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V North Carolina PRESS ASSOCIATION By mail, per year (in advance) $2.51 I3y carrier, per year (in advance) $3 0» What’s THE News I THE STAR’S REVIEW. I— ■-^ Winners of The Star’s contest to determine the five outstanding needs of Shelby and Cleveland conn tv are announced today. Senator Tom Fulton arid Repre sentative Falls are playing impor tant roles with the law-makers at Raleigh. • * * Cleveland county can secure all the paved highways desired by a loan to the state, according to in formation in this paper coming from Commissioner Kistlcr at Mor ganton. * * * A narrow escape front serious injury was experienced Wednesday evening by William Gardner when a car he was driving plunged off the Osborne embankment on the Cleveland Springs road. » * * The annual Baptist workers bat: nuet of the Kings Mountain asso ciation is being held tonight at Boiling Springs. « « « One county officer chased down a >\v thief and got a gray mule yesterday and another drove right into a four-cornered fight says The Star today. • * • A business school for Shelby is likely in the near future, it is an nounced. # * * New officers of the Shelby Ki »anis club were installed at a meet in? held last night. • * * A Lincolnton bank has been con solidated with one of the financial Institutions of Gastonia, * * * A change in the hour of arrival of Seaboard trains here has been made. • * » School items from all sections of the county, all of more than cus tomary interest, are to be found in this i-esue. Also community news of general: events. OF STATE EVENTS Hickory, Jan G.—Bare walls, blackened by smoke and flames, |marked the site of the administra tion building of Lenoir-Rhyne col lege which was ravaged by fire of unknown origin early this morn ing entailing a loss of around $100, WK! with insurance amounting to HI.000. The fire was discovered about 12:30 o’clock and was r.bt brought under control until 4:30, after every available foot of hose had been present into service. Set - era! hundred students stood help lessly by and watched th" flames leap skyward, leaving only the shell of a once handsome building. None of the other four buildings in tlie college group was endangered. Raleigh, Jan. 6.—Voicing optim ism in the future of the South. Roger W. Babson told the Raleigh Chamber of Commerce at its annuel dinner tonight that at no time dur ing the last quarter of a century has he been “more confident that the South is entering upon an econ omic career of the greatest impor tance, not merely to the South it self, hut to our whole nation.” Monroe, Jan. 6.—The badly fharred body of Mrs. Frank Threadgill was 'found today near ^er home about two miles from here a few minutes after her screams md brought neighbors to the scene. Respite the fact that the woman burned until her body was in u •lisped condition,, she was still con scious when found and lived for *b"ut three hours. The accident is believed to have occurred when her clothing caught fire before an open fireplace. Raleigh, Jan. 6.—Authorized ex ension of the Piedmont and North :rr F.lectric Railway in North and 'outh Carolina headed important 1020 transportation projects accord ng to the state corporation com nifsion. 0 he biennial report of the com mission, submitted to Governor Mc bean will mean "another trunk line iom the far South to North Car >lma.“ It will cost $20,000,000. Senator Fulton On Several Committees 'in'r' Mountain Man Heads One Committee and Is Named to Many Important Posts. [ Senator Tom 'Fulton, of Kings Mountain, representing this district in the state senate, has been- named 0,1 14 Committees of the state sen* a,p and is chairman of the librarv cor mil tee. ( 'nnnittees on which Fulton was *' mi('d are commerce, distribution governor’s message, federal rela game law, institution 0,ls. game law, institution for ' insurance, journal, library, ’"Hnufaeturing, pensions, proposi* '[<ms and grievances, public health, ^llroads, senatorial apportionment. Charlotte I rains (rtt In Now At While “Down Train’* Arrives at 5:22 p. m. I A change in the time of the ar j r'val here of two Seaboard trains i passed into effect this week, it is learned. Tiie train coming up from Char lotte formerly at 12:27 in the afternoon now arrives here at 11:50 in the morning. The “down I train” from Ru-herfordton going i back to Charlotte arrives here at | 5:22 in the afternoon instead of j 4:43 as before. | The number of the two trains I have also been changed. They were formerly known as Nos. 19 j and 20, and now the numbers have | been changed t0 21 and 22. | According to information from I the S. A. L. station here a new ] time table will go into effect i i again next Sunday. Whether this i | will bring additional changes re | mains to be seen as local railroad I men have not been informed as yet. <Clinchfield May Change In regards