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ffc STAR’S RE VIE W
wrior court, which nas been in
"on here for two weeks, is ex
^ to adjourn today.
^ not listed for taxes are not
v*t to larceny says the North
J;jna attorney general in en
the view of the county so
wland county educates her
' I children cheaper than 8^
Set in the state. The cost per
", in the Shelby schools is less
* any other town in the state
* tw0' . . .
nf man attended court here this
k with a number of small shot
•9 hod>. Kings Mountain news
, ofthe shooting.
number of county farmers
, Countv Agent Hardin will be
for a trip next week.
oiling Springs is to get a big
out of the next Baptist cam
(n told of in today’s Star.
lrors for the special term of
t to be called here in Septenv
are given in this issue’
le G. 0. Hamrick suit, taking
no days for trial in the court
ended yesterday with the
itiff getting $400 damages
, Justice & Dellinger.
WEE lift
I IS OUT EASE
Rapid City—The opinion that
tsident Coolidge*s statement that
does not choose to run for Prese
nt in 1928 might have more than
e meaning dwindled further in
I Sommer capital and the belief
d become almost, positive that, he
* unequivocally eliminated him
If from occupancy of the White
wse after March 4, 1929.
8everal reasons for this belief
me most prominently to the fore
Rapid City. First, it is pointed
it, Mr. Coolidge could scarcely
re used any other than the word i
Imose" in making his pronounce- j
ent and still keep the country <
Dm thinking him to be presump- ;
re to the extent of believing the i
wination next year actually was
i. Had he said: “will not run
r President in 1928,” he would '
tc presumed, it is held, that the
spublican convention would nomi
le him.
It is argued further that if Mr.
•lidge had said “I will not be a ;
•didate for the Republican nomi
tion in 1928,’’ the same contro-1
wy Would have arisen with the
Ref that the President was mere
declaring himself not a candi
te, but not that he would decline
l nomination if forced upon him.
fewnd, it is declared by those in 1
tolar touch with the President
il by his statement Mr. Coolidge
•ed the door to pledged dele
tes from some States which hold
Hr primary election before the
•tional Convention. In those
■*'- it is necessary for an as- j
*“ to certify himself in order
a primary election result
I*1 It is held that if the Presi-;
« had any desire to continue in 1
! White House, he would not
” eliminated himself in these
■ctions.
Dakota is one of t h e
es with these primary election
J f t*le President desired the
**tes from this State, it would
<ssaiy for him to accept the
* |0rm adf,Pted at the State’s pro
*!,me!'t'nK t0 be heW early next
he did not sign the plat
, '' e,ndd net he certified to
Th /rs at the primary.
Item ' 11 18 I>ointed nut that the
n*/an iC0u • in no way he con_
s caving the President in
r"'8lt'on to go one way
her in the event the nomi
i tK"as tendered him. It is
*n th 'n tbe finsd analysis,
»Dt 11 t'.We came for him to
(choir tbe renomination
L c W,0Uld be up to him and
•ice n«f a. rpad>' has made his
tie , 0 run, that there was
Mi a hife"’ l° bold be ^nuld
In »ds » forent conclusion.
king Vi°"’ .tHe Prosident hy
I to ha,- e Pronouncement was
*f {nHiipj80*1 ^ assented to any
""didlte aUnMd deC*arin,? hini8elf
#«sf mi , see1{ing support,
must h- " made bia nhoiee
not » apprec'ated that he
hit to ott!**1 tbe field to remain
hSZ?* d° Ch°°Se t0
Forfe to Picnic.
