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Late News
geores of flub women, reprcscnt
(hp Woman's clubs of the
fWrth district, are attending a
of the district clubs.being
rid at Central Methodist church
today with local club women
rtins as hostesses. The session be
this afternoon at 11 o’clock and
continuing this afternoon.
ffjIh the first game of the World’s
Kfjps on this afternoon Hoyt, of
(( Yankees, is slated to face Krem
„f the Pirates on the mound,
(ookmakers who have been favor
m the Yankees to win concede the
jrates an even chance today with
rfmer hurling. Local fans are this
fternoon packed about several
orP radu. sets listening in.
Iter. A 1 ■ Stanford, former She.1
. p(,s((,r, in a letter to the Char
jtle Observer-last night stated that
if did not n . ke statements in his
Sunday erim.u as quoted by the
Observer, The Observer report of
thf sermon is in this issue.
John II. H; rwood, of Bryson City,
jho held court here as emergency
judge, has been appointed one of
the special Superior court judges bj
r(ivfinor McLean. The appoint
t vn, announced yesterday.
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President and Mrs. Caivin Cool
er pelebratcd their 22nd wedding
mniversary yesterday.
iccording to reports here today
college fothall game may be schcd
led for the Cleveland County fair
rounds during the fair next fall,
ccretary Dorton says that with the
icc track infield levelled, efforts
ill be made to secure one of the
lg games.
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White figures on a green back
rond will be the color scheme of
brth Carolina’s next automobile
cense plates which go on sale In
ifeember for the calendar year
(28, Sprague Silver, chief of the
nlomobilr bureau of the state de
■rtment of revenue announced.
ounty Commission
To Borrow $10,000
For School Funds
Seed Money for Sehool Fund to Be
Replaced From Taxes
Coming In.
At the regular monthly meeting
of the county commissioners helci i
this week a motion was passed to j
borrow $10,000 for the school fund j
This loan, it is presumed, will be j
similar to two other loans negoti- ;
ated, providing lor funejs needed al ;
the time and to be replaced, or paid
as taxes for the year are paid.
Among the other business trans
acted at the meeting was the issu
ance of a free peddlers license to >3. j
C . Jones, and the appointment of
a committee to investigate the bit
ing of a child by a rabid dog.
Dr. Royster Sells
Hosiery Mill Site
Nfw York Concern Buys Hosiery
Mill Site Here for $23,000.
Other Realty Deals.
Dr S S. Royster this week sold
the Olive Hosiery mill property in
South Shelby to A. Victorius and
company, of New York for a con
sideration of $23,000, according to
a deed filed yesterday for record
in the register’s office. The real es
tate embraces eleven and a half
acres of land and a large brick
manufacturing plant which is filled
*ith machinery for the manufac
ture and finishing of hosiery. Victo
nus A- Co., bought the machinery
some years ago and leased the prop
«1y from Dr, Royster.
Other deeds filed this week fov
record are as follows:
Andrew E. Blanton and wife to
Inier E. McKinney tract north of
onelby in No. 6 $4,000. 1
J D. Allen and wife to Mike L.
"orders, lot on highway No. 20 $10
and other considerations.
Dr w. T, Grigg and wife to J.
E’ Hoyle, six acres in No. 9 town
ship $(500.
Lawton Blanton and wife to S, A
Washburn, lots in South Shelby fo •
11300
A. L. Stanford to Mr. and Mrs. A
°°mon' lot on Suttle street $2,750.
Elmer E. McKinney and wife to
ncliew e. Blanton lot near Shelby
hospital $2,500.
Shelby Likes To
Air Buggy Ride
Miivbc Lindy’s feat of hopping to
1 caused it, and again sorae
n else may be responsible, but
r( of Shelby people have been
1,18 ;ur buggy rides recently.
till" ,ilC past SulKiay the commer
8 aviators at Cleveland Springs
the business they couid
taking up passengers from
, ' morninS until late in the ev -
t^- m°»t °f the trips up carrying
th at a time. So numerous were
passengers that several tickets
to be returned when dusk
thp\° 11 im*>ossi,0le to take any more
kb him
- FETE WILL DRAW
MAMMOTH cum
; Program For Big Anniversary Of
Battle Next Friday Announced
To Public.
