North Carolina Newspapers

TODAY SHELBY, N. C. FRIDAY AUG, 12 1027 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons By mail, per year (in advar-?«)-.t&M By carrier, per year (in advanc*) #3.0C THE News THE STAR’S REVIEW ~ ' . The biggest realty trafle of the |U,r SCason is announced to xi,ing with that announce ’t i. t!u news of additional build 1 i,- the suburban section. Thecitv mail service in Shelby is \ (xti-ndcd for 24 blocks, Post-j Ouinri announces. This ex-: Lon Has been worked for by ric interests for some time. couth of the j Idleness in the yc ,u, contributes to crime, Clyde R. stated in his aodress at Ashe le Wednesday night. a man 'was killed recently while route home lrom a visit to the j.called faith healer in Lincoln SC. NEX1 WEEK senty•()ito Shelby Woodmen To Lcau' Sunday For Annual Meeting Of Several States Shelliv company of the Mmen of the World, under the iarKe of Or. T. O. Grigg, com my captain, will leave Shelby m'day by automobile for Char iton, S. C„ where they will at nd the annual encampment of ie district. The Shelby company will be »de up. of’ dl men, ranking as Mows: T. 0. Grigg, captain; M. Morrison, first lieutenant; : V. Weathers, first sergeant; iy E. Allen, quartermaster ser vant; Corporals J. H Carswell. M. Grigg, M. E. McSwain and R. Spencer, arid Privates W. P. wood. Z. E. Beam, P. D. Champ id, E. L, Champion, R. S Gantt, fm. II. Grigg, C. A. Lowrance, orace Lowrance, J. K. McFarland, ole McFarland, L. R. McSwain, . I’. McSwain, and E. W. Rein irdy unr ■ MS PiSED etc Webb, 11-Vear-Old Golfer, Was Sensation of Mountain Golf Meet. me V. ebb is back at his cad itag job at Cleveland Springs lis week despite the fact that xtrt writers referred to him as le sensation of the tournament at iuc Ridge Forest .Tuesday. The l-year-pld Shelby boy, who is al ady getting in the golfing lime ght, drew considerable praise 'om Spartanburg and Asheville sort writers by his play at Hog gk mountain. A sport correspondent of The Warburg Herald had the fol ding to say of Webb ir, his per: "Pete Webb, 14-year-old Why, X. ('. youth won first io.' t'r handicap play .... Late .■till" nfjjfi-noon, however, the Wk^fiiingster, a slim lad not more than 100 pounds, jp 'earing in with a 79-16—65 title his: partner Eskridge scored '/■ ■ VV ebb's play was the sen fition of the tournj«nent,” 'tne Of Those Boys t'lek Wasson, Asheville Citizen tens writer, said in his paper: ! tell to the lot of another 'ungster, one of that group of 'ting men making a name in the °r' ll‘ R"tf, to win the first an “ tiandieap tournament of the ftetive Blue Ridge Forest course fa e> on the roof of Hogback ountam. It was Pcte Webb e ’>■ 11 year-old youth, who outdistance a field of good golf came from many sections ft' in with a gross score of 79 f arolinias for the annual *r' 111', quiet and unassum L'n tke JU,1'or tournament ’ f! ‘!', held in Greensboro where a'111 create the attention as clevi i:.' er 8°ore over this tricky Pete stood near the id u jln th(‘ sPacious house after . completed his brilliant round I " ' ‘-'bed with an eagle eye the ' !iiP scores that were be fnv t ' . ' ' ' ' There' were only Etc jtJ";Wever> whieh caused young ""•ry at all.” 4 Twinkle - (lydf. u. Hoey made it har C !r’* ,lf North Cardin count, , "?pk when he tol officials of the stat< >HcJ T?. sI>r°ad the sad new OvfM- ... new ‘-ii >• that all boys shoui crin,i,J,'‘"k, Idleness mak< mil, ,L' h“ but 1 have added that if law" C°me 8,011 the twinkler. Veteran Racqueteer Wins Again '• Bill Tild'-i: has been galloping about the courts lo! these many years, but h* still lias some of the old punch left. Here he is pic v after ?. >r< .’t lr.atth at Wimbledon, England, In rbich be de feated Jacob's Brnguou bright) with whom ho Is shaking .hands. Idleness Among Boys Is Regular Breeder Of Crime Hoey Tells Radio Hearers Asheville (—“Idleness has play ed a great part in making crimi nals out of boys and I dare say North Carolina boys does not need any more laws to prevent boys from working unless vve desire to add to the number of criminals which we already have.” That was the message that Clyde R. Hoey, of Shelby, brought to the assembled county erminis-ioners in session at Kenilworth inn h re Wednesday night as he stressed the fact that progress is not al ways measured by dividends “in material things and urged the county officials to consider the problem of building their commu nities through proper regard for the intimate human relationships. Mr. Hoey’s address was broad cast over radio and listened in on by scores in the Carolina;, includ ing numerous people in h's home] town of Shelby. Flaming