North Carolina Newspapers

VOL. XXXIV, No. 123 SHELBY, N. C. FRIDAY, OCT. 14, 1027. Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons 12 PAGES TODAY —.. j By mail, per year (in advare«)__t2>M By carrier, per year (in advance) f3.0<? fol Charles Lindbergh is today rucst „f North C arolina at JL’nsbnro. ilying there from Spar h„rc s. C. Lindy this morning ltI„ss Cleveland county and *fletl several times over Kings fountain- Sidelights on Lindy as .nr(, by a member of The Star u interview at Spartan iven today. * * • Ruth S Idcr and her pilot. George fcldrnMU. who hopped off for •nnn. from New York Tuesday aft ^oo,, were Picked up Thursday aft. about HSO miles from France ^ 3 Dutch ship. The plane “The late News -• mM! pie d»fi' 1,1 prs ari' America n Girl.'’ had a leak in the eil line and when Miss Elder sight th- ship she landed her plane „f3r it and was picked up. The plane destroyed by fire soon after landing the first girl to get so far “r thf Atlantic—about 3,000 miles ^.glia-mile journey—will be landetl at the Azores with her pilot. * * • In the second section of The Star totlJ1'—there arc two sections—may j, f0UnU an article on Boiling Spring' elation over a junior college (here together with news of East 5idP Dover and Ora, South Shelby wd elsewhere. E I ion bln Bov Held For Stealing Car And Eli tcring Taylorsville Stores Has Record Behind. Jake Graham, a youthful chap, has been in jail here this week fac ing two serious charges, yet Jake’s troubles seem to be just beginning It wili.be remembered that the youth was arrested over the week end for stealing an automobile off the Shelby streets Saturday night. After his arrest clothing he had in his possession aroused suspicion and officers coming here from Tay lorsville, Alexander county, stated that Graham secured the clothing tiostores he is alleged to have rob bed there. However, before the Tay lorsville officers got here Judge John Mull has bound the young ster? over to Superior court on the outo lardceny charge. For a day or so the discussion has centered about what to do with Jake—try him here for auto stealing, or return him to Taylorsville for store-breaking? Nov. the problem is more ■.ompli tatea Yesterday county officers were rather assured that Graham must first answer another call— that ot the state, prison for an es caped convict; Alter Graham had been in jiff. here for'a day or so along came re ward cards from Raleigh. One of die can; had the photo of a youth by the nam of Pearl Graham, alias Duck Grim,,, stating that he escap ed from the prison in September. The photo bore a resemblance io the boy m jail, but he at first de nied that he was the escaped con vict Latex when shown the photo it is ?,aid that he admitted being the person pictured. According to the card Graham is only a little o\ei 16 years of age and was serv a ,tv,o year sentence for house breaking in Caswell county when escaped. Ten months of his sen tence bad been served when he es taped. it was said. Tlie problem of v.hat to do will: Jake now seems to be divided unde, rcc heads : First, send him back Raleigh to finish his term; tr.-. m here tor stealing a car, or sene mi to Taylorsville for a store Breaking c htirge. Yesterday it had not been decidec ,hIcil CQUrse would be taken, ai 0|ti!h 11 was thought likely by of Cl that the youngsters wouic “ve 10 bc returned to'the Raleig:: Prison, Colored Man Cut Here Circus Night fj< ' il ftenwriclt, local colored mar. .!‘urti llle circus Wednesday *8 t and then spent several hours a {loitofs office getting himself ttiteheci back together. He colored man’s head was liter - , . eut t0 shreds about the scaip v le ;clt a trail of gore behind ao "as led to the doctor's office. Aft aving several dozen stitches en tn his head to close up his uncis tiip negro got up and walked nr Will QiUelard is charged with wielded the knife, and Will ceen missing since. Henry Teichmann of Berlin ^ .suspended by a council of his u.i !or "degrading a serious _ Stous ceremony.” His offense Msted of marrying two couples *an airPlane. Then his critics ;ent up in the air. 1 shall simply have to buiiri It i’,bigger stadiums, that’s all [tin fs lilce they are being born I. 1 faster than one a minutee.