Kings Mountain.—Approximately
; 15,000 patriots from the Carolina i
; arc expected to gather here Friday
j for the annual celebration of the
; anniversary of the Battle of Kings
J Mountain, which is said to have
been the turning point of the Re
volutionary war
Among the chief speakers of the
occasion will be Dr. Hirman W
Evans, of Washington, D. C., im
! perial wizard of the Ku Klux Klan
! United States Senator Walter F
j George, of Vienna, Georgia; and
' Congressman Alfred L. Bulwinkle,
i of Gastonia.
Sport Events
The days program will also m
: elude picnics, sport events, and
other activities calculated to sus
tain the interests of the great
crowd. A band concert will precede
the address by Evans, which will be
followed by an elaborate display of
fireworks.
Morgan S. Belser, of Charlotte,
imperial representative of the K. K.
K. in North Carolina states, that
this is the first time that the or
ganization has participated in a
celebration of this sort in Nortn
Carolina. He is expecting several
thousand klansmen from the Caro
linas to attend in their official uni
forms. Evans comes here from Jos
eph, Missouri, and will leave im
mediately following his address to
spend the night in Charlotte
The battle of Kings Mountain,
which gave reason for the holding
of the approaching celebration, was
fought October 7, 1780, between
900 woodsmen of the Carolinas and
Tennessee and a force of 1,100
Britishers under the command of
Major Patrick Ferguson.
The site of the battle is just over
the line in South Carolina and is
appropriately marked by a monu
ment erected by the federal govern
ment. The Colonials scored such a
victory here that it enabled Gen
eral Nathaniel Greene to carry out
a campaign sending Cornwallis to
Yorktown to surrender.
The Program
The program includes:
9 a. m.—Band concert Mountain
View, hotel. Fort Bragg band com
posed of 29 pieces.
10 a. m.—Grand parade beginning,
at West End school on Mountain
street, including military units
military band, floats, etc.
11 a. m.—Celebration oration to
be delivered by Senator Walter F.
George, of Vienna, Georgia. Ad
dress to be held on platform at
Central school grounds.
1:00 p. m.—Exhibition of horse
manship by the cavalry troop of
Lincolnton. including Roman rid
ing, Cossack riding, hurdling and
horseback wrestling. This exhibition
will be held at Speedway park.
7:00 p. m.—Band concert at Cen
tral school grounds.
3:30 p. in.—Football contest,
Kings Mountain high school vs.
Shelby high school, Speedway park.
9:00 p. m.—Fireworks display at
Speedway park.
Singing Convention
Here Next Sunday
The singers convention will be
held at the Second Baptist church
here next Sunday, October 9th. In
this convention will be singers from
South Carolina as well as from sur
rounding places in North Carolina.
A spicy variety of numbers consist
ing of solos, duets, trios, quartets
and choruses. Classes from differ
ent churches in this section will be
given their turn. All who can sing
the Old Christian Harmony songs
are invited to come And bring their
song books.
All song lovers are invited to be
present. Convention convenes at
1:30 p. m.
J. C. BRIDGES. President.
Gasoline Tax In
State In Record
Raleigh,—A record-breaking
collection of gasoline tax was
made by the automobile bureau
of the state department of
revenue during September when
this tax poured a total of $816,
115.33 into the coffers of the
road fund.
This is the biggest monthly
collection of gasoline tax ever
accomplished in North Carolina
and collections of gas tax for
the first quarter of the present
fiscal year are more than the
quarter million dollars ahead
of collections for the first quar
ter of the preceding fiscal year,
officials said.
