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By mail, per year (in advance)__$2.6l By carrier, per year (in advance) $3 <M There are those who ray the groundhog will have his clay. Any way, the woodchurch is having sev eral days his way. * * * One other candidate is announced for mayor today in this paper, with several other likely candidates mentioned, including the possibil jtv of a woman being in the race. * * * Shelby is to be a real Boy Scout town judging from the success of the campaign to raise necessary funds to inaugurate eight new troops here. • • • Revaluation year is here, accord ing to a news article in this issue that taxpayers will be highly in terested in reading. • * * The Poole bill, better known as the “monkey’ bill, lias very little chance of getting by the present legislature, according to Raleigh articles, yet the INS. says today that Poole knows nothing of his hill being revamped. For the poli tical news from Raleigh and Wash ington keep up with The Star’s INS. articles. • • • An item from Winston says that several folks theer are “agin Sun dae laws.” » * * North Carolina farmers can se cure a profitable income other than cotton, says a Raleigh news item, while still another article says bet ter markets w!*l help. Cleveland county farmers should read tho*? two items at least. Careful, now. Don’t be breaking into jail. It’ll be harder anyhow for the commissioners have decided to build a high fence around the back side of the new jail to keep thosa on the outside from bothering those in the inside looking out. * * • A Shelby dentist was named president-elect of the Firit District society at the recent convention at Cleveland Springs, says a news item in The Star. * * * Kings Mountain drubbed Shelby in basket ball last night and as Kings Mountain is in the state race local fans are of the opinion that they’ll make somebody work for the state title. * * * Another new business for Shelby Read the news today. *99 A report of the meeting of the county board of education is among the various news of this issue. * * * The Star leads because it pub lishes all the news while it is news. Elizabeth Folks To Vote On Two Sites For School Straw Vote To Be Taken In Rob erts and Elizabeth School Districts To determine the site for the proposed new brick school building to serve the Elizabeth and Rob erts school districts east of Shel by, a straw vote will be taken among the of-age citizens of the two districts on Saturday. One faction is favoring the Bite of the present Elizabeth school building near the county home, while an other faction favors a site adjoin ing the Elizabeth church property and overlooking highway No. 20. I ho district school committeemen and the county board of cornmis [ sinners did not care to settle the controversy without first obtaining 4 he sentiment of the majority of the citizens in the two districts, therefore, the straw ballot propo sition was resorted to. All patrons seem in good humor about the af fair and whatever the outcome on Saturday, they are determined that there shall be no hard feelings in the matter. It is proposed to build a brick school house, either five or seven rooms with a large auditorium for the convenience of the patrons in the district, the estimated cost to he around $25,000. To Have Audit Of School Fund Here At the regular monthly meeting °f the county board of education the board employed F. A. Edmur.d f0,i. Durham auditor, to audit the hooks of the county school fund. It is understood that the audit will hf gin right away so that it may be mede semi-annually. At the same meeting it was de rided to advertise the St. Paul xchool building and lot for sale on ihe next first Monday. The same "ill apply to the old Mooresboro colored school site. Several new district committee men were appointed it is said to take the places of several resign ed. Any newly married couple in Shelby can, tell you how to be hap py though married. Former Register of Deeds and Va liant Soldier of Civil War to Be Buried Here Today. William Harrison Eskridge, vet eran who lost an arm in the Civil ; war, but who had the distinction! of capturing Col. Rutherford B. j Hayes, who later became President 1 of the United States, '"'died this i morning at the home of his daugh ter Mrs. B. T. Falls, on West War ren street. In ten days he would have been 87 years of age. Mr. Eskridge was the father of distin guished children served for six years as register of deeds for Clev eland county was one of the county’s ...mogtvjSfrominent citizens. The funeral will be held Thurs day afternoon from the First Bap tist church of which he has been a member since young manhood and where he was a consecrated Chris tian in regular attendance until the weight of years and feeble health confined him to his room. Rev. John W. Suttle will havfc charge of fu neral services in the absence of the pastor Rev. Zeno Wall, who is sick, j Other ministers will take a part and the following friends will serve as pall bearers: J. R. Dover, S. A. McMurry, Frank Hoyle, L. U. Ar rowood, C C Blanton, Paul Webb, B A. Lefler and Coleman Doggett. In j terment will be in Sunset cemetery ! beside his beloved life companion j who died December 27th, 1919. His