to the changed time a . dispatch from Forest City savs: I “While the C. C. & O. R. R. has : not announced any change in their j time cable there is a feeding here ! that the Southbound train may be i changed so as to connect at Bostic j Yards with the Seaboard. With | the present schedule and the new j time of the Southbound Seaboard : train there will be a difference of only eleven minutes at Bostic j Yards between the two passenger trains and a connection would he of j great benefit to travelers bound | for Shelby and Charlotte.” Business School To Open Branch Georgia-Carolina School of_ Com merce to Start Term School Here About Feb. 1. It was announced here this morn- j ing by the Chamber of commerced that a term-school branch of the * Georgia-Carolina tfehool of Com- j merce will likely be opened here! somewhere about February 1. , Mr. O. McLane, vice-president of the business school, was in Shelby today together with Mr. J. H. j Owens, another official, and after a j conference with Secretary Newton and business leaders they reached the conclusion that a term school would be established here. This com merce school has about 40 branch es over Georgia and Carolina and is one of the South's best business schools, it is said. The first term here will be about five months in length, as in the other schools, and graduation is guaranteed, officials say. The school also maintains a placement! deartment to take care of stu- ] dents who graduate and assist them in securing positions although no guarantee is made about positions as is sometimes the case. Location of the school and other details have not been completed, but will be handled by Mr. Owens, who will remain here, it is said, to secure the needed enrollment. Officers Recover Stolen Car Here! A Ford touring car stolen in Lin- ; colnton Wednesday night was re- j covered here Thursday night by lo-| cal officers after it had been aban- j doned on one of the main streets, Lincolnton officers have already been notified and the car has been! returned to its owners. Thursday night Cohen Branch noticed the car parked in front of his home on North LaFayette street, and notified officers that it had been standing there for many j hours. Local officers already had a | report on the Linclonton car and : it was found to be the same one. I Masonic Lodges Of District To Attend Meeting Capt. J. Frank Roberts, district deputy grand master of the 27th Masonic district, sends out a notice inviting all Masonic lodges in this district to attend the third degree work to be put on in the local Temple Teusday night by past mas ters of Masonic lodges. It is ex pected that many Masons from ad joining lodges will attend. There are 16 past masters in the local lodge, an exceedingly large number for one lodge, and they vv'U have charge of the entire program during the night. Local Masonic of ficials and those of the district hope to make of the event the big gest Masonic gathering in the his tory of the town. | Judges Select Best Lists Of uFive Needs’’ Submitted Leading List Calls For County Hospital, Apartment House, Playgrour.dss, Farm Program And School Buildings. I ho winners of The Star’s “Five Needs” contest are Mrs. Hugh L. Mauney, of Shelby; and Mrs. A. V. Washburn, of Double Springs. Mis. Mauney’s list waS placed first aft er considerable debate on the part of the judges and Mrs. Washburn’s list came second followed by three or four more exceptionally beneii cial lists. The checks to the win ners will be mailed from The Star office on Monday. The judging of the lists was han dled by a chamber of commerce committee under the direction of the secretary and Horace Kennedy, local attorney. Several points entered into the j judging, including a consideration for real helpful community needs cited, for a fair apportionment over town and county, and for pos sible aims cited. A Good List. Mrs. Mauney cited the following as the five outstanding needs of Shelby and Cleveland county for 1927: 1. —County hospital instead of I township. 2. —Apartment house for Shelby. 3. —Athletic field and playgrourd 4. —Definite plan for diversified farming. 5. —Better rural school buildings. Another Good One. Mrs. Washburn’s five needs were: 1. —“The Star” a daily paper so that the county news may be sent out fresh and crisp each day. 2. —A curb market or market house. A diversified farming pro gram would not need to be urged if a certain, steady market was pro vided for the farmers. When a steady market is assured them they will produce the vegetables, fruit, etc. 3. —A modern, up-to-date apart ment house with special provision for children. 