— [•merican Lumberman. “Spirit of St. Louis" Flies Low Over Kings Mountain and Drops Greeting There. Col. Charles A. Lindbergh riding in the cockpit of the world’s most famous airplane, “the Spirit of St. Louis", cut a swath through the air over Cleveland county today as he passed over en route to Greens boro from Spartanburg. The trip across Cleveland county from the South Carolina line to the Gaston line took only a few minutes for the daring hoy who hurtled over the Atlantic alone, but in that short period scores of hearts picked up a beat or so and many gasped and danced in delight as the sun glinted on the wings of the big silver mono plane that was an integral part of the major performance in the his tory of air travel. Lindy w'as scheduled to leau Spartanburg around 9:30 and from that hour on in the eastern and southern sections of the county ail eyes were trained on the air above hoping to catch cne fleeting glimpse of the famous ‘ We" as it passed j along, but Lindy. courteous knigl.t ; of the air that he is. gave the: i more to look at. Goes Over Earl. Down in the village of Earl in southern Cleveland they will chalk j it up as a red letter day to be re membered, Just before 10 o'clock the people of that section saw two specks in the sky, one silvery from the rays of the sun. A few seconds later two big planes roared above as Lindy and the army plane ac companying passed by. A few minutes after 10 o'cdock Lindy and his escort appeared over the southern section of Kings Moun tain, and for a brief span Kings Mountain stood transfixed, all eyes aloft—for Lindy tendered the peo- ! pie of the battle ground town a real thrill. Once he circled his plane about the town, and again ne cir cled. getting lower and lower, giv ing those below a near glimpse ..f the youthful head in the little op ening behind the throbbing motor Three times he circled and on ore low dash over the business section he dropped his formal greeting • . the crowd. Then the big motor pointed its nose back to the sun arm began to climb and just a few min utes later "The Spirit of St, Louis" w as nothing but a shining speck ar it disappeared to the east. Lindy was gone. He always gets there on | schedule time and he fvas due at Gre ersboro at 11:30. But for 10 pi 13 minutes the boy who gave the | world its biggest thrill was over Cleveland county soil. Among those y ho saw Colonel 'Lindbergh circle Kings Mountain ; were numerous Sheiby people who I motored over with the hope of see ing him. At Spartanburg Wednesday a re presentative of The Star talked with ; Lieut. Donald Keyhoe. aide to Lind i bergh. about having Lindbergh | come over Shelby on his trip to I Greensboro and at the time tne i personal representative of the fliei | thought it likely and requested thac ! invitations be sent. Thursday wires j were forwarded by Mayor Dorsey, I The Star and the chamber of com j merce, but late in the afternoon I Lieutenant Keyhoe wired : “Colonel Lindbergh sincerely regrets that lie cannot fly over Shelby due to ? heavy schedule ahead necessitating his arrival on time.” After the mes sage was posted here many motored to Kings Mountain to be under tne | direct path of the flight. ____ I Shelby Highs In Game Here With Gastonia Today The Shelby high eleven is this J afternoon playing one of their big Igest pre-series games with the Gas tonia eleven at the local field. Although conceded an even chance of victory by fans Coacn Morris was not so confident before the game of victory. "They have a good eleven and Shelby is not the best going." AN APPLE TREE IS IN BLOSSOM Caroleen—Sunday a young June apple tree w as observed by the own er. B. A. Hamrick, to be in bloom and also to have several fair sized apples upon its tranches. The blos soms are perfect and the fruit is stated to be excellent. The tree, only five feet in height, blossomed in tne Spring and later had a go<>1 crop of apples. This phenomena has not been seen in the county for a great many years, at least not in this sec tion. ! Lindy A Mere I | Boy But Has < | Plenty Of “It” | Drops Eyes and Blushes When th>* Crowd Yells “Lindy.” Is Genius on Aviation. (By RENN DR CM.) We've seen the most famous ‘'We” of all time. If you've ever been a boy and had to be “introduced when "company'’ came—of if you’ve ever seen a tousle-haired. embarrassed young ster going through