Children. Mr. Eskridge is survived by the following children: Rev. T. J. Eskridge, presiding elder in the Methodist denomination at Big Stone Gap, Va., Reid Eskridge, of Wynnewood, Okla., Rev. Randolph Eskridge, Presbyterian pastor at Swannanoa; Gordon Eskridge of Oklahoma City, Okla.; Mrs. Jessie Ramseur teacher in the city schools Mrs. Mary Lou Yarboro. county treasurer; Mrs. B. T. Falls, wife of Hon. B. T. Falls representative from Cleveland county in the gen eral assembly at Raleigh; and Will Eskridge of Chester, S. C. Also surviving are two sisters, Mrs. W. Y. Weathers of Shelby and Mrs. A. J. R. Hoyle of near Double Shoals. W'ounded at Fishers Hill. Mr. Eskridge was born February 19th, 1840 near Double Shoals, the son of Green Eskridge and Eliza Thompson Eskridge. At the age of 21 he was in school in Rutherford county when he learned that Capt. Gus. Burton had organized the Cleveland Guards Co. E 12th regi ment and left Shelby April 22nd 1861. He went to Raleigh and join ed the company and in his long service he was in many bat+les and skirmishes in Virginia and Mary land, being made a sharpshooter under Capt. Plato Durham. On Sep tember 23rd 1864 he left his com i mand and went about a half mile in front on picket duty where he i stayed for two days and a night. His command was ordered in and as ! it was flanked by the Yankees, he | was wounded. Artery in his rigth ' arm was cut. He ran about 75 yards | to Mr. W. F. Gold, now living near I Double Shoals and Mr. Gold corded | it up with his suspenders, me Yan kees captured both of them, car ried Mr. Eskridge to a spring where he was put down in front of a fire as bloody as a hog. Soon he was given a cozy bed and nourishing food. When he became conscious he saw girls sitting by his bed crying ! and he begged them all night to cut I the cord that bound his wound so I that he might die. Next morning I Mr. Gold came in to tell him good bye. He was put in an ambulance and taken two miles to a point be tween Strausburg and Winchester. His shattered aim was placed across his body but the jolt of the wagon caused it to fall limply to his side. His arm was taken off in an old field, after which he was placed in a wagon and carried 18 miles to Winchester where he was placed in a Yankee hospital for n stay of six weeks. Captures Colonel Hayes. Colonel Hayes who later became President Rutherford B. Hayes, was at one time captured by Mr. Esk ridge in his Civil war experiences. Captain Randolph, aide to General D. H. Hill asked for a- party of sharpshooters to accompany him down the road on a mission. Mr. Eskridge was one of the group and after a test of their bravery, Mr. Eskridge sat down on the side of the road to rest awwile. He was wearing a Yankee overcoat. While ! sitting there a man came toward ihim from the Yankee lines. Mr. Eskridge was apparently uncon cerned till the man was within ten steps, then Mr. Eskridge drew his gun and ordered him to surrender. Words were exchanged and when (Continued On Page Four) Poole Knows Nothing Of Revisal Of “Monkey” Bill Yet Rumors Keep Running By Henry Lesesne. International News Service Staff Correspondent. Raleigh, N. C., Feb. 9.—If com promise anti-evolution legislation is going to be introduced at this ses sion of the legislature, Rep. D. Scott Poole, author of North Car olina’s 1925 and 1927 “monkey” bills hasn’t heard the news yet. In an interview With Interna tional News Service today, the Raeford editor-legislator scoffed at the idea of a split in the funda mentalist ranks, with the “insurg ents” out to frame a less drastic proposal than the Poole bill. The Poole bill, which is set for hearing Thursday before the House Education Committee, is being sponsored by the North Carolina Bible League, the outgrowth of the once militant “committee of 100” that stirred up an ephemeral mod ernist controversy two years ago. Rumors have been persistent here that a compromise bill, de signed to make the school teachers of the state pledge their belief in the Bible before they are jy*rmit ted to teach, would be introduced in the house or the senate within the next few days. But if such is the intention of one faction of fundamentalists line, the Hoke representative hasn’t heard of it, and is inclined to look upon the talk with an I’m from Missouri attitude. Representative oPole’s bill, if en acted into law, would prohibit the teaching of the so-called evolution theory in North Carolina state - supported schools, and would mean a prison sentence for any school1 teacher convicted of teaching “evo lution.” Representative Poole believes that his bill is entirely constitu tional, in view of the recent Tenn essee supreme court decision. He said he took particular pains to iron out any “doubtful” points in his bill before it was ever dumped ii to the house hopper. “I believe that my bill is entire- j ly within the constitution,” Poole' said, “and I do not think that any. effort will be made to introduce a bill in place of mine that would be j more so.” Fundamentalists are lining up an imposing galaxy of speakers1 for the committee Thursday and a 1 bombastical combat of no small proportion is expected when the! house education committee takes up the anti-evolution bill. The Bible