Youth Mr. Hoey’s talk took up the eternal problem of “flaming youth” and he spoke with a degree of feelirg that made a visible im pression upon the representatives of county government in North Carolina. “I am ambitious that North Car olina become a great humane state,” Mr. Hoey declared. “It is well to be proud of our argicultu ral development and industrial as cendancy. but I am interested in seeing that the task of properly ministering to our diversified citi zenship in their really human rela tionships should not he neglected. Custodians “The county commissioners in the several counties in the state are not only real custodians of eth finances and regulate the expendi ture of public funds, but you are also keepers of the county’s con science with reference to the public ministrations to all manner of un fortunates within your borders, and the county in its organized capac ity can only express itself in the humanities through you as its rep resentatives.” “Governmental activity takes on a much wider range in these days of high thinking and the conscience of the state in recognizes a high duty to be discharged, and especi ally to those n:o'st dependent and least able to grapple with the problems of life.” Breeds Crime Declaring that idleness i? a breeder of erfme and that the boys of North Carolina are not going to be hurt by work, tfiaf Wo¥k would make men and not ‘‘jelly-beans ” Mr. Ilosey urged the county offi cers to take steps either to sup plement the work of the Jackson Training school, or to provide simi lar schools in their own counties | where the boys could be put to worErrfinftTr Chan sen! to prison. ‘‘Above the needs of the boys,” Mr. Hoey declared, ‘‘there comes the plaintive appeal from'tfce young girls in North Carolina who have gone astray, or who are incorrigi ble and who should have a chance to come back. I do not pause here to analyze the cause, but I say to you that is is heartrending to visit! the police courts in any of our j towns and cities and see the nun' ber of young girls—so young t’v j dew of morning is still upon their I brows—who have been arrested on a charge of vagrancy, or sonic moral dereliction. If you have no concern in this, then you are not interested in the tragedies of mankind.” Mt. Holly Youth Kills Self With Girl Looking On Mt. Holly, Aug. 11.—While Miss Holly Rhodes sat beside him in an , automobile and poked at his' threats to kill himself, Randolph' Gardner, 24 years old, member of a prominent Gaston county fam- j i 1 y,’ shot himself through the head, dying a few minutes later. The shooting occurred in front of the Rhodes residence at midnight last night. Mss Rhodes, prostrated by the occurrence, today could assign ro reason. She said there had been no argument and that when Gardner, put the pistol to his head and told her he was going to shoot shej laughed at him, thinking he was jokng, but that suddenly he pulled the trigger. Minister Killed Going Home From Visit to Faith Healer in Lincoln; Truck Jumps Off Mountain Roadway Asheville, A up. 11.—When the truck in which they were return ins: from a visit to the home of Mrs. Bynum, widely reputed faith healer near Lincolnton, [dunked off the road in Betty's Gap, in the Great Smoky mountains, during: the early hours yesterday morning:, Rev. S. L. Blanton was instantly killed and Frank Plemmons, widely known farmer of the Spring Creek section of Madison county, and his son. Willie Plemmons, were prob ably fatally injured. The trio had been to .Lincoln ton and were returning along the narrow mountain road that runs front Lake Junaluska to Hot Springs, when the light truck, for some reason that has not been as certained, apparently plunged from the highway as the crest of the di vide of the Great Smokies was reached and went crashing down j the -side of the mountain. Mr. Blanton, who was a well known minister in the Spring Creek section, was about 70 years of age. The minister was pinned be neath the smashed truck and ap parently died instantly. Some time later the badly injured men were discovered on the mountain where the truck had left the road and were taken to their homes in the Spring Creek section. Physicians called to attend them hold out no hopes of recovery, it was stated ir. the reports of the affair reaching Asheville. Because of the extremely isolat ed loca\m of the accident, and the lack of telephone lines in that sec-1 tinn. news of the accident was not received in Asheville until today. [ Ml SEMI! Ill SHELBY EXTENDED FOB MANY BLOCKS Postmaster Quinn Notified That 21 Addition;’! Blochs Will Be Given Mail Delivery The growth of Shelby in recent months is