the formality of an introduction to some awe-inspir ing stranger then you have about the best idea possible of how Col. Charles A. Lindbergh looks when howling throngs of people old. young, white and black—begin yell ing “Lindy" like unto an army of maniacs. In Spartanburg. S. C., Wednes day the writer, along with a number of Shelby folks, had the "thrill of a life time" in seeing the youthful prince of aviator manipulate iiis famous air buggy "The Spirit of St. Louis" through leaking clouds as he greeted for the first time an assem blage of Carolinians. Later in the day we saw him lead a parade, as he rested on the folded top of an automobile with his feet dangling at the end of his long legs on the seat between GovernO” Richards of South Carolina, and Mayor Brown, of Spartanburg. Thirty minutes later the youngster, who set his eyes and "the nose of his plane to the east and swept across the uncharted Atlantic while a world looked on and cheered, made it evident that he was more than "Lucky Lindy" by speaking without a pause or halt for eight minutes while thousands of people, their eyes beaming with admiratfion and hero-worship, stared him in the face. At 4:30 in the afternoon tne j writer along with 25 newspapermen ; and newspaper women of three | states was accorded the privilege of a private interview with the trans Atlantic flier in the reception room of his suite at the Cleveland hotel. The interview lasted for nearly 30 minutes and every person present was permitted to ask up to three questions—none of which, it was insisted, were to be of a personal nature. And the machine-gun ra pidity with which the replies came back to that barrage of questions left not a shred of doubt but that Lindy w'hen he hopped to Paris knew | everything that was to be known in aviation.. Timid personally and amid the ovation of thousands. Col. Lindbergh holds his composure and is far from being “rattled" when he answers questions. Yet the modesty which has been his greatest asset, is written all over every act and mo tion. Hypnotizes Girls. The hypnotism the smiling, boy ish eyes of the long lanky hero hold over a girl must be doubly magnetic One young girl reporter in the room began giggling with joy over being there just as soon as she found a seat and she was still giggling when she left the room. Once she forgot her joy of being in the presence of the most cherished man living Ion j enough to venture one question. "Colonel’' she asked, "how did you like my home town of Spokane, Washington?" The colonel gave his widely-her alded grin, bowed and replied: ‘Help yourself, lady. Help yourself." Pet haps the giggling girl reporter still wonders just what the only state ment ever addressed to her by the boy of boys really meant. Chivalry may have its original home in the South but the Lochinvar of the West never forgot his courtly bow' before answering every question addressed to him by a lady. Let’s Go Christmas. The representative of The Star if he ever makes a trans-Atlantic trip by air will likely do so on Christmas Lindy told us that Santa Claus day w'£j^ just as good as any other, and that’s about all the information four questions from the writer brought out. The first one was: “Colonel, con sidering the weather and season do you think the chances are favorable for Ruth Elder making a successful flight?” Lindy: “How can I answer that. It has been weeks since I’ve seen a weather chart.” , "What we meant (amid a few stammers an embarrassment at be ing cut down) was: Is this a good season of the year for such flights';'’ Lindy: “Good as any other." • “Don’t you think the weather !s more favorable in the springtime, the season in which you made your hop. than now?" Lindy: “Not if the weather is fa vorable. If the weather is all right I would as soon go on Christmas (Continued on page seven.) No New Developments In Recall Movement Recall Attorney Out of Town anil New Actions Await His Re turn Here. No new shells have been fired during the last day or so in Shelby’s political strife, and so far as can be learned no one has been injured by stray shrapnel of political gossip. The recall movement continues to line up signers on the petition, but fur ther action awaits the return to the city of Peyton McSwain, re call attorney, who is