They Are Wed at 92 and 81 *
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"all! llfihtiy 1o H'*i .'tills. The other day he d-ii-tid }m wasn't U»o
old / got irtarrud and popped the nu.es...,tt to his -wett heart hi; .
is hi at the t'c.iieder.ite Home for ” - »u <M A Dint Tns. ;:ite a
pepted a 'id here *,•« bride and l»fid-::ro.>!.« . !'*r thy- u0i\»io-'v V
•touw “sides it the Coiltet; .a.O Honst* tot Mt /
City Tax Rate Up Five Cents
In Old Limit, Four Cents In New
Tax Rate For Year In Old Limits Is $1.25. State Board
Makes Report On Sewerage Disposal
Plant Here.
The city's tax rate was boosted
last night by mayor and city coun
cil from $1.20 per $100 valuation of
real and personal property to Si.25
in the old limits. In the new limits,
extended about two years ago, the
rate is boosted from 86 cents per
$100 last year to 90 cents this year,
4 cents up.
Assessed valuation of property
vvithin the circle a mile and a half
in dienuer from the court house is
approxii lately nine million, three
hundred and fifty thousand dollars
according to W. R. Newton, county
tax supervisor who recently com
pleted his calculations of the re
turns.
At the regular session of the city
fathers last mght. a report was read
lrom the salutary engineer of the
state department of health review
ir g the condition that obtains at
the septic disposal down Hickory
creek below Flat Rock. The -repoi t
verified that of Engineer Bishop
made a few weeks ago, saying that
the septic disposal is inadequate and !
jeopardizing the health of the cit
izens in that community.
It will be recalled that the city
has under consideration a bond is
sue to build a new septic disposal
and low sewer lines to better pro
vide for tne section of Shelby east
of Washington street.
A. C. Miller appeared in protest
over opening the proposed alley
alongside his property on S. Wash
ington street to S. DeKalb and ac
tion was withheld until the mem
bers of the council can look into the
situation more fully.
Refund to Ex-Mayor.
Ex-Mayor A. P. Weathers was or
dered refunded $425 which he paid
h&cjt into the city treasury at the
expiration of his term. It will be
recalled that when the administra
tion's changed. O. M. Mull retiring
city attorney and C. A Burrus. new
city attorney ruled that the general
law governing municipalities would
not permit the aldermen to raise
the salary of a mayor of a town
Shelby’s size bdyond $125 per month
or pay anything extra for services.
When the new administration pro
posed to boost Mayor Dorsey's sal
ary, there was some difference of
legal opinion as to which law gov
erned in the matter and the ques
tion was referred to R. L. Ryburn,
dean of the Shelby bar, who wrote
the city’s charter and held that the
mayor's salary could be anything
the city council saw fit to make it.
Mayor Dorsey's salary was raised on
this legal opinion, and since the
council accepted the Ryburn opin
ion, Ex-Mayor Weathers was re
funded the $25 per month for 17
months which he received as ex - a
pay for extra duties placed upon
him because cf the improvements
under way. The -cte to refund the
money was unanimous and without
question.
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Governor McLean’s Budget System Has
Proved A Success, Declares Commission
Raleigh. Oct. 4.—<INS.)—Opera
tions of Governor McLean's execu
tive budget system have proved it a
very satisfactory success, according
to reports made to the chief execu
tive by members of the advisory
budget commission, it was learned
here today.
Members of the commission re
ported that the system has brought
about a co-operation between the
executive and administrative
branches of the state government.
It has, they also reported to Gov
ernor McLean, made the admin
i istrative agencies of the government
more responsive to the will of the
legislature, in connection with the
expenditure of appropriations for
maintenance and permanent im
provements at state institutions.
The heads of the various state
institutions, which members of tne
commission have just visited on
their semi-annual inspection tour,
expressed themselves as being en
tirely satisfied with the workings
of the new system, members of the
commission declared.
Members of the commission also
reported to Governor McLean on !
the condition of each of the state
institutions—some 30 in number — ,
which they visited. The reports in- |
dicated that all of the institution;
are amply provided for in funds, I
not only for maintenance but for j
permanent improvements.