f'1 force is planni
uesdav. the guei
^moors in the June
Snake Was nl
rJ'16' ten dollars for
IMrs- Fitshugh -
for thn secomd pring
|rs- With ttis Ipcfr
*ome added, the c
• * a big half-holid
BOILING SP16S
! WILL SET $40,000
IN BAPTIST DRIVE
Baptists To Launch Campaign Soon
For A Million And Half Dol
lars For Its Schools
i _
The Baptists of North Carolina
are getting ready to launch in the
fall or winter a drive for a mil
lion and a half dollars to strength
en the seven educational institu
tions of the North Carolina State
Baptist convention, which includes
Bailing Springs High School, in
Cleveland county, as well as Camp
bell, Chowan, Mars Hill, Meredith,
Wake Forest and Wingate. Max
Gardner was recently made gen
i eral chairman for the campaign
which will be waged in celebration
of the one hundreth anniversary
of Baptist work in North Carolina.
Mr. Gardner is still in Europe but
will be home in time to throw his
active support into the campaign
which will be state-wide in its
scope. In a folder just issued,
there appears a picture of the main
building at Boiling Springs High
School of which Prof. J. D. Hug
gins is the nrincinal.
There is a five-fold purpose in
the centenial fund, according to in
formation received from Raleigh.
(l)To wipe out encumbering mort
gages, thus giving the buildings
back to the institutions. (2) To
end the annual interest payments
of $70,000 which now have to be
made out of the benevolent contri
butions from churches and to re
lease this amount for the current
educational work, (3)To construct
certain new' buildings. (3)To sup
ply equipment vitally needed. (5)
To strength the training centers
for men and women preparing for
the ministry, mission service and
Christian citizenship.
$40,000 For Boiling Springs
When this million and half dol
lars is raised, $40,000 will go to
Boiling Springs in*which the peo
ple of Cleveland and adjoining
counties are deeply interested. Dis
tribution will be made as follows:
Institution Amount
Boiling Springs _$ 40.000
Campbell __ 40,00
Chowan __ 25,000
Mars Hill __ 85,000
Meredith - 1,000,000
Wake Forest _ 250,000
Wingate -60,000 i
Total ___________ $1,500,000
Baptist Growth
It is pointed out that the Bap
tist State convention was conceiv
ed and began co-operative work in
1830. The total membership of all
Baptist churches in the state was
approximately 20,000. From this
meagre beginning, a little less than
100 vears ago, the Baptist churches
in North Carolina have grow'n to a
total membership of 375,767. The
churches number 2,243, Sunday
schools, 1,917 young people’s or
ganizations, 959 W. M. U. organi
zations and 1,566 ordained minist
ers. Approximately forty-eight
per cent of all the churches in
North Carolina are Baptist. The
value of Baptist church property,
evclusive of the holdings of the in
stitution listedt, is conservatively
placed at eighteen and a q uarter
million dollars. In 1925 contribu
tions for all purposes amounted
to $3,913,000. In these past hun
dred years the Baptist churches
have been a great factor in up
building North Carolina and have
saved hundred of thousands of
souls for the Kingdom. With all
of this growth, wealth and
strength, the Presbyterians and
Methodist outstrip the Baptists
in college enrollment. There is one
Presbyterian enrolled for each 38
members; one Methodist for each
07 members and but one Baptist;
for each 95 members, so the appeal
is to strengthen the Baptist in
stitutions so the Baptist boys and
girls can be educated at Baptist
institutions and trained for religi
ous work.
At Belwood School
Bejwood school opened its sec
ond year last Monday. A large num
ber of the parents were present.
Kev.‘ A. Burns who is conducting
a revival mt Norman’s Grove church
conducted the devotional exercises.
Parents, old and new members of
t.h»- faculty made short snappy
tJ^L Two extra teachers have
b«*Jp added and three changes made
The school enrollment has reach
ed 320 for the grades and 90 for
the High aehool.
Prof. A. R. Reep, of Woodbine
high school, Woodbine, N. J., con
futed our chapel exercises Tues
dav morning.
The outlook for th& year is good.
Great interest is being shown.
Cost Educating Youth
In Cleveland Is Lower
Than Average In State
"NERVE GONE" MAUI
TELLS OF KILLING
CLOSE TO Hl«y
Thomas Jacobs Describes Shooting
in Which Earl Williams Was
Killed. A Mystery.