attending an out-of-town court. On Wednesday night a gathering of several recall leaders was held according to reports. Very little o’, the events at the meeting were made public, except the announcement that nothing more w'ould oe done until McSwain returned. A discus sion of the city registration was taken up. it was said. All names on the petitions and not those of quali fied voters will be removed by the recall faction before presentation, they say. It is also said those who are not registered but have become of age or lived here long enough since the last election are entitled to sign the petition. Members of the j group state that they have been questioning closely those who sign to see if they are properly register ed and entitled to sign. Requests have been made, it was announced, from residential sec tions to have the petition brought around for families to sign but through the 750 signers the petitions have remained for the most part in the business and industrial sections, it is said. Just what action will be taken when McSwain returns is not known but leaders presume that the peti tions will be filed with the county board of elections just as soon.as others are filled. Hit By Train, York Man Dies Uncle of Mrs. H. D. Wilson of Shelby And Father Of Two Grover Ladies. William Thomas Hartness. b3. Confederate veteran of western York county was struck and killed on a Southern railway grade cross ing in Sharon, S. C.. early Wednes day He had been to the postofficc for his mail and was walking across the track at Hill's crossing near his home when the accident occurred, death was almost instant. Surviving are the following chil dren: John S. Hartness, cashier ci ■the Bank of Sharon: W. R. Hart ness. Mooresville. N. C.; Mrs. Aman da Harper, Charlotte; Mrs, W. R. Hambrights and Mrs. James Har din, N. C., and Miss Eliza Hartness, Sharon. Mrs. H. D. Wilson of Shelby is a niece of the deceased. CC. The oTiennes^^^^ the lowercase the and •ss of U^Xures—the abseS^^if marked ntr^^etween thick and ti^ strokes ; Fell-fitted units—the n%imum j ount—all of these this ’ this new type a most dd a per face. There are no “pln^ Farp corners to fill up with f lines to break down In stereot f pven color of the characters l/, rly adapted to the "roughn./ aper stock. The outstand/ L of the new face Is Its < slon. The even tone i i c stHM^the eyes wlthojj^pring mo to .■out to 1)0 sponcertlng. A happy medium has been Voted It 1st easier to read than seven tint fares, yet gives the same word ing to the column as six point. Various •prees of leading can be used to ad ran ge. or the lines may be east on a sk>lU loaded—and with a decided ealn t ver the seven i»>int face The fiisfTSSSS^Njdopt the new far was the EvemiJy , (^vot Newark X. After a trial the mar agement cntluis Lttc tty^^ver about Ix^mL readei to send In words oKVn'.nmr lly. One of the most ? , Dr. Joseph H. Salov, al —^etrlst, and past president! ■Jersey Op tome trie Assoclatlor' ialov, addressing the editor jk Evening News: “It would ifor me or any one else who int of good that will rest .ent change In the style In the makeup of ‘ ot recognized, app 1 by every; tt yo| youl this ’ so aclJI in the co? accuniuluter^^^JB^^^^s^ail eyes, due to the extremely smalr type used in many newspaper* tn*— «P» the tUij .wlivp iirutieia! aid iptx NEW GLASSES FOR OUR READERS Many of our readers have expressed their commendation of the new and more readable type recently adopted by The Star for its news columns. While this type appears much larger and can certainly be read with far less strain on the eyes it is actually quite compact and gives fully as many if not more words to the column as the small er type formerly used. The Star is among the first papers in the country to give its readers the benefit of this remarkable new type. ^---, Green Flies Here is William Green presi dent ot the American Federation of Lal»or in the flying tog? he wore recently when tatting a flight In Washington He went up with Lieut L J Maitland, first ot ih# Sj'.'i’i to "each Honolulu poslfcIiiT MEET AT FAM Interesting Program Enjoyed By Carriers And Postmasters In High School Building Tlie Postal Service council of Cleveland county held its regular quarterly meeting at Fallston high school building on the