league also has been flooding the state with petitions, calling on the legislature to enact anti-Darwin legislation, and claim that one petition from one county alone contains more than 1,000 names. These petitions, which the Bible league officials say arc numerous, aie expected to be laid before the education committee Thursday, Will Shelby Church Be Sold On Auction Block To Pay Preacher Suit Of Rev. C. B. Way Against Methodist Protestant Church Here Being Discussed Again. Will a Shelby church be sold on the auction block to pay salary pa?t due that is claimed by a former pastor ? That is the question that is be ing: asked by editorial writers of North Carolina and at least one national news photo service. The case is that of Rev. C. B. Way against the Methodist Prot s tant church here, which has been “aired” in various courts several times. Just what the next move may be is not definitely remember ed here. Judge B. T. Falls, who re presents church interests, is attend ing legislature as the representa tive of this county, but it is remem bered that his last discussion of the suit hinted of the fact that he still was of the opinion that the church would come out winner ir. the case. Newspaper readers noticed dur ing the past week tTiat the former pastor, now living in Lexington, has been receiving nation-wide pub licity through a news service that broadcasts his photo and brief de tails of the suit. Meantime editorial writers here and there discuss the unique controversy. Two opinions, seemingly inclin ed to the Way attitude, are by the High Point Enterprise and the Lexington Dispatch. The Dispatch says: “Rev. Charles B. Way, of this city, is receiving national attention by reason of winning his suit for $328 unpaid salary from the Meth odist Protestant church of Shelby. One of the big newspaper feature services is carrying a picture of the local minister and a brief account of his suit, which was recently up held by the Supreme court. “The High Point Enterprise last Thursday contained an editorial re* view of the case in which Mr. Way recently secured a judgment in a local court that in effect is,said to amount to a lien on the church building of the congregation at Shel by. He might be forced to sell th? church at auction and bid it in him self in order to collect his judg ment, says the High Point paper, but that editor declares that the minister is right in forcing the is sue. Too long, it says, congrega tions have had the habit of forcing out preachers with part of the agreed salary unpaid and until now the victim has had no recourse. In many of these cases the total salary is small ard the non-payment of a portion of it is a serious matter, even more so than would be a larg er amount of a really living salary. _.“The supreme court in passing on this case recently held that church trustees are mere guar dians of the property of the con gregation and are not liable to be sued for the debt of the church as a whole, but congregations can be sued for unpaid salary and a judg ment so secured is valid against any property the church may own. “There have been indication? lately that the matter will be set tled up so that the minister will get back pay and th<> congregation will escape having its church sold at auction. “The material consideration in this suit is comparatively small hid the legal principle established is im portant and far reaching.’’ Renders Service? The Enterprise comments: “A congregation’s ruling hoard is responsible for the debts of the church and the church building m»y he sold to force payment of a judg ment. These points arc resolved in the case of Rev. C. B. Way, Metb (Continucd On Page Four) | Figures Show Corn And Hogs More Profitable Than Cotton Raleigh.—Another shot in the revolution now brewing in North Carolina against one of the leading tropical rulers was fired by the publication this week at State col lege of a folder showing how corn and hogs make more profits for the farmer than cotton. The fold er was prepared by W. W. Shay, swine extension specialist, and shows that corn and hogs, rightly handled will make r/ire clear prof its per day of man *abor than will the late king who has ruled so long and so disastrously over the farm lands of the state. Mr. Shay points out that the profit per day of man labor with cotton amounts to $2.39 when cot ton sold at about 19 cents per pound. During this same period the profit per day of man labor with corn fed to hogs amounts to $5.02. He shows too, that the average of lint cotton per acre in North Car olina during the past 16 years has been only $48. In 1916, a survey of 48 cotton growing farms show ed that it cost $54.42 per acre to produce cotton. The average value of pork per acre of corn, during the same period amounts to $33.97 while it cost only $22.41 per acre to produce the corn. He has other figures which are just as enlightening and nov^that farmers are co-operating to sell their pork in carlots on the larger markets, there is no reason why more of them should not produce and fatten hogs this year. All of these facts, as developed by Mr. Shay, are brought out in the fold er and copies may be had free of charge as long as the supply lasts. The publication is Extension