Charlotte, Aug. 5.—Nerves shat,
tered and peace of mind destroyed
as the ever-recurring visions of a
, desperately wounded man pleading
for life flashed across his mind,
Thomas Jacobs, 85, of 317 South
Poplar street, yesterday placed
himself in the hands of county
authorities and accused Manly
Justice of 4 North Graham street,
of firing the bullet that fatally
wounded Earl Williams.
In the wake of this information
city and rural police were search
ing the county for Justice last night
but were confident that he could
not be found in this vicinity.
> The story Jacobs told yesterday
; seemed to clear the mystery that
has surrounded the wounding of
Williams. He told of an afternoon
automobile ride near Hickory, of a
quarrel over a debt, of a heated ar
gument and of the sudden shooting
He told how the party of three
had been drinking and how the
wounded man pleaded with his an
gered opponent to refrain from
firing on him again.
He told how he had watched the
papers and kept in constant touch
with the Hickory hospital as he
anxiously waited for the outcome.
When he was taken to his home
to get some clothing before being
placed in the county jail, he said
to his wife:
Well, I ve done what I said I
was going to."
vIf you handn’t, I would have,”
she replied.
Williams was shot on Monday of
this week and died Tuesday. He
maintained that a negro had fired
on him after offering to sell him
some liqour. The element of mys
tery was introduced by the two
white men who brought Williams
to the hospital and left hurriedly.
One of them gave a fictitious name
and a fictitious Charlotte address.
In narrating the story, Jacobs
was indefinite and almost evasive
at times. According to the story,
Williams, Justice and he “were
just riding” in Justice's car. They
stopped at the roadside some dis
tance from Hickory after Justice1
had started arguing with Williams
over a $50 debt. Jacobs did noc
know, he said, how the debt was
incurred.
“They argued for 15 or 20 min
utes. When Justice said he would
kill Williams if he didn't pay him,
I started to walk away. Then Jus
tice shot."
The force of the bullet sent the
wounded man sprawling in a near
by ditch and Jacobs ran to his aid.
“We’ve got to take him to a hos
pital," he said.
“You won’t take him in my car’
Justice is said to have replied.
After a brief argument, Williams
was bundled into the car and hey
drove rapidly to Hickory.
“He put me out of the car after
we carried Williams to the hospital
and that’s the last I’ve seen of
him,” Jacobs said.
Jacobs caught the next bus to
Charlotte and Justice is believed to
have left Hickory in his Essex
touring car.
Mr. Steve Woodson, who has been
employed at Goldsboro is at homo
now. Mr. Woodson will accept a po
sition here at Bosts bakery.
Mr. Ralph Hoey is spending two
weeks at Blowing Rock.
The youth of Cleveland county is
educated at a lower cost per pupil
of $8.43 than the average pupil in
North Carolina.
This information is revealed in
“School Facts” a publication issued
by the superintendent of Public
Instruction in the state.
The average cost per pupil of
each school child in Cleveland coun
ty each year is $18.11. The State
average is $26,54. This county
ranks 82nd with only 18 counties
having a lower cost per pupil. The
cost per pupil in Rutherford coun
ty is $23.50; in Gaston $29.53: in
Lincoln $19.43; in Catawba $23.27;
in Mecklenburg $29.22.
The average cost per colored pu
pil each year in this county is $9.
31, and the county ranks 46th. The
figures cited above are for the
school year of 1925-26.
Shelby Ranks Low
Similar to the county, the cost
of educating a pupil in the city
schools of Shelby is far below the
general average in the state. In
fact, only two towns, have a lower
per capita cost. Mooresville and
Henderson rank slightly under
Shelby. The per capita cost in
Shelby was $29.05, and with the
two exceptions every town in the
state had a higher per capita cost
than Shelby. Of the 16 towns in
Shelby’s group Shelby ranked next
to lowest.