indicated in a notice re ceived tijjm week by Postmaster J. H. QuinlF stating that the city mail delivery service has been ex tended for practically 24 new city blocks. Postmaster Quinn and other offi cials here have been working for an extension 'of the service for some time to cover territory touch ed by new streets and sidewalks and the announcement will be re ceived with interest throughout the ] city especially or. Clegg. Gardner, | Lafayette, Marion, West Blanton, Washington and Lineberger streets and Crescent avenue and Belve dere avenue. Goes On Soon The new service will go into ef fect at an early date, it is thought. Announcement is to the effect that the service will go on as soon as all houses on the new streets are numbered and provided with proper receptacles One new carrier will be nut on, it is said. The announcement from Post master Quinn’s officer reads: “Pursuant to petitions filed with the Post Office Department by the city officials and certain civic or ganizations of Shelby, the Depart ment some, days ago, sent a Post office Inspector to investigate the situation and to determine what sections of the city, if any, were qualified for the additional city delivery of mails. “After thorough investigation and canvassing the situation, he! recommended to the Department 1 that sufficient additional territory j had qualified for extension of the service to require an additional; part-time carrier for four hours daily to cover two trips. A letter just received from the Department indicates that this service will beJ installed as soon as the houses are all numbered and mail receptacles placed at or near, or slots cut ir, doors, of the houses to be served", i I am ordered to report to the De- I partment as soon as the numbers j and receptacles are provided. It is likely that the new route will go I into effect at once. The following j description covers the additional 1 territory proposed for the exten- ’ sion: One block North Clegg street,! one-half block West Gardner street, one-half block North Lafayette! street, four blocks East Marion street, three blocks Cres-I ent avenue, one block West Blan- i ton street, six and one-half blocks i South Lafayette street, one block North Washington street, two blocks Belvedere avenue, four blocks Lineberger street. Other streets failed to get the des;red service for the reason that they did not have proper side walks. There is no hope for city serv ice in a territory that does not have good side-walks, either paved or graveled. It is earnestly hoped that every house in the new sections will at j once be provided with number anti j mail receptacles. Service will not i be given until this is done. Boy’s Pocket Full Wins Kiwanis Prize Hugh Miller’s 38 articles which! he carried in his pockets won first prize last night at the Kiwanis1 luncheon at Cleveland when J. F. Ledford, alderman, was in charge of the father and son program. | Usually the prize is awarded by] drawing attendance blanks, but to find out which boy was a typical! boy wdth his pockets full, there j was a count of articles and Miller won. The youngest son of J. Frark! Jenkins was awarded 2nd prize be cause he was dressed in his Sun day’s best suit without pockets and had no articles to enter in the contest. Kiwanians brought their sons to the father and son banquet and sixty plates were served to the attendants. Cherryville Buys Big Order Crushed Stone From Shelby — It was announced here today lvjr Fred Wagner. head 'of the War ner Construction company, which has charge of the big Shelby rock j quarry, that an order for $20,000 worth of crushed stone had been received from the town of Cherry ville. The stone will e used in 1 building a new septic tank there.] This is one of the large orders for the city quarry and means con siderable activity in that section. Fords Out Number Other Cars In Section License Sales At Bureau Reveal A Total Of 6,514 License Tags Sold Here. Chevrolet Second With 599, And Buick Third. Ford, Dodge And Chevrolet Lead In Number Trucks 1 Gilkcy Disaster. Killing Shelby Men, Believed Due to Ex cessive Speed. Washington. Aug. 10.