Fold | er number 26, “Corn and Hogs vs. | Cotton For Profit.” An edition of 20,000 copies has been printed and those citizens of North Carolina who would like to have a copy may obtain it by writing to F. H. Jeter, agricutlural editor. State college, i Rnleigh. BRUSH FACTORY IS NEW INDUSTRY STARTED HERE' Maurice Weathers Has New Plant i Making 25 Different Kinds of Brushes and Mops. Tlu> Elizabeth Brush company is Shelby’s newest industry. For sev eral months Mr. Maurice Weath ers has been quietly learning the art of manufacturing household ‘ and personal brushes, buving mu- j chinery and supplies for their man-: ufacture. Trie plant is located near! the Seaboard depot in the block of! property owned by Z. B. Weather i and Sons where concrete products are manufactured. Mr. Wtatheis, says he has had an expert from Canada here for several months in structing the help that is employed in the manufacture of these brushes and now the plant is in operation and salesmen are being employed to sell the product in a house-to-house canvass to house wives. The local territory will be covered first and gradually sales men will be added to cover other : states. Mr. Weathers is convinced that he has a product that is equal ly as good and much cheaper than any competitor and that the house wives will find that the material and workmanship are everything that they can expect. While the factory starts in a small way, it has great possibili ties for expansion. Household and personal brushes of every kind aie manufactured, including hair and clothes brushes, wet and dry yarn mops and cleaning brushes made from bristles, hair and fibre. Shelby is proud of its new in dustry and hopes itiat it will grow t so that it will employ many people | and furnish a tig payroll for the | town. i - SCOUT CAMPAIGN HERE GOES OVER u Hi WORK ISON Campaigners Raise Around $1,000 for Work. Plan to Have Eight Scout Troops. Boy Scout work in Shelby is one step nearer its anticipated goal. Last week representatives of civic clubs and churches put over a campaign to raise funds neces sary for a real start in scout work and preliminary preparations for organizing several new troops are now underway. The proposal to make Shelby a better scouting town came up at a recent meeting of the Kiwanis club and was heartily endorsed by ministers and textile heads. Not long after heads of the various tex tile plants here said that they would contribute $500 to the fund neces sary if the remainder of the town would put up the rest. Whereupon a whirlwind campaign was staged for the remaining sum and I. C. Grif fin, head of the Shelby schools, says that in the neighborhood of $1, 000 is now on hands or subscribed. To Have School. Members of the Scout committee are now working to secure eight suitable scoutmasters after which Mr. Shiel, scout officials, of Gas tonia will come here to conduct a scoutmasters’ school. l ne eigni troops, u is unoeiBwun, will be divided among the textile sections and the churches of the town. It is planned according to re ports to have a full, or part time, scout master later to direct all the work, and this summer Shelby will begin to note the beneficial results of scout work among the youth of the town. Kings Mountain Wins From Shelby Fast Quint Runs up Score in Final Half. Kings Mountain in State Race. Late information has it that the strong Kings Mountain basket ball team will play Shelby in the new gym here Thursday night at 7:30. It is the last game before Kings Mountain gets in the state race. Playing at Kings Mountain Tues day night the Shelby Highs were given a severe licking by Kings Mountain 36 to 19. The Shelby five performed well in the first half at the end of which Kings Mountain held a lead of only two points, but in the second half the fast five pushed on to the front with Stowe leading in the point scoring. Stowe, flashy forward, easily led (Continued On Page Four) Babington To Be In Race For Mayor Friends State; Talk Of A Woman Entering Several Others Now Get Talked For Hizzon er’s Seat. Babington Friends Active. A Feminine Mayor. (By Ror.n Drum.) l-'or your approval, voters of Shelby, The Star today takes along the news from friends and announc es that Mr. Tom J. Babington well known citizen of the town, will he a candidate for the next mayor of Shelby to succeed Mayor A. P. Weathers, who has declined to run a jrain. And the friends insist that this isn’t one of those '•being talked” candidates. Mr. Babington, they contend, is going to he a real can didate, out to get the votes and with the serious intention of stop ping over at the City hall for at least two years. The formal an nouncement came yesterday when friends of the new candidate im pressed their man to that extent and so notified this paper. Legal announcement in the form of a paid advertisement will come within a short time, they say, and in the meantime the latest addition to the real list of entrants is to he active himself and by the medium of his friends, who are already practising themselves up on caging votes. Babington, it might be added, is from one of iShelby’s oldest and best known families. Unless it would he for the benefit of a few newcomers there is little reason to detail any historic