In discussing school costs “School
Facts” has the following to say:
“Seventy-seven per cent of the
total amount, $22,822,34, spent for
runnning the schools in 1925-26 was
for the salaries of teachers and
principals. In other words, it cost
$17,581,208 to actually instruct the
818,739 children enrolled in school
that year. The remaining twenty
three per cent was spent for such
items as fuel, janitor service, sup
plies, light water, transportation
of pupils and the overhead expense
of administration.”
COMES TO COURT
WITH SHOT IN BODY
Mr. John Van Dyke of the state
line section below Kings Mountain
is a hard follow ^o halt. He attend
ed court here this wreek with a
score or more of shot in his head
and back.
Van Dyke, a well known figure
in the courts here and who at one
time sued county officers was shot
Monday by a tenant of his, Joe
Jackson, when he and the tenant
had a “falling out” when Van
Dyke attempted to show him how
to farm, it is said. Jackson was ar
rested Wednesday night by Deputy
Greel Ware and taken to York, the
shooting happening in South Car
olina, it is understood.
Only one of the load of shot was
removed, physicians at Kings
Mountain thinking it better not to
remove the other shof at the pres
ent time. An account of the shoot
ing taken from a Kings Mountain
newspaper appears elsewhere in
The Star today.
Workers’ Council
Enjoys A Picnic
The Workers Council of the First
Baptist church, made up of Sunday
school officials and teachers, held
an outing and picnic Wednesday
afternoon at Pineview lake.
Short talks were made by Judge
B. T. Falls, Sunday school super
intendent, and Zeno Wall, pastor,
prior to the picnic “feed*. An en
joyable afternoon was spent by the
entire assemblage. ,
Chicago Gold Coast Society
At Church In Bathing Suits
(By Francis F. Healy, I. N. S.
Staff Correspondent.)
Chicago,—Younger members of
Chicago’s "Gold-coast” society set
are going to church in bathing
suits. .
The erase has spread from church j
to church until along the fashion
able boulevards of the north side
couples attired in brilliant red and
green bathing suits, partially hid
den by kimonas or slickers, can be
seen tripping through the portals
of stately grey-stone churches.
Of course it’s only choir practice
but church officials observe in the
fashion a broad step toward the
introduction of ultra-modernism in
religious circles.
Girls in the Bowen Methodist
Episcopal church first conceived
the idea. They obtained permission
for bathing suit rehearsals from
their director Dr. Wayne Kidder,
who announced he was In favor of
the idea.
The church adjoins a stretch of
sandy beach and swimming parties
are held after the vocal exercises.
Directors of the church board
said they saw no harm in the scan
tily clad girl and boys attending
choir lessons, provdiing they were
properly chaperoned.
It was observed that the habit
acted as an unprecedented stimu
lus for attendance.
SUPERIOR COURT
■Judge Clayton Moore Mill Preside
At Two Weeks Term For Dis
posal Civil Cases.
The county commissioners at
their meeting this week drew the
jurors for the special term of Su
perior court to be held here for
two weeks in September, beginning!
on September' 12.
Judge Clayton Moore will pre
aide at the term, it is said by bar
risters. The term will be devoted
entirely to the civil issue calendar.
Jurors for the first week are:
T. F. Humphries, R. G. Burris, J.
I. Morehead, J. T. Davidson, W. A
Ware V O Cline J L. Grigg, H Clay
Cox, O. C. Connor, Thomas A. Sel
lers, W. F. Daves, J. D. Eskridge,
George Beam, J. D. Rudasill R. A.
Ivester W. F. Hamrick, D F, Buff,
• A. A. Whisnant.
The second week jurors are: John
Wehchell, J. H. Hamrick, S. H.
Austell, Z. Cline Barber, M. A.