Mrs. Logan McCloud and ner son |
of Norfolk, Va„ were rendered
speechless for several hours when
lightning struck near them.
Thackston Heads
University Club
(Special to The Starj
Chapel Hill,—The Cleveland Coun
ty club of the University met last
Thursday evening, September 29.
New officers for the coming year
were elected and a general outline
of activities was discussed.
The new officers are: Clyde
Thackston, president; T. V. Palmer
vice-president; Nelson Callahan,
secretary-treasurer.
Cleveland county has 20 repre
sentatives this year, including nine
new men. Much interest was shown
and prospects are good for 1927-28.
Cage Ellis Falls
And Hip Is Broken
Cage Ellis, veteran transfer oper
ator, fell from his truck -yesterday
afternoon while unloading stoves at
the Farmers and Planters Hardware
stcre and sustained a broken hip
bone. He was rushed to the Shelby
hospital where he is receiving medi
cal attention. The truck was net
moving at the time Mr. Ellis fell. It
is understood the Jruck bed was
slick with oil and his foot slippe’,
pueipitating him to the ground.
A miscreant who is believed to be
insane slashed several valuable
paintings in art galleries in Rome.
Star Circulation
New Peak Now
More people will . read, to
day's Star than. have. ever,
read the paper heretofore. ..
Between Monday's and to
day's issue the paid circulation
of The Star soared beyond the
4.000 mark. This circulation is
known as bona fide circula
tion—it was not. gained by
special campaigns or prizes
but on the merits of the pa
per, a majority, of the new
subscribers being entirely vol
jntary.
The delivery of The Star s
now the speediest ever. Twelve
carrier boys serve uptown
Shelby and the suburbs, deliv
ering the home news to the
front door within an hour of
publication.
Incidentally, no newspaper
ever published here had a 4.
000 paid up circulation with
out campaigns or prizes.
Meantime The Star continuer,
to grow. The next step is a
circulation of 5,000. and there
are from four to six readei s
per subscriber.
EASTERN STAR TO
STAGE BIG MEET
' AT TEMPLE HERE
_
Ninth District Meeting; Convenes
Here Thursday Afternoon. Two
Sessions Billed.
The district meeting of the Ninth
district of the Eastern Star of North
Carolina will be held at tne Ma
sonice temple here Thursday after
noon and evening with the dele
gates as guests of the Shelby chap
ter U. D. C.
The district Is comprised of the
following chapters: Rutherford, Boil
! ing Springs, Lincoln. Areme. Maid
en, Cherryville and Shelby.
District Deputy Mary A. Venable
will open the meeting at 2:30 in the
afternoon and thea ddress of wel
come will be by Mrs. Irma Wallace,
worthy matron of the local chapter
The response will be given by Mrs.
Dorcas Palvey.
A supper will be given following
the afternoon program of business.
The evening program will open at
7:30 and includes addresses by the
grand matron. Mrs. Alice Harper
Parker; grand patron. Leon Cash;
J. W. T. Etyeres, Rev. John S. Wood
and Mrs. Grace K. Edwards, associ
ate grand matron.
Approximately 150 delegates are
expected to attend the meeting, it
is said.
94 Persons Over
100 Die In 1926
Raleigh.—Ninety-four of the per
sons who died in North Carolina
during 1926 were more than 100
years old. study of figures compiled
by the bureau of vital statistics of
the state board of health show.
By a strange coincidence exactly
94 centenarians died in North Car
olina during 1926.
Of those whose ages were re
corded as more than 100 years. 76
were negroes and 16 were whites.
The records reveal that the peak
of deaths among the white resi
dents of North Carolina is reached
in the four-year period between the
ages of 70 and 74 that is, after the
first year has been survived.
The peak of deaths among ne
groes in North Carolina in 1926
was reached in the four year period
from 50 to 54.
Among the whites the peatc o*
death's age was stationary but
among the negroes there was a
considerable improvement as the
1925 peak of death period had been
between the ages of 20 and 24.