information con cerning him. That’s the way his supporters look at it. “The an nouncement that Tom Babington >s | in the race is news enough,' they say. And taking them at their word the political discussion will pass on to the other likelihoods and aspects of the next political brewery for tho town. Still Talk Many. It may be that within a month or so the real list of candidates for mayor will dwindle down to two or three entrants—that is, when for mal announcements are the order of the day—but in the meantime Shel by is being introduced to a't least two candidates of the “being talk ed” type almost every week. Why They Do. One reason for the winter dis cussion of the next mayor is at tributed to a dull season. Football ended early in the fall, baseball i will not open until spring, and ! there hasn’t been a session of couit I for three months and it is at least a month until another. All of which may be taken to mean that the re tired business fellows and those who just love politics and specula tion must have something to do in ! the interim. And they have it: Mak j ing mayors for Shelby although the real manufacture will not turn out a product until May. The Young Bloods in. It was mentioned in naming sev eral of the talked candidates re I cently that the young fellows of the | town are getting highly interested j in politics. During the recent week | the interest seems to he on the in | crease even to the point that can ! didates possessing all the winning 1 qualities are being sought. When a | list of such is arranged tho young fellows says, they’ll pick out the best fitted for the place and back him through the home stretch. To date the gentle wind of that selec tion seems to hinge on the decision of one man. Name him, you say? Well, it is said as how this faction would be pleased to announce Charles Hoey, prominent young bu siness man, as their candidates, provided Charles says the word— men, familiarly termed me city dads.” Both have qualities, friends think, that would fit admirably to the role. So, until something else develops check them up on the list (Continued On Page Six) mWM FROM BOTHERING THOSE IN JAIL The county, meaning that officinl bit of government that functions at the court house, has decided that it is tired of having free folks bother pris oners in the county jail, and at a meeting of the county com missioners this week an order was made to have a high fence erected around the back of the jail structure. The fence, which is to be erected soon, will keep friends of prisoners from throwing things to them through the window's and will also keep enemies and others from taunt ing those “doing time.” The fence will be around the back side only as it is impossible to get anything to the prisoners from the front side, it is said. The fence will be of the stockade type hanging over on the inside top so that it cannot be scaled from the interior, and it will be more than 20 feet, it is said, from the rear jail wall. Would Build Up Fine Markets For Diversified Crops Of N. C. Raleigh.—To prevent the diversi fied agricultural program, active I ly advocated by the department of ■ agriculture and the >tate adminis tration, from causing the farmers serious loss through a lack of ade quate markets, a movement has been started by George Ross, chief of the division of markets of the department of agriculture, to ap ply $20,000, saved from the opera tion of cotton warehouses since Mr. Ross has been in office, to build ing up markets for diversified pro ducts, it was learned yesterday. That the markets in North Caro lina are unable to handle the large diversified crop which is anticipat ed this year and that the facilities of the division of markets are in sufficient to build up the markets without more aid, is true, Mr. Ross stated yesterday. The $20,000 will help a great deal in building up markets, he said both through the establishment of cream routes in the eastern part of the state, and by providing more men to grade produce and see that carlot ship ments are properly packed for shipment. If produce is collected and shipped In carload lots there is always a market, Mr. Ross explain ed, but it takes trained men to do this work. However, if the horizontal cut contemplated by the department of agriculture in view of the reduced revenue from fertilizer fees, is put into effect, division of mar* kets with the additional $20,000 will have only slightly more than the $60,000 which was available for this work last year. Owing to the reduction in fertilizer sales, which the board of agriculture es timated at their December meet ing, would be at least 25 per cent, the department faces a consider able reduction in revenue from fees. Commissioner of Agriculture William A. Graham favors the ap plication of this surplus to build ing up markets, it was stated, but it will take legislative action to make the transfer possible. The money is proposed to be spent in the cotton belt. and Charles as yet hasn't said it. However, that places him among .hose “being talked” and some times a lot comes from talk. So, you ■an never tell. The younger ele ment together with a sprinkling among other classes say that such a candidate will come out and the word goes that