Ware L. Y. Harrelson G. M. Har
mon, B. R. Dellinger, S, L. Burgess
C. A. Cahaniss, Gary Hamrick,
Boyce Holland, Chancey P Crowd
er, E. Frank Grigg, Forrest Davis,
Thomas F. Cline J. L. Wellmon,
Clyde Warlick.
HllIC K TO GET
M III IIWES
A jury in Superior court here
yesterday afternoon awarded dam
ages of $400 to G. O. Hamrick in
his suit for $5,000 against Justice
& Dellinger, former Shelby Grocery
firm.
The damages were awarded for
false arrest and incidents subse
quent to the arrest. Speight Beam
and Peyton MeSwain were attor
neys for the plaintiff and C. K.
McBrayer represented the defen
dants.
The suit hinged about an account
said to be due the grocery firm
i from Hamrick. A member of the
firm, it was testified, had Hamrick
sign a check to be held for a time
for the debt and after a time had
Hamrick arrested and placed in
jail for failure to pay the check.
Efird To Open 42nd
Store In Asheville
Closes Lease on Asheville Building <
For Twelve and One-Half
Years at $160,000.
Efird Brothers, owners and oper
ators of 41 department stores in
the Carolinas and Virginia, one of
which is located at Shelby, will
open their 42nd store in Asheville
in the old Kress building on Patton
avenue, having secured a lease on
the building from the Harkins es
tate for 2 and a half years for a
total consideration of $160,000. Mr.
Efird sees a great future in Ashe
ville and has wanted to establisn
a store there for a long time. The
store will employ about 100 peo
ple.
me Hiiira stores nave naa a re
markable growth since their estab
lishment years ago with a tiry
business in Charlotte. Efird broth
ers now own and operate 29 depart
ment stores in North Carolina, 11
stores in South Carolina and one in
Virginia.
Vet Of County Is
Head Of Very Long
Line Descendants
Father Of 16. Grandfather Of
43. Great-Grandfather Of
45. All Grand Children
Living.
A Confederate veteran and
native of this county conies
near holding the grandfather
record at the state convention
of Confederate veterans in Ra
leigh this week. A dispatch
from Raleigh says:
“So far James M. Cook, of
Clover, S. C., holds the record
of heading the longest line of
descendants of any of the vet
erans making their records
known. Mr. Cook, who is a na
tive of Cleveland County, N. C.
is the father of 16 children,
the grandfather of 45, and the
great-grandfather of 45.
“To the best of my knowl
edge all ,my great-grandchild
ren are alive and healthy,"
Comrade Cook asserted.
“The assertion applied equal
ly to the great-grandfather
himself. He is the picture of
health and well conceals his
age—87.”
How;They Bring'ra*Tuna?Fjsh
r* t i-rr ■—-—>-rr>
One of «he great industries o! the nocfllcastetli Canadian t.-ut if
Bow the giant tuna llsji are unloaded of
ftoe dock at Hubbards. Nova Srr.tu. ~
COUNTY FARMERS
GOING ON JAUNT
MYRTLE BEACH
Thirty Farmers Going With County
Agent- Will Visit Famous
Coker Seed Farms.
Next Monday morning—-bright
and early at 6 o’clock—thirty opti
mistic Cleveland county farmers,
led by Alvin Hardin, county agent,
will load up their gas tanks and
crank the lizzies for a hike to dis
tant parts. They are going on a va
cation.
Sounds odd that farmers are go
ing on a vacation; but such is the
fact. They are going fishing.
Their immediate destination will
be Myrtle Beach, which according
to Hardin lies between Wilmington
and Charleston.
Having caught all the fish in that
liart of the Atlantic, they will then
get down io the real business of
the expedition; namely, that of in
apecting the farm lands in the
eastern district of the Carolinas.
Then they will take in the Coker
Seed farm at Hartsville, on the way
back.
It will be a four-day jaunt.