evening ot Oct. 11th. This council included all the rural and city carriers and postal employers with their wives and a large number of invited guests. Postmaster J. H. Quinn was chair man. After a short business session the following educational and en tertaining program was thoroughly enjoyed: Song—America: invocation. Rev. J.W. Fitzgerald; address of welcome. Prof. C. M. King; response. Post master C. A. Brittain. Music— Wright quartet: Needed postai leg lislation Postmaster J H Quinn, song (selected) Mrs. Geo. A. Hoyle; Re citation. Miss Terah Pinkie ten; music. “What relation should exist between the postmaster and his rural earners?", Carrier George A. Elam; “Grouping and painting mail boxes and posts." Carrier A. F. Col lins; recitation, Miss Ruth De Camp: music. Wright quartet. “What the schools can do to im prove the mail service," Prof. W. G. Gary: vocal tolo. Miss Euzelia Smart; An efficiency examination (humorous,* Carrier J. W. Lee; music. The meeting adjourned to meet in Shelby in January. The Parent Teachers association with Miss Janey Stamey as supervisor served a very elaborate banquet. MARRIAGES SHOW 61IH COUNTY OVER PAST YEAR: More Marriages Herr In 1926 Than In 1925. Divorces Are l.ess. State Decrease. The tingle of wedding bells can still be heard above the din and grind of the divorce court in Cleve land county Marriages in this county in 1926 show a gain over the marriages in ] 1925, and divorces in the county in 1926 were less than the divorces of 1925. That would prove a solid jolt to the solar plexus for the pessimist who would believe that little Dan Cupid has lost his cunning with the bow and arrow. In 192t there were 135 couples married in Cleveland county, white I in 1926. 203 couples were married Eleven-eent cotton does not put a crimp in cupid when he cet-s the range. In 1925 there were 24 divorces granted in this county and last year there were only 20. or four less than in the preceding year. More This Year. In the state as a whole there was a decrease in marriages and the same applies to many counties ad joining Cleveland, but not here. And from the office Register Andy Newton it is learned that more Cleveland county couples are being married this year than were last year. In Burke county there w-as a de crease in marriages and an in crease in divorces. The same was; true in Catawba. In Gaston there was a gain in marriages and di vorces and the same was true in Lincoln county, in Rutherford there was a marriage gain and the saute number of divorces. The state report says: “The num ber of marriages in North Carolina decreased 646 or 2.8 percent during 1926, says a report of the depart ment of commerce at Washington. During 1925 there were 23,337 cou ples entering into wedlock, -while in 1926 the number dropped to 22.691. At the same time, divorces in creased one percent, 1591 being granted during 1926 while but 1576 were granted during the year prev ious. There were 29 marriages an nulled in 1926, this being the fits’, year for which statistics of annul ments have been collected. Estimated population of the state on July 1, 1926. was 2.850.000 and on July 1. 1925. 2.812.000. On the basis of these estimates, the number of marriages per 1,000 of the population was 7.9 in 1926 .vs against 8.3 in 1925, and of the num ber of divorces per 1.000 of popula tion was 0.557 in 1926 as against 0.560 in 1925. The number of manages was re ported by the register of deeds and the number of divorces by the clerk of the superior court of each county. The figures for 1926 are pre liminary and subject to correction. Dr. And Mrs. Anders Now At Roxboro Mrs. Anders Is Native Of Shelby, Julia Wilson Before Her Marriage Shelby friends will read with in terest the following from the Bul letin of the First Baptist church of Roxboro, because Mrs. Anders before marriage was Miss Julia Wilson, a sister of James A. Wilson, half sis ter of W. H. Blanton of Shelby and John Blanton of Mooresboro: We are happy indeed to have in our midst Dr. and Mrs. Clarence Anders. Dr, Anders is a son of Mr.. J. D. Anders and brother to Misses' Lucile and Beverly Anders, who are teaching in our public schools. Dr. and Mrs. Anders expect to sail soon for Ogbomoso. Nigeria, in British West Africa, where they will be engaged in Medical