—-W .P. Borland, director of the interstate commerce commission, reporting oil! the accident which occurred on the Southern railway near Gilkcy, Rutherford county, July 2, result ing in the death of five trainmen, the engineer, fireman, conductor and two brakemen, said, the acci dent ‘‘is believed to have been due to excessive speed.'' The wreck—a derailment of the freight train, Mr. Borland said, “occurred on that part of the '• Charleston division which extends between Marion and Rock Hill, a! distance of 108.7 miles. In the vicinity of the poin of accident this is single-track line over which trains are operated by time-table and train orders, no block signal system being in use. The accident occurred approxi mately 1 niile north of the station at Gilkey, or about eight feet from j the leaving end of a trestle 775 ; feet in length. Approaching this j point from the south, there is a' four degree curve to the left 375.8 j feet in length and then 881.2 feet! of tangent extending practically to the leaving end of the trestle. This tangent is followed by a five degree curve to the left fie.3 feet in length, the first marks of tlerailinent occurring on the spiral af nie begmhmf^or The last-men tioned curve. me graue ior normoounu trains from Gilkey is 1.44 per cent des cending, tapering off to level across the trestle, followed by an ascending grade, the maximum of which is 1.62 per cent, the accident occurring at the beginning of this; ascending grade. Freight trains ar>e restricted to a maximum speed ■ of 30 miles an hour. The track is laid with 60 pound rails, 30 feet in length, with 18 or 10 oak ties to the rail length, tie plated on the curve, double spiked! on the outside of the rails, and is ballasted with cinders; the track; is well maintained. His Conclusions “The weather was clear at the time of the accident, which occur red a! about 1:1.' p. m. The conclusion is: “The speed of freight trains moving through this territory in which the accident occurred is re stricted to 30 miles per hour and the investigations failed to develop anything to indie.i.‘o that the trad' was not safe for this rate of speed. Flagman Penr.inger, of Shelby, the only surviving member of the crew, W’ould not admit the speed was excessive just prior to the ac cident but the distance the equip ment traveled at’:." being derailed and before it came to rest, the con dition and position of the wreck age as well as the damage to the track, would make it seem prob-1 able that the train was moving at | a speed in excess of that prescrib-j cd by the rules, and that this speed ( was responsible tor the derailment.’; “The evidence indicated that it i was not customary for trains to. take a run for the ascending grade j on which the accident occurred, I yet the fact that the train confess ed to the maximum tonnage rating I for the engine hauling it and had ! just descended a heavy grade pro-1 paratory to ascending a grade1 ranging from 1.25 to 1.(52 per cent, and it is reasonable to assume that the speed was materially in creased on the descending grade, for the purpose of assisting the train over Ihe ascending grade. “The employes involved were experienced men at the time of the accident none of them had been on duty in violation of the provisions of the hour’s service law.” Miss Borders To Mooresboro School The school at Mooresboro open ed this week with M. G. Latham as principal and a good enrollment was reported. Other members of the faculty are: Miss Falls, of Kings Mountain: Miss Frankie Borders, of Shelby; Mr. Z. W.j Greene. Miss Lucy Lattimore and Mrs. J. P. McSwain. I hiring the months of Juno nn<l July the state branch license bu rcau at the Eskridge garage here sold license plates for 0,178 auto mobile and 33G motor trucks, or a total of (5,514 tags. This number surpasses by a considerable figure the number of tags sold last year, which was 4,800. Interesting Facta A definite automobile survey perhaps has never been made in this territory and the figures con tained in the bureau report should be of interest as they show how various makes of cars and trucks rank in this section. By the report it is possible to ascertain just how many tags were sold to the various types of cars. 4,198 Flivver Along Although no definite, lines are laid for the territory in which the tags sold here covers it is known that in thg .(general section there are 4,198 people who flivver to and fro, or in other words drive Forets. Sixty-eight percent of the tags sold were for Ford ears., and til percent of the truck tags sold were for Ford trucks. C hevrolet ranked second in lags, 599 tape being sold for Chevrolet automobiles and 26 for Chevrolet trucks. Buick was third in the au i tomobile class with 333, and .Dodge was fourth with 221. Chev rolet and Dodge tied for second place in truck tags with Fords leading with 227, and Graham trucks ranking a close third. Those Big Boys As compared with the 4,198 who ride in Fords there are six who ride in Cadillacs, eight in Packards and one in a Pierce-Arrow. The number of tags sold for each make of car are given heiPK in alphabetical arrangements of cars and trucks: Cars Ajax, 3; Anderson, 7; Auburn, 1; Brispo, 7; Buick, 366; Cadillac, 6; Chrysler. 