105 Merchants Now
In Kings Mountain
Kings Mountain,—Who d a
thought it? Kings Mountain has
active merchants with a com
mercial rating with one of the two
outstanding rating concerns in the
world. What’s more during tha
last 15 months there have been 20
business concerns here to either go
out of business or change hands,
according to the books of this
concern, says the Kings Mountain
Herald.
The Herald inquired as to what
kind of business changed hands
more often. Quick as a flash “Fill
ing stations are literally turning
my hair gray,’ responded the agert
of the rating concern as he turn
ed on his heel in the Herald office
Friday and snuffed his cigar with
his middle finger. “I lost dozens
and dozens of them that either go
out of business or change hands
before we can get the information
printed in the rate book,’ he said,
“Are business men as careful of
their credit as they used to be’%
queried the editor. “Yest,” was the
erply with qualification that there
is one race that will not rate at all
and another that will bear just so:
much squeeze and then go twisted.
‘But the average American mer
chant is just as reliable as ever,'
he said.
Epworth League
And Scouts Will
Conduct Program
The Sunday evening service at
Central Methodist church will be
held by the Epworth League and .
Boy Scouts of Troop 5, which is i
the church troop.
The program will start at 8
o’clock and is held for the benefit
of the young Seouts and Epworth
League. The program is as fol
lows:
Origin, Nature and Organiza
tions of The Epworth League—By
Marietta Hoyle.
The Nature and Works of The
Epworth League—By Elizabeth
Austell.
It’s Contributions — By Bill
Grigg.
Our League Symbals—By Eliza
beth Reviere.
Lafayette We are Here—By Gil
more Singleton.
History of Our League—By
Charlie Mae Laughridge.
Playlet—Six girls; one boy.
1
DOGS NST LISTED
NOT SUBJECT TO
Ll». RULING
Attorney •General Agrees With
County Solicitor In Dog Matter.
Ends Little Controversy.
Dogs in Cleveland county, or
elsewhere in North Carolina, not
listed for taxation are not subject
to larceny.
That is the official ruling that
ends a minor controversy develop
ing some weeks ago at the county
court house. The ruling made by
County Solicitor P. C. Gardner is
endorsed by Attorney General Den
nis G. Brummitt.
Not so many weeks back a dog
case came up in the court here and j
the county solicitor said that it
[Was not a misdemeanor to steal a
dog not listed for taxes. Thefre
were dog owners and barristers
who disagreed, and dog owners and
. barristes who agreed. So the-attor
Iney general was called in as a
I referee.
It was found by law that an
owmer of a dog is not required to
list a dog for taxation until the
dog is six months of age, but if he
w’ishes to do so the dog may be
listed at any age and thereby be
subject to larceny.
The present term of Superior
court here, presided over by Judge
Michael Schenck, will adjourn this
afternoon, it was stated at the
court house today.
f The court this week has been
litigations, major and minor, have
her of cases have been continued
devoting its time to the disposal
been disposed of while quite a num
until the special civil term in Sep
tember.
The usual run of divorces have
come before the court sandwiched
in between other cases.
Auditor Explains
Register’s Salary
To Editor of The Star.
In my report for the second
quarter, dated July 22nd, publish
ed in The Cleveland Star, I report
ed salary of Register of deeds as
$1,212.50. Of this amount A. F.
Newton, the present register re
ceived $650.00; Miss Jennie Spake,
stenographer, $262.50; and the re
mainder $300 was for R. L. Weath
ers, the former register of deeds,
for back salary for December 1920
January, February and March 1921,
as clerk hire, and all these orders
were ordered paid by the board of
county commissioners.
JOHN P. MULL, County Auditor.
“Country,” Yes,
But Eggs, Oh No
The telephone jangled in The
Star office yesterday.
“Got any country eggs?”
came the query over the wire.
“No, just some country edi
tors,” was the reply from this
end.
“Must have the wrong num
ber,” said the other end.
“Yes,’ agreed this end.