many of the veter an wise men of things political would line up that way with Hocy as the candidate. And remember that lioey in addition to inheriting a clever business head and a re markably friendly disposition might have also inherited a knack for catching votes that made a certain congressman of the past rather fa* tnous. In fact it is generally evi dent that he is still famous, but that should not deter ambition of the next generation. But the next generation doesn’t seem so fond of inclining to politics. And it is there that this particular political out look rocks along until some decis ion is made. They are not talking about it themselves, but there are those in the know who say that at least two other gentlemen may take the dive into Shelby’s mayoralty channel, a swim that from a local standpoint promises to eclipse the English and Catalina sw’ims. There’ll be no axle grease in this race, and it is to be hoped that mud-slinging will be just as prominently absent. But these two others that are being talked are Messrs. L. M. Hull and M D. Hopper. The former is a well known business and churchman of the town and the latter is at pres ent a member of the board of alder YEAR IS AT HAND FOR REVALUATION OF REAL ESTATE State Will Supervise County Val ues in Order to Insure Uni formity. $5,300 Here. Every fourth year, all real es tate is re-valued in North Carolina, so this being the fourth year, it if re-valuation year in Clevelam county. Machinery to carry out the re-valuation is now being intro duced in the Legislature at Raleigh A new lot of temporary jobs w’l be necessary to carry on the worl and provision will be made for th local boards of county commission ers to make the appointments. While revaluation La each county will be under local control, the state will have a supervising inter est In the assessment especially in the 70 odd counties which draw on the equal iration fund for help, in running their schools. The appor tionment of the fund among the counties is determined by the tax rate in each county and property values affect the tax rate. Cleve land county draws from the equalix ing state school fund about $5,300 annually, so the state will exercise some supervision over the values set upon property in Cleveland county this year. Every man s land, tenements and herlditarments will come under the scrutiny of the assessors. In some cases the result will be a boost in taxable value and in others a re duction. State assessment officials anticipate a decided increase in property values of the larger coun ties of the piedmont and western sections of the state, while tha strictly agricultural counties, par ticularly in the east, will show a decline. The increases, however, may be expected to more than off set the decreases, so that the worth of the state as a whole likely will show up considerably in excess of its 1926 valuation of some $3,799. 000,000. Under Local Boards. The job in each county will be done under the direction of the locpl ^ boards of county commissioners.“ The 1927 machinery act will author ize the appointment of each board of an assessor or revaluation super visor for the county, under whom will work the necessary number of assistants to do the job as the law directs. The appointments are ex pected to be made in April and re valuation will begin in May, all property being valued as of that month. The new lot of temporary jobs is not expected to draw heavily on the public payroll, assessment officials insured, and the total cost will not be great DENTIL SESSION COMES TO CLOSE - Dr. Pitt Beam Named Presiden Elect. Moat Successful Conven tion Ever Held. What members termed the mo successful meeting * of the Fir District Dental Society came to close Tuesday after a two-day st sion at Cleveland Springs hote The attendance, it is said, w by far the largest of any meetii ever held by the organixntic There were around 100 members ii attendance and visitors from al sections of the state numbered around 30. Among these visitors were the following members of the State Board of Dental Examiners: Dr. J. S. Spurgeon, of Hillsboro; Dr. J. S. Betts, Greensboro; Dr. J. H. Wheeler, and Dr. Dennis Keel, Greensboro, and Dr. H. O. Line-* berger, Raleigh. Each of the board members made short talks during the program complimenting the district group on the * excellent progress and the remarkable spir it of the meeting. Dr. Gene How ell, of Raleigh, was also a promi nent visitor. At the election of officers the following were named: Dr. C. A. Pless, Asheville, president; Dr. A. Pitt Beam, Shelby, president-elect; Dr. C. C. Bennett, Asheville, vice president; Dr. D. H. Crawford, Marion, secretary and treasurer. The following were elected dele gates to the state convention: Drs, C. A. Pless, R. A. Little, B. F. Hall., C. C. Bennett, A. Pitt Beam, P. R. Falls, I. R. Self, and W. F. Bell. The banquet program Monday night proved to be one of the high lights. There were reading by Dr. J. R. Osborne and fine musical se lections by the Shelby Troubadors, Mrs. Grady Lovelace, Miss Bessie Clark and Mrs. A. Pitt Beam. A short talk by Dr. John Harbison, of the hospital staff, was also enjoy ed. Banquet favors ■irere tendered by the Stephenson Drug Company