4. —The county taxed for the hos pital. It is a blessing to the entire county and all should bear the bur den. 5. —We learn from Gpd’s Word that when His people live close to Him and obey His commandments they are happy and prosperous; so last and most of all, we need an awakening of all church members of the county to a realization of their stewardship to God, both oi time and money. A real heart-felt interest in the spread of the gospel and our obligations to our fellow men. Spending Knowledge Miss Margaret Black, of .Shel by, lists the following needs for town and county: A new hotel; to knotv how to spend money to the best advantage; attractions such as will bring in new people with money; more religion. New Public Library Miss Maty Lucas. Shelby: A now library; more paved streets; First Baptist church should be made larger; a new Southern de pot; a chair factory. Some Common Sense Marion H. Bridges, Cedar Grove, La.: Common sense applied to spending farm diversification and cooperative marketing; P & N ex tended by Shelby; Pullman service and union depot for Shelby; adver tise Shelby and Cleveland county ahd boost for industries. Mrs. R. M. Poston. Shelby, R-5: Common sense person to run coun ty uffairs like spending tax money and not to spend it for unneces sary things like changing highway 20 to highway 74; we need tax re duction; more honest people; more old-time religion; reduce cotton acreage. On Cash Onus Mrs. W. Wilson, Shelby. R-l; All nersons to pay their debts; every thin g to go on a cash basis; all loafenr-At> go to work; more pro duction of home supplier; more trading at home. Mae Johnson, South Shelby: A city park; a city health depart ment; a nice depot for each rail road; a city nurse; a city play ground and eouipment. Miss Alice Blanton. Shelby, R-5: School teachers should he older and more experienced; More Cleve land Star readers; More people of town and county should live, clean, upright lives; county should raise more home-grown foods. more poultry and cattle, and decrease cotton crop; bankers and farmers should cooperate in new year. Mrs. T. B. Johnson. LaFayette street: An enforcement of both city and state laws; a curfew law for keening all boys and girls under 18 years of age off the streets at night; a central gym nasium with trained athletic coach; city mail delivery for the newly paved s'reets: electric fire alarm system for all streets. Gaffney Folks Showing An Interest In Paving Of Highway 18 Direct From Shelby Across Line To Gaffney Accidentally Shot In Hip By Rusty Pistol This Week Near Tragedy Enacted, But Youth Is Recovering Now. Simon Davis Improving Now tSpecial to The Star) Double Springs, Jan. 6.—A near, tragedy was enacted at the home of Mr. Tom Green one day this, week when his son, Walton acci dentally shot himself in the hip with a rusty pistol he was exam ining. Luckily he escaped with a flesh wound and is getting along nicely since his return from the Shelby hospital where he was car ried for treatment. Mr. Simon Davis is improving from a recent serious illness. Last week his condition was such as to cause his family much uneasiness but at last reports his condition' was gratifying. We regret to lose Mr. George Brooks and estimable family from our community. Mr. Brooks has moved to his farm which he recent ly purchased below Cherryville. The adult department of the Sunday school, of which Mr. Will; Crowder is the energetic president i met at the church Wednesday! night in a business meeting. Mr. Truman Davis is sick, suf fering with appendicitis. At this writing he is at home of his! father Mr. Simon Davis but it is j expected that he will be carried for an operation at an early date if his condition does not improve. Owing to the dry weather of the past two years this section is hav ing a water famine. Many wells are entirely dry and others bare ly sufficient for the needs of the family. Water for the family wash is at a premium except for those who are lucky enough to be situated near a stream or spring. Gaffney, January 6.—Unofficial negotiations have been started with a view of ultimately securing a hard-surfaced highway connect ing Gaffney and Shelby, by the most direct route possible. A delegation from Shelby, in cluding Clint Newton, secretary of the Shelby chamber of commerce, and J. S. Dorton, secretary of the Cleveland County Fair association, visited Gaffney this week and submitted the matter to Cherokee county officials. The North Carolina highway de partment has already authorized a survey of the pronosed highway from Shelby south to the Cleve land-Cherokee county line, it was stated. The Shelby delegation sought the promise of Cherokee countv offi'-inis to connect with a road from Gaffney. The local officials took the at titude that highway No. 18 should be hard-surfaced before other roads in Cherokee county, but in dicated favorable consideration will be given the Shelby proposi tion later. In fact, the Shelby represents-! tives were assured that if Cleve land county constructs the pro posed highway to the coufitv line Cherokee may be expected to build a first-class topsoil road to the connecting point with a view of hard-surfacing when such an undertaking can be handled finan cially. COTTON MARKETS tBy .Tnu. F. Otari and O.) New York, Jan 7.