No. 11, Thank you.
Dr. and Mrs. E. A. Houser are
expected to return home tonight
from Saluda after spending two
weeks there.
J. L SHUFORD DIED;
SUDDENLY W
IN HICKORY SHOP
Son-in-Law of Mr. J. A. Weave*!
Drop* Dead in Barbershop.
Funeral Here Saturday, fa
J. Len Shuford, young Hickory
barber and son-in-law of Mr. J. A.
Weaver, of East Marion street,
dropped dead in a Hickory barber*
shop this morning about 11 o’clock,
according to messages received
here by relatives. Although it was
not stated it is thought that death
was due to heart trouble.
Mr. Shuford was not in ill-health
enough to cause worry and his
death was an unexpected shock to
friends and relatives. The deceas
ed married Miss Gertrude Weaver
and has since marriage lived with
her at Hickory or Shelby, only mov
ing to Hickory from Shelby in the
spring of this year, having con
ducted a barbershop here for MW
time. He was well known in Shelby
and popular with all who knew Mm.
Back in the winter the small child
of Mr. and Mrs. Shuford died of
pneumonia at the home of Mr. John
Weaver here, Mr. Shuford's death
being the second tragedy in the
family within a period of a few;
months.
The deceased was about 29 years
of age and a native of that section.
The funeral services, it is said,
will be conducted from the Weaver,
residence here tomorrow, Satur
day, afternoon at 3 o’clock and in
terment will follow at Sunset cem
etery. j
SINK DEFEMS
BONDED FOB dl
Former Blacksburg Cashier Has
Bond Signed By Brother
Other Bonds Made
Gaffney, Aug. 4.—M. F. Sapoch,
of Gastonia, N. C„ who was cash
ier of the Citizen’s Bank of
Blacksburg when that institution
| closed in April two years ago, and
'who is one of four men named in
a warrant charging conspiracy to
violate the state banking laws, ap
peared before Magistrate Floj^.L.
Baker here yesterday and arranged
|500 bond for his appearance at
the next term of circuit court for
Cherokee county.
The bond was signed by his
brother, J. G. Sapoch, of Blacks
burg, who is named in the warrant
as one of the witnesses against the
former cashier.
Magistrate Baker received notico
that R. L. and A. L. Elliott, who
with C. R. Elliott, are named in tho
conspiracy warrant sworn out last
week by C. H. Bird, of Blacksburg
had appeared before Magistrate
John D. Hamer at Spartanburg and
arranged bond in the sum of $500
each. The bends were signed by
Miss Kate Webb and Mrs. Clyde
Elliott.
C. R. Elliott had arranged bond
last Saturday before Mr. Baker.
None of the defendants had ask
ed for a preliminary, and none will
be held unless such a request is
made, Mr. Baker stated.
A warrant charging: the Rev. W.
L. Spinks with breach of trust in
connection with his handling the
affairs of the Citizena Bank as
liquidating agent, has been turned
over to Sheriff J. G. Wright for
service. Mr. Spinks is said to be
in Mississippi. The warrant was
sWorn out by H. Allison of
Blacksburg.
Three Dover Mills
To Close For Week
It is vacation time with the She!
by textile plants. The three Dover
mills, so-called Dover because Mr.
John R. Dover the enterprising mill
executive is the executive head of
the Eastside, Dover and Ora mills,
will not operate next week in order
to give the employes a vacation
period. They will rest, visit, motor
and enjoy various forms of recrea
tion while the spindles are idle. At
one or two of the mills, painters
will be busy, brightening up the
plants.
Install Elevator
For New Business
The installation of the electric
elevator in the Blanton and Wright
store to serve the Wootton ‘The
Ladies Shop’ on the second floor,
which will open sometime abcati
the middle of this month, was be
gun today.
The “lift” will be placed at the
front of the store, on the South
side. It is expected the job of in
stallation will be completed withiol
the week.
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