58; Cleveland, 3; Colum bia, 1; Chandler, 1; Chalmers, 11; Chevrolet. 599; Dodge, 221; Dort, 9; Durant, 5; Essex, 164; Earl. 2; Ford, 4,198; Franklin. 2; Flint. 2; Grant. 1; Hupmobile. 23; Hollier. 1; Hudson, 98; Jewett, 2; Jordan, 1; LaSalle. 1; Lincoln. 3; Liberty, 1; Maxwell, 35; Michigan Hearse, 1; Nash, 47; Oakland, 5; Oldsmo bile, 66; Overland, 44; Packard, 8; Paige, 1; Peerless, 2; Patterson, 1; Pierce Arrow, 1; Pontiac, 13; Reo, 6; Riekenbaker, 2; Roamer, 1; Studebaker, 99; Star, 56; Velie, 2; Willys Knight, 22. Total, 6,176. Trucks Chevrolet, 26; Dodge, 26; Day! Elder, 1; Ford, 227; Federal, 2; Garford, 1; Graham, 23; G. M. C-;, 3; International. 2; Mack, 1; Max wel, 1; Mason, 1; Paige, 1, Reo, 4; Republic, 6; Ruggles, 1; Selden, 2; White, 8. Total, 336. Kings Mt. Youth Going To Majors Arthur Hord, High School Star, Willi Go To Big League Team i Concord.—Arthur Herd, brilliant Weaver shotstop, whose playing has been a sensation in semi-pro circles in the state this season and who has been closely watched by a flock of major league scouts, has come to term with the Detroit Tigers, agreeing to sign a most flattering contract. Under the terms of the Contract Hord has the privilege of attend ing college before reporting and it is understood that he will enter Wake Forest in the fall. Detroit scouts Billy Doyle ar.d Dick Croier, have been here several times this season to watch Hord in action and after seeing him last week offered the contract which he accepted. Hord, who lives at Kings Moun tain, is 10 and an athlete of no mean ability, having starred at football as well as on the diamond. Scott Talks About Retail Trade Game At the meeting of the Rotary club today E. E. Scott, manager of Penney’s department store, dis cussed retail business. Mr. Scott in his talk started with the origin of trade and carried it step by step up to the present day, explaining ideals, methods, and procedure of modern retailing. Messrs. John Fox, of New York,! and Jack Dover were club visitors. Lindbergh Takes Smoke For Spite Cincinnati, Cl. — Colored Charles A. Lindbergh, during the dinner given in his honor here Saturday night smoked a cigarette anil though hun ■drsds of persons saw him do it no one raw anything un usual in it until yesterday. The smoking was said to have been the outcome of an incident in Which Lindbergh told his “Pal.,” Philip Love, “t won’t be played for tin saint.” He was said to have told Love that a national women’s organization is sending out Circulars calling on the young men of the country “to fol low 1.indy's example and alt slain from smoking cigar ettes.’’ “I am going to smoke a cigarette at that dinner to night and I don’t care what they say about it,” Lind bergh was quoted as saying to Love. “1 did not say I I would never smoke a cigar ette.” The aviator’s first smoke in public was sufficiently suc cessful to fail to attract at tention. ■cram . WILL SPEAK HERE on HECTIC CAREER Young Wake Forest Student Al most Killed By Turks To Tell Story Here Sunday A brilliant young Assyrian stu dent from Wake Forest, who wns barely snatched from a horrible death at the hands of the Turks in Armenia by American mission aries. will tell the story gf his hec tic life, at-three churches in Shelby Sunday. He is M. G. Daniels, son of an Armenian missionary and a min isterial student himself. At the Sunday school hour young Daniels will speak at the First Baptist church; at the 11 o’clock hour he will lecture at the Second Baptist church, and Sunday night at the evening service he will give his lecture at the Central Methodist church, he young lecturer comes to Shelby with the endorsement of Dr. \V. L. Poteat, former Wake Forest president. Governor Mc Lean and other notables of the state. The lecturer should prove a very interesting speaker for the three Shelby audiences as he knows what he is talking about from experience or “first hand.” Own Brothers Killed Sixty-two of his own relatives have been butchered by the Mos lems, three of his own brothers be in# killed. “My race? No it is not quite ex tinct yet,” he replied to a query cf a Star reporter. “But we’re going fast. We once were a race of 12 million pimple—todaty there are only 42,000 of us scattered on all parts of the earth, driven there by Turkish persecution because we are Christians. Three and one half million of my people have beer; killed since 1915. The world gen erally doesn’t ’ realize that. My lectures are to acquaint the Amer ican people with the manner in which Christians are persecuted. A Mohammedan