drug company, the
new owner announces. Julian Hord,
one of the registered ftharmacists
now with the store, will be retain
ed by the new owner as well as
Hugh Hoyle, front man. Mr. Riviere
will also remain wdth Mr. Stephen
son for a time, it is announced, and
the general policies of the store,
one of Shelby’s leading drug es
tablishments, will remain unchang
ed.
With Drug Firm.
Mr. Stephenson, who several
month ago married Miss Margaret
Morgan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs
F. R. Morgan, has been in the drug
business for a number of years. For
the past three years he has beer
district sales manager for McKes
son & Robbins, one of the country’s
big drug firms. Prior to that time
fie operated drug stores at Char
lottesville and also at Buena Vista,
Va. Mr. Stephenson is a success
ful young business man as is evi
denced by the responsible position
he held with the big wholesale
firm and with his experience in the
drug trade he is expected to make a
success of his new store here. The
retiring owners are credited with
having built up one of the best drug
store patronages in this section.
BosiMm
HEBE THIS YEAR
THAN LAST YEAR
“My business this year shows art
increase of from 15 to 20 percent,
over that of last year,” is the
statement of one Shelby business
man when asked whether or not!
business conditions replly justify,
the so-called “hard times” being*
talked.
Another business man, head of d
well-known Shelby concern, state!
that the holiday trade at his stora
surpassed that of last year by 2f
percent. Two other prominent
business men of the town being
oueried stated that substantial in
creases were shown in the year’ll
business of their firms.
The above information was sec
ured by a Star reporter question
ing four representative business
men of the town. What’s more tin
four were hopeful of still improv
ed busini'ss during 1927, and oik
gave the credit for his basinea
increase to advertising.,
AH likewise agreed that 1928
especially the latter part, was m
boom period, but that the publi
generally was just now getting oj
a sound basis and that instead o
“splurge prosperity” t^ie time i
marked by careful buying and
better opinion on the value of th
dollar—all of which assures sound
er and steadier business for .th
business man, they say.
Leading Forecasts
Banking and business leaders »
the nation look for a good year;
1927. Two representative forecas
are given below by two of Amt
ica’s leading business men:
Elbert H. Gary, chairman, Uni
ed Steel corporation:
“If business shall be serious
diminished during the coming yef
it will be the fault of ourselves, a
not the fault of natural conditio
of the lack of consideration ai
fair treatment by the national at
ministration.”
The opportunities for sucees
have been better than ever .befon
he added. These opportunities 1)
listed as rich resources, ineludin
cash balance in banks; yearly in
provements of banking faeilitit
since the creation of the feder;
reserve board, little disagreeme:
or dissatisfaction in labor circles
Charles P. Stone, jr., preside:
of the General Motors corporate
says it now seems reasonable 1
expect that the 1927 production <
automobiles will equal if it do:
not exceed the previous four yet
average. He predicts that 1927 wi
be a good and satisfactory ye;
for the automobile industry