Figures show the first year the
most fatal. In 1926 there were 6,792
deaths of infants of less than 12
months old.
After the first year fatalities
slump sharply reaching their lowest
mark in the eighth and ninth years.
After the ninth year the deaths
grow greater by year until the
twenty-fourth year is passed.
After the twenty-fourth year,
deaths remain fairly station till the
fiftieth year when they increase
year by year until they attain their
maximum in the four-year period
between the seventieth and seventy
four years, fulfilling as it were the
maxim about man's allotted span
of three score and ten.
Deaths remain about the same
through the seventy ninth year and
then fall sharply away.
Mrs. Grant Wilkins, of Chicago,
arrived Tuesday to be the guest of
Mrs Jean Schenck at her home in
the Cleveland Springs Estates.
6-MONTH SCHOOLS
WILL OPEN LUST
WEEK OF OCTOBER
More Than 6,000 C hildren (o Ans
wer School Hell on October
24, Board Decides.
Six thousand and three hundred
school children—those who attend
the six months schools in this coun
ty-will start to school on Monday,
October 24, according to a decision
made by the county board of edu
cation in a meeting this week
Forty-five white schools in Clev
eland county still operate only six
months of the year, while 32 negro
schools have a term of the same
length. Aproxitnately 3.300 children
attend the white schools and 3.000
the colored schools.
To Have Election.
At the same meeting the county
board heard a petition for a spe
cial tax election in parts of the Un
ion and New House distrtpts of No
7 township. The petition was ap
proved and will go to the countv
| commissioners for action. If the el -
ection is granted and carried the
territory in question will be con
solidated with the Lattimore school.
Other than the business mention
ed above the board meeting was de
voted to routine matters.
City’s Red Grange
In College Football
Max Connor. Best Gridiron Back
Ever Developed Here, Starts
College Career.
Max Connor, the best home town
product for the football field Shel
by has ever developed and one of
the niftiest halfbacks ever seen in
action in North Carolina, will on
Saturday play his first college game
Connor left yesterday for Rutherford
college and will no doubt be In Mar
vin Ritch's backfield when Ruther
ford takes on Emory and Henry
Saturday in Virginia
Connor, for four years a star on
the high school eleven here, was for
three y£ars an all-state half-back
and mentioned for all-Southern. By
numerous college coaches he has
been rated as the best passer and
broken field runner ever to play in
the atste, college or high school.
When he finished school here a
half dozen colleges sought his sen -
ices, but until this year he Iras noi
entered any college.
Ritch’s Rutherford eleven has one
game at Charlotte this year.
Hospital Nurses At
Best Fair Booth
A feature at the John M. Best
Furniture Co., booth at the county
fair last week was the emergency
service furnished by the nurses from
the hospital were at the booth at
all times ready to render first aid
and Mr. Best had his handsome
new ambulance on hand to serve in
case of emergency. A number of pa
tients were carried home and to
the hospital for attention. The
nurses were on hand from early
morning until late at night. Anoth
er feature of the Best booth whs
the rest room accommodations with
free jce water served in sanitary
drinking cups.
Highs Will Play
Kings Mt. Friday
Second Game Of Season To Be
Part Of Battleground Cele
bration There.
The Shelby highs will go into
their second game of the season
Friday afternoon when they meet
Kings Mountain there as a part of
the battleground celebration.
During this week Coaches Morris
and Falls are trying to build up the
strength of the local line. The at
tempt does not center so much
about the building of the regular
line, but in substitutes. In the first
game of the year Morris had only
one substitute to send in. Since
that time several of the boys who
w’ere attending the fair or were in
jured have returned for practice
and the line should be in far better
shape.
Observation among the dope
hounds after the first game was
that the backfield looked good but
the line weak in spots. Coach Mor
ris reminds that about fifty percent
of the line is new material and will
come along as the season progresses.
A good crowd of high school fol
lowers is expected Co journey with
the local eleven to Kings Moun
tain for the game.