Mission ary work, under the Southern Bap tist Foreign Mission board. Dr. Anders is a man of unusual ability and has had splendid pre paration for his work. He is a graduate of Wake Forest and Col umbia universities, also Moody Bible institute in Chicago. He did his in tern work at Bellevue hospital in New York. He had his practical training under one of the greatest of medical missionaries as he was for some time associated with Dr. Sir George Grenfell of the Labrador coast. It was while here that Dr. Anders first met his wile who was then Miss Carolyn Loring of San Deigo, 0*1., who was also doing mission work with Dr Grenfell. Mrs. And ers is a graduate of one of the western universities and a very charming and capable young woman. Because a girl refused to marry him a man in Essex has stayed at home for 50 years; but we've known a man to do that just because 'he girl did marry him.—Punch. Dorsey Is Opposed To Having Circus In Shelby Again “If it is within mv power to prevent such there will not he another circus to show in Shel by during my term as mayor.” it was stated yesterday by May or W. N. Dorsey. “As I see it the town instead of being benefitted by a circus is damaged instead, both moral ly and financially. A lot of local money is spent and carried out of town, the streets and town in general are very hard to clean thereafter, officers are over worked—and nothing gained by it all," the mayor said. He added that it might not be in his power to prevent another circus, but was positive that if he had such a power he would exercise it. ENROLLMENT GAIN SHOWN IN LOCAL SCHOOLS ALREADY First Month Report of City Schools Shows Gain of 197 Over Last Year's Record. The attendance report for the first month of the Shelby city schools reveals ■; gain in enrollment of 197 over the same month last year. The average attendance in all the city schools so far this year is 32 per cent. The LaFayette school leads in enrollment with 512, the high school ranking second, and Morgen school third. The enrollment ahd attendance by schools follows: Building Enr. Av. At High school ... — —471 95 % Sumter —: — .......221 96 % Marion— .. . .——-297 ' 98 ' Morgan ... ... —_ 391 92 % LaFayette - 512 93 % Jefferson ... . . .... 240 98.V» Washington_... —191 97 r> Colored school... — -.360 62 % Total ... .2,465 92 Commanders At Kings Mountain Rev. J. D. Bailey Writes A Book. Two Chapters Devoted To Cleveland And Shelby. Rev. J. D. Bailey, who lived at Gaffney before he died. wrote a very interesting history of the Com manders at the Battle of Kings Mountain and Mr. Ed DeCamp, the former editor of the Gaffney Led ger, prized it so highly as a contri bution to history that he has pub lished the story in book form. Much interest should attach to the new history in Cleveland county be cause one chapter deales with Col. Benjamin Cleveland and another with Col. Isaac Shelby from whom this county and town were named The Bailey history is very accurate, and complete and is historically correct, says Mr. DeCamp. Genera! Campbell. Col. Hambright, Col. Lacey. Col. Williams. Col. Sevier. McDowell, Major Winston, Col. Ferguson are treated in other chap ters. One section is given over to Kings Mountain ballads. It deals with one of the critical periods of American history for in the summer of 1780. the darkest period of the Revolution was on hand. The British transferred the seat of war to the South and ti.e flower of the Southern army con sisted of more than two thousand men, commanded by Gen. Horatio Gates. A number of copies of this new book have been consigned to The Star office for sale at $3 each. W. J. Erwin Succeeds Wilde At Ella Mill W. J. Erwin is the new superin tendent of the Ella Division of the Consolidated Textile corporation, succeeding J. R. Wikle who recently resigned to become superintendent of a large mill at Magnolia, Ark. Mr. Erwin arived this week from Lynch burg, Va„ where he has been con nected with the executive offices of the Consolidated company for a number of years. Mr. and Mrs. Wikle are now on a trip to Prov idence, R I. and tyll return to Shelby the last of this month to leave shortly thereafter for their new home in Arkansas. The Consol idated Textile corporation operates nine mills in the South, the Ella here being one of the chaih. Shefcy regrets exceedingly to give up Mr. and Mrs. Wikle. Now that Mr. Coolidge has refus ed to run, who will fall heir to tha Indian vote?