believes that by killing a Christian he himself will go to the Mohammedan heaven. Family About Gone “That persecution is fast kill ing or driving off my race. My country is in luins. My personal family has about been killed off.” Daniels is an interesting conver sationalist and must be an enter taining platform talker. He was born in America, but lived with his missionary father and knows the conditions there. He speaks good Englsh—in fact, a better brand than Americans do them selves for he, having received his English through books, does not use the slang that has crept into the language. A member of one of the oldest Assyrian families he is about the last of his family, one that is rich in lineage and history. His lectures are on behalf of his race and Christianity in Armenia. In addition to his knowledge of Christian conditions in the £ast the Wake Forest student is acquain ted with numerous Wake Forest boys from this section and well abreast of world and sectional topics in general. Either of his three lectures here should prove anything other than disappoint ing. I BIG REALTY DEAL J. I). I.ineberger And Carl Thomp son Buy Tract. Will Erect Fine Residences. Announcement was made to day of the biggest real estate deal of the summer, through the acquirement by J. D. Line berger and Carl Thompson of the Wilson farm tract on the Cleveland Springs road, a transaction embracing ,fifty eight acres for a consideration in the neighborhood of thirty thousand dollars. The deal was made brought the J. B. Nolan company, representing i P. G. Affleck, Washington, D. C. V. Mr. Affleck purchased this tract?’ from the Wilson interests morfe' than a year ago, and held it for period for development. The tract lies on the rffTth side of highway Number Twenty, and immediately to the west of tho Marshall development at the Springs. Erect Fine Residences Mr. Lineberger told The Star that he and Thompson are buying the property for “private develop ment.” That is, the two purchas ers will erect residences upon tho site, and convert the bifj property into private estates. W'ill Make Lake A feature of the development will be the damming of the stream that runs through the acreage, creating an artificial lake. An old fashioned mill wheel will be placed below' the dam, to generate electric power to light the shores of the lake and a private play grounds to the south of the lake shores. In conjunction with the acquire, ment of the Wilson tract, the two men bought a frontage on tho drive from the Cleveland Springs | estate of six hundred feet. Huge residences will be erected on th» west side of the drive at the cap of the hill on Westfield road. Mr. Lineberger said houses to cost from twenty to twenty-five thous and dollars each are planned. Work on developing the property, Mr. Linebreger said, will begin as soon as the details of the transfer are completed, perhaps within a week. i Place Where J. W. Sparrow, Cleve* land County Man, Was Killed, Shown to Jurors. Charlotte, Aug. 12.—W hile a Mecklenburg superior court jury was inspecting the scene of a wreck on the Dowd road, eight miles from Charlotte, where two people were killed in a grade crossing accident last year, attorneys yesterday set tled two other suits aggre gating $110,000 for $10,000. The actions were brought against the Southern Railway company and the Atlanta and Charlotte airline railway com pany by Mike L. Borders, ad ministrator of the estates of J. W. Sparrow, Cleveland county farmer, and his father, R. U. Sparrow, the two killed. Trial of the suit involving J. W. Sparrow’s death has been going on in superior court this week and evidence was prac tically completed when the compromise was reached. The railroads were sued for $50, 000 for his death, and $50,000 for is father’s death. The older man’s rase was not tried. Charlotte, August 11.—Under an order from Judge T. C. Bowie, the Mecklenburg superior court jury, sitting on the trial of the *60,000 damage suit against the Southern railway system and the Atlanta and Charlotte Airline railway com pany. will go to the scene of the wreck on which the suit is based this morning. The order of the court, which was made on motion by defense counsel, was not forthcoming un til after a heated argument had en sued between opposing attorneys, Craig To Preach At Church Here Rev. Carl B. Craig, pastor of the First Presbyterian church at I.aurinburg. will occupy the pulpit at the Presbyterian church here at both the morning and evening services Sunday, it is announced. Rev. H. N. McDiarmSfl. the paa tor, is away on his vacation and the pulpit is being supplied by visiting ministers. ^