"Happy” a small dog owned by
W. W. Garrett of Salisbury. Mo.,
uses wheels strapped to her body in
lieu of her hind legs, which were
cut off in an accident.
Largest Crowd Ever At
_ Annual Baptist Meeting
Don’t Argue, Just
See Star Bulletin
Who will win the series be
ginning today, the Yanks or
Pirates?
Which has the best team?
Have the Waner boys outhit
Ruth and Gehrig?
Baseball fans who would ar
gue over ihe merits of the two
teams in the nation's biggest
pastime should consult The
Star's bulletin board.
The Star bulletin has today
the photos of the star players of
both teams; the pitching re
cords of the two teams; how
each player on the Pirate team
compares with the player in the
same position on the Yank team
—their hitting and fielding av
erages. together with the prin
cipal facts on the series.
Why argue? Visit The Star
bulletin and settle the argu
ment. It tells everything—ex
cept which team will win.
Four Routes South
Of Shelby Proposed
No. 1 Citizens Offer Petition Ask
ing That Ellis Ferry Bridge
Be Not Built.
A delegation of citizens appear
ed Monday before the county com
missioners and filed a petition op
posing the proposed erection of a
bridge across Broad river at the
Ellis Perry site and the matter of r«
bridge site and location of State
highway Np. 18 was freely discussed
but no action has been taken by
the commissioner.
Months ago a big petition was
presented asking for a bridge at
Ellis Perry.
Estimates as this the cost of the
proposed Ellis Ferry bridge range
from *30.000 to *200,000. Some have
thought that the state would build
a highway direct from Shelby to
Gaffney if the county would erect
a bridge at the ETTIs'Ferry site.
So far there ere four distinct
routes proposed for the road from
Shelby to Gaffney. Earl and Patter
son Springs citizens want the high
way by these two towns. Grover
people think that the road Should
connect there instead of Gaffney.
The second route Is south to Val
Thomassons store site, thence down
the ridge to the Dravo bridge and
thence into Gaffney over the pres
ent road. The third route proposed
is direct south to the Ellis Perry site
across Broad river thence into
Gaffney. This route would touch
a section of No. 1 township which
now has an indirect road to come
to the county seat. Boiling Springs
and No. 2 township citizens want
the route via Boiling Springs,
thence south across the river over
a steel bridge already erected and
on into Gaffney.
No definite decision is expected
as to the routing of No. 18 soutn
for some time as Mr. Kistler says
the county's quota of road funds
for the present is being spent fi
Highway 18 north and the highway
from Kings Mountain to Grover.
COTTON MARKET
Cotton was quoted at noon today
on New York exchange:
October 20 61; December 20.90;
January 21.04. Yesterday's close Oc
tober 20.90; December 21.12; Janu
ary 21.24.
New York, Octo. 5 —Southern
weather last night clear, forecast
east Texas fair, west Texas, Okla
homa, and Arkansas fair today in
creasing cloudiness tomorrow. Mis
sissippi and eastern belt fair or
partly cloudy today, showers to
morrow.
News record makes condition 51.7
and estimated crop 12,.684.000. They
place the gining at around 5,200,Ooti
or about 41 per cent of crop. Jour
nal of Commerce makes condition
53.6 and crop 13,334,753 bales.
Weekly review from Memphis in
Journal of Commerce is bullish on
Texas and Oklahoma.
Moderate business in Worth
street. Look for nervous market un
til bureau, fears of a larger figure
than last month is causing liquida
tion by timid longs, but even if it
is 12,750,000 it should mean 25 cent
cotton later on.
Married 90 Years;
Two Local Couples
Newly married couples hereabouts
who are having their early matri
monial sea tribulations should take
heart. Imagine being married 90
years.
Yesterday, October 4, two Shelby
couples cfelebrated their wedding
anniversaries. One couple, Squire
and Mrs. T. C. Eskridge has been
married fifty years. The other cou
ple, Mr. and Mrs. Kemp Kendall,
has been maried 40 years.
| Membership Of 41 Churches Now
Over 10.000—Fine Spirit Prc
vails, Dinner Served.