—Liverpool! 12:15 p. m.—March 6, May 4 Amer ican points better than due, July! and October as due, spot sales 7, 000, middling 698 against 689 yes terday. Southern weather: Last night clear and mild. Broader inquiry and trading in Worth street yesterday, prices firm. Fall River reports a good business. Southern spot markets steady, sales 28.700 bales, Dallas 11.90, Augusta 12.13. For ,Mayor * atitu i! irrnru ti nnv Believing that Chicago needs a good, old-fashioned house clean ing in its municipal government,' Mrs. Joanna A. Gregg, 51. is a candidate for mayor on the Re publican ticket. She is the first "oman candidate Chicago ever had. BIFTIST LEIOEBS BIQUET TONIGHT | — Annual Meeting of Church Workers On at Boiling Springs. Good Attendance Expected. The annual banquet of pastors, superintendents and church workers of the Baptists churches in the Kings Mountain association will be held at Boiling Springs tonight, be ginning at 7 o’clock. The gathering is promoted by Mr A. V. Washburn, field worker of the association, and the object is to unify the work and thought of the church group and plan for im provement in church work. Around 100 pastors, Sunday school superintendents and work I ers coming from the 41 churches in j the association are expected at the banquet tonight, it is said. The to tal membership of the churches in the group is around 10,000. Dr. Zeno Wall, pastor, and Prof. A. C. Lovelace, Sunday school su /tlerintindent, will represent the First Baptist church, while Rev. Rush f*a'dgett and others are ex pected to represent the Second Baptist church with similar attend ance from the other Baptist church es of the county. Lincolnton, Jan 6.—Negotiations have been completed whereby Lin colnton will have greatly increased banking facilities. The officers and directors of the County National bank of Lincoln ton have arranged to consolidate its resources with the assets and re sources of the Commercial Bank and Trust company of Gastonia. Under the plan of consolidation, which has been under negotiation for some weeks past, the County National bank will surrender its na toinal charter and continue busi-: ness at its present location in Lin- | colnton under the name of the Commercial Trust company, of Lin colnton. The present stockholders- of the County National bank will auto-: matically become stockholders in the new organization and the bank will continue to do business without interruption in its present banking house. The name will be changed and greatly increased resources add ed to the local bank through the con solidation. j The County National bank now has a capital stock of $100,000 and surplus and profits of $52,000 and after the consolidation has been completed at a stockholders’ meet ing to be held on Monday, February 7, 1927, the new organization will have a capital of $500,000 and a surplus and undivided profits of I $140,000; thereby affording the surrounding country facilities equal with the largest cities in western North Carolina. The Commercial Bank and Trust Co., the bank with which the Coun ty National bank will consolidate, j now operates its principal office in Gastonia and maintains banking houses in Kings Mountain, Cherry ville, and Mount Holly, Mr. W. Thomas Love, a well kown nianu-1 facturer, capitalist and banker of Gaston county, who is now serving as president of the Commercial Bank and Trust company, will con- j tinue to head the organization as its active executive officer. 35 FEET. DRIVER HBRTS SHOULDER William Gardner fins Miraculous K-rape From Serious Injury In Plunge, William Gardner, young Rock Hill man and a bin driver on the Chariot te-Sholby line. is in the hospital . uffering with a bruised right shoulder after miraculously e raping death about 7 o’clock Wednesday night when the Ford coupe he was driving plunged off the she r 35-foot fill on the Cleveland Springs road just on this side of Dr. Osborne’s home. Gardner was off duty at the time and was driving a private car. Thursday scores of people gath ered along the top of the embank ment, where there has already bet n one wreck, and wondered just how the occupant of the car escaped with his life. The coupe was considerably smashed up as it struck nothing during the plunge until it hit the bed of the small stream far below the roadway. Dodged Parked Car. According to information re ceived on how the wreck happen ed Gardner was coming in to Shelby and was just behind anoth er car. On the right hand side of the road at the fill a car is said to have been parked with no lights. Just as Gardner pulled to the left, it is reported, to pass the car in front of him the car ahead also swerved, it is said, to the left to avoid hitting the parked car and the double