—Arkansas Gazette. Weather Says Money Due His Regime Was Enough To Pay Bills Left Over. Numerous city bills far value re ceived while the old administration was in office were left for the pres ent Shelby administration pay. ac cording to former Mayor A. P. Weathers, but at the same time money due the old administration and yet to be collected was enough and more to pay those bills. In a written statement handed to The Star yesterday and signed by him, former Mayor Weathers says: “In your Monday's paper where Mayor Dorsey referred to the in crease in the tax rate by his ad ministration of five cents on the $100. he is quoted as saying ‘we had to pay accounts totalling ap proximately $13,000 that were ap proved by the old board, also $7, 000 borrowed at bank.' This has been taken by some of the taxpay ers to mean that when the old ad ministration <of which I was mayor) retired, we left the city in bad financial condition and in order to set the matter straight and place piyself and my former colleagues Aldermen Hamrick, Schenck, Tom.;, and Hopper in the proper light be fore the public. I wish to make a brief statement. “When we todk charge of tho city's affairs two years ago. there were bills totalling $10,000 left for us to pay and we did not regard it as anything unusual because we went in at the beginning of the month with all of the current bills of the preceding month upon us and at the same time the current revenue of that month due the town with which to pay these bills. “Mr. Dorsey says we left his ad ministration approximately $20, 000 to pay. That may be true but at the same time we left in uncollect ed taxes due the town $31,591.35; approximately $9,364.00 due town by water and light patrons, $512 due the town by Wagner and the fair 1 association, making a total of over $40,000 due the town of Shelby with which to pay the accounts he re ferred to as unpaid. “We had bills filed with us for payment totalling $8,711.10. Much of this was for material bought by us, on hand for the present admin istration to use. 'The public should understand that our term of office expired May 31st. All water and light bills due for that month were collectible by the new administration to help pay the bills due by the town. I esti mate these bills receivable at $9, 364.00 as we collected from water and light patrons during the last year of our administration $112, 376.52. The $31,591.00 was due for unpaid taxes and this amount was left for the present administratian to pay the bills we. left owing. Our time for meeting was first Tuesday night which fell on June 6th. Our term of office had expired and ve were of course out before thesa were passed for payment. "I make this statement purely to keep the record straight and with no intent to reflect on the new ao ininistration. If is done in justice to myself and the four men who so ably assisted me in handling the town's financial affairs. In sub stance I admit we left unpaid bills, but we left revenue to come in that was double the c mount we owed. No administration has ever gone out; with all bills paid.” Forest City Plans For New City Hall Forest City.—A new city hall, to be ertced at an early date, has been ordered by the city’s board of aider men. The building will be built on the town's property on North Powell street, and will cost from $20,000 to $25,000. The structure will be two stories, constructed of brick. It will contain the city’s offices, mayor's office, small court room and fire depart ment. Plans are also under way to en large the city's fire department. The purchase of a new fire truck is contemplated and a full time fire man will be placed on duty, with a closely organized volunteer fire de partment. CHILD SMOTHERS UNDER COTTON WHILE PLAYING Anderson, S. C.—John Thomas Burgess, 2-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A Burgess, residing near here, was smothered to death Wed nesday while playing with a group of children. The youngsters were finding sport in covering themselves with the cotton. Several combined in covering the Burgess child and be fore he could be extracted suffoca tion had killed him.