The largest crowd ever in Jha
history of the Kings Mountain
Baptist association, marked the
first day s session held yesterday
with the Double Shoals church
six miles north of Shelby, with all
of the 41 churches composing the
association represented by dele
gates except one which sent its
church letter. The reports reveal
that the church membership now
exceeds 10.000 and the Sunday
school enrollment exceeds this
number a record which la perhaps
not equalled In the South by any
Baptist association. Usually the
Sunday school enrollment is con
siderably under the church mem- *
bership, but this association shows
a Sunday school membership in
excess of the church roll and in ad
dition has the largest per cent or
Standard Sunday schools In the
state and the only doublet A stand
ard Sunday school in North Caro
lina. The Sunday school which holds
this enviable record is that at Dou
ble Springs. ,
Dr. Wall Preaches
Dr. Zeno Wall preached the in
troductory sermon thts morning, on
the subject of "Cleaning Out the
Wells.” It was declared by all to be
a masterful deliverance, just what
was expected by this beloved min
ister. Dr. C. E. Madry delivered an
address on the "Co-operative Pro
gram and the Centenial Campaign
for higher educational schools*
which will be launched In this part
of the state after the first of the
year. Reports were received on state,
home and foreign mission work ana
the B. Y. P. U. work with addresses
by Rev. D. O. Washburn. O. G.
Page. James A. Ivey, field worker
and others. At the night session
Rev. H. E. Waldrop spoke on the
report of the B. Y. P. U. work which
has been most gratifying and Is re
sponsible for the fine enrollment in
Sunday schools in the association.
Rev. C. J. Black of Kings Moun
tain preached a doctrinal sermon
last night, his subject being "Thn *
Atonement.” The night session was
well attended. Preceding the ad
dresses by Messrs. Waldrop pd
Black, Miss Spurlin of Ross Grbve
and a quartet from Double Shoals
furnished music.
Unlike the days of a decade ago
when the delegates rode for miles
to the association in buggies behind
mules and horses, all came in auto
mobiles. Parking space was at a
premium. The dinner was just what
was. expected from the hospitable
people of Double Shoals community.
It was there in super abundance,
spread on a table fully 150 feet
long and as fine cooking as one
ever tasted. The homes of the
Double Shoals citizens were thrown
open to the delegates but most of
them went home ojer good roads
and automobiles for the night.
Many visitors were present from
beyohd the confines of the associa
tion. Some were there from Sandy
Run and the Gaston association.^.
B. Hamrick represents the Thomas
ville Orphanage, W. R. Beach, The
Recorder, R. C. Campbell from the
First church at Hickory. J. J.
Beach from Gastonia, Rev. Harril!
from Lincolnton.
War Vet Removed
From County Jail *
To Hospital Her©
Young Showman Locked up For
Drunk A pears to be Derelict
of Late War.
At little pathos hanging over from
the World war, a decade back now,
was seen in the dash of a screaming
ambulance from the coiyity jail to
the Shelby hospital this morning.
Sunday morning a young fellow,
in his early thirties, was picked up
at the fair grounds by an officer
because of his queer actions. The
man seemed to be drunk or doped
and unable to take care of himselC
Brought to the county jail his con
dition failed to improve and this
morning County Physician Moore
ordered him removed to the hos
pital.
Ten years back the young fellow
says he was gassed and wounded
while overseas with the 89th divis
ion. He never recovered from the ef
fects of- the wounds and has
had "spells” since that time ha
stated to officers in refuting tho
idea that he had been drinking.
Physicians at the hospital were
today observing his condition to de
termine just what causes the dazu
under which he seems to be labor
ing. The war vet gave his name as ’
Wyrick, and stated that he Joined
the Johnny Jones show/as a carpen
ter while the show was at his hi,m0
city of Roanoke, ^