swerve, caused Gard : ner’s car to strike the rear of the ' other ear and then his coupe took | a plunge off the big embankment i just a few feet to the left. Gardner, reports say, was as ! sisted out of the wreck by occu pants of the other car and taken ; to the hospital. Reports from the hospital Thursday’ stated that I Gardner suffered nothing more", as 1 far ar could be found, than a bruised shoulder, no bones being broken. Hospital officials were of • the opinion that he would be out within a day or so. Post Office Group To Hold Banquet Meeting to he Held in Junior Hall Tuesday Night. J. C. Newton To Address Group. The quarterly meeting of the Cleveland County Service Relations council of the postal department will be held at the Junior hall Tues day night, January 11, beginning at 7 o’clock and extending until 9. Music, speeches, short service talks together with a banquet will feature the program. A quartet from the Shelby postoffice will open the program followed by a prayer by Rev. Rush Padgett. The address of welcome will be by J. Talmage Gardner and the response by A. Ho bart Green. There will be a quar tet from the Kings Mountain postal force next and this will be follow ed by introduction of members and guests. The main address will be by J. C. Newton, secretary of the Shelby Chamber of commerce, and a Grover quartet will sing. Mrs. Lil lie B. Wilson, postmistree at Latti more, will read a paper on “Some thing's I have Observed as Post mistress.’ There will be three min ute talks on improvements by Post master T. S. Keeter, of Grover; Ru ral Carrier A. A. Richards, of Ca sar; City Carrier W. 0. R. Putnam, of Shelby, and Clerk L. M. Logan, of Kings Mountain. Officer Happens Up On An Affray Ordinarily an officer makes his arrest after a fight is over, having received word of the encounter, but Thursday Deputy Mike Austell drove right into the midst of what is termed a free-for-all. Officer Austell, accompanied by Mr. J. A. Lybrand, was out in his car serving summons on some wit nesses Thursday and while dr-iving along the road in the section about the Lutz bridge he came upon a general fight between four negroes, two men and two women. The col ored folks were employed on the farm of Mr. Thede Lutz, who lives in Shelby, and it is said they had been arguing all day. Shortly before the officer came riding by the ar gument flared up and transformed itself into a general scrap with the result that it was going full force when the officer happened by. Fists sticks and hoe-handles were play ing speedy, and important roles in the four-cornered duel, Austell says. Alighting from the car the officer arrested the participants and they ire scheduled for a trial here today. By Loan Cleveland County May Get 3 Highways Paved Shelby-S. C. Road May Be Paved Out Of Next Appropriation, Kistler Says. Half Million Loan Will Pave Others Longer Dresses Greatest Need The following epistle ad dressed to this paper speaks for itself: “I have been reading about the five greatest needs of Shelby and Cleveland county. 1 think the greatest need is a seamstress to put some skirt on to the bottom of our mod ern dresses—longer dresses is our greatest need.’ The letter is signed by a Star reader of the countv. Andy Brown Takes Cow Then Trades For Mule; In Jail | Colored Man Leads Officers Merry I Chase Only To Be Caught At Lincolnton Thursday — Take it from Andy Brown, col ored, who is now a resident of the county jail, a gray mule is a “jonah” to speed in getting by with something. A cow' might even be better. Sometime Wednesday night of ficers say Andy stole a cow from Gus Cabaniss on the old Kings Mountain road east of Shelby. Early in the morning Cabaniss started out tracking his missing cow. Soon he picked up Deputy Clyde Poston and the cha^e con tinued on to Cherryville. Some where in that section the cow tracks could be seen no more, but officers held on to Crouse and it was there that the cow had been traded to E. C. Sullivan for a gray mule, Andy receiving $5 to boot in the trade. Andy was said to have taken his gray mule and contin ued on towards Lincolnton. The officers called to Lincolnton and asked officers there to be on the watchout for him. Then in com pany w'ith the Cherryville chief Poston and Cabaniss travelled on for the Lincoln county seat. Just as they were entering Lincolnton they recognized the gray mule in a creek bottom and captured it. Proceeding on in to Lincolnton it was found that officers there al ready had Andy locked up. The result of the whole affair was that Andy was back in the Cleve land county jail by about 1 o’clock in the afternoon. Sullivan got his gray mule back together with the five dollars, which Andy had not spent, and the cow is back at home. So, in a way, that’s why Andy | may not be fond of gray mules \ anymore. This dislike may even' grow some by the time of his trial. KIWANfS LEADERS 60 INTO OFFICE New Officers of Shelby Luncheon Club Installed. George Blan ton New Head. The weekly meeting of the She!- J by Kiwanis club Thursday evening at Cleveland Springs hotel was fea tured by the installation of the new officers, Mr. George Blanton, of the First National bank, taking over the presidency of the club' succeeding Mr. J. D. Lineberger. Other officers installed were Dr. E. B. Lattimore as vice president, succeeding Dr. Reuben McBrayer; Mr. Max Washburn as trustee suc ceeding Mr. Blanton, while Messrs. Charlie Burrus and Rush Hamrick succeeded themselves as secretary and treasurer respectively. Mr. Lineberger passed the presi dent’s pin on to Mr. Blanton with a few appropriate remarks, and in; turn was presented with the imme-1 diate past president’s pin by Mr. j Clyde R. Hoey. Mr. Blanton, the new president, made a brief talk J outlining and discussing the work j of the club for the year. Following he regular meeting j committee chairmen and directors j of the club met with the president to discuss for a short time the pro-1 cedure and plans of the club for the | coming year and to map out an early program. Interesting Mews concerning more pined highways for Cleve land rounly comes from Morgan.* ton. heme of A. M. Kistler, high way commissioner for this tlis trict. In brief the word from Morgan* ton is to this effect: 1. Highway 18 from Shelby to the South Carolina line will likely be paved from the funds of the proposed 30 million dollar road appropriation now before legisla ture. 2. Highwav 18 all the way from Morganton through Shelby to the South Carolina line eould be paved and also highway 20fi from Shelby to Lincc'ln|on if Cleveland coun ty will lend $500,000 to the state until further road appropriations are passed. This word is direct from- Com missioner Kistler through Attor ney Peyton McSwain. who was in Morganton recently in conference with the road commissioner con cerning several matters. Mr. Mc Swain’s visit had to do with the survey of a direct route of high way 18 from Shelby to the S. C. line, he representing.1 it is said, in terests of Earl Hamrick and John Ellis. In connection with that mat ter it is said that several surveys are, or will be considered. Paving Talk Favorable. According to the local attorney Mr. Kistler was inclined to favor more paving for this county. Ho seemed rather sure, it is said, that highway 18 from Shelby to foe border line would be paved out of the next road program coming from the legislature and at the same time he is said to have ex pressed the opinion that he desir ed more paving in the county. Ad ditional paving, it is reported, will • be impossible from the next ap j nropriation of 30 million dollars » • I the commission already owes 17 | millions of that to counties who have made loans. But—and this is the important part of what the commissioner said—if the county of Cleveland will lend a half mil lion to the highways the highwa all the way from Morganton t the S. C. line will be paved and als the highway from Shelby to Lir colnton which would give Clevt land county paving for all higl ways. According to Mr. McSwain seems certain that such a pn gram will be carried out if the lot can be arranged. Mr. Kistler. he says, seems earnest about paving more roar in this county and section, but i handicapped in the matter owing to the shortage of the appropria tion, which may even be cut by the legislature. In the connection it might be added that many counties in the state have already made such loans to the commission to securo roads for their counties—17 mil lions of the next appropriation be ing for the purpose of paying these counties back. According to the local attorney the next move is apparently up to Cleveland county. Fraudulent Stock Sale Is Alleged Hord, McDaniel and Dorsey Allege Misrepresentation in Sale of Stock to Them. Complaints have been filed with the clerk of Superior court here al leging fraudulent sale of stock to Robert C. Hord, V. E. McDaniel and W. N. Dorsey by J. P. Lind say and E. C. Stothart, of Cha lotte, the stock being various kind in the Parfay company and Icy-O Metal Products company, Attor neys Peyton MeSwa'm and Speight Beam represent the plaintiffs. It is alleged in the complaints that Lindsay approached and sold the plaintiffs stock in the concerns representing them other than they were; that promise has been made of reimbursement, but that nothin*' has been done; that the Parfav eon pany was and has been absolutely insolvent and its stock worthless that misrepresentation was mnd< in the stock and that the Parfay company did not own or control the Icy-0 Metal Products company; that a branch plant was talked for Shelbv and that such never mater ialized. Sums were invested by th three plaintiffs totalling $2,500, ii is alleged. The transactions involved in t’v complaint took place in 1023, it i said.