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By carrier, par ye»f (in a<lvan««) f3d
^cording to an orr igmA'anu ounce
at the new Ford, wlNfeltas boen
, uik of the country for several
>ths, will be given its first offi
showing in the United States,
ada and England next Friday,
■ember 2.
LINA I
INIA GAME;
I
People See Annual Classic In
in Big Stadium. State and
Duke Also Win.
yesterday, generally known as
nksgiving day but becomihg bet
known as football day. carried
. than 50.000 football fans to va
s Turkey day grid classics in the
At Chape! Hilll where the new Ke
! stadium was dedicated 28,000
tie a record crowd, saw Carolina
tfeat Virginia 14 to 13. Carolina’s
ring came early in the game,
ile Virginia in the final minutes
a desperate bid in an aerial
ittack that fell short one point.
,Ve Furches, former Shelby High
arterback was running Carolina’s
■ blue eleven when the 14 points
rere chalked up.
Duke Goes Wild.
At Davidson around 9,000 people
„ the up-and-coming Duke uni
iraty eleven trample the Wildcats
I to 7 in a game that was a run
way in the last half. The defensive
of the entire contest and the
light of the hopeless Davidson
ht was Hugh Arrowood, big end
I a Shelby boy, who was in every
Ay and around whose end the
ghty Jankoskie and his mates did
make a single yard. Oddly
ugh the last half of the game
■« two former Shelby High stars
ng each other—Melvin Peeler at
ht end for Duke and Just across
line irom Arrowooa. reexer ax
kough he played in the latter part
the game grabbed one of Buie's
let-like passes for a long gain,
d near the close came down on a
nt and tackled the Davidson re
iver so hard he fumbled. It was
■mood's la®1 appearance in a
rildcat uniform while it is Peeler's
year.
Down at Columbia Jack McDowall
his teammates, known as N.
State Wolfpack, had an easy day
luting the University of South
Judina 34 to 0. McDowall was. of
use. the star of the game with
firren, Crum and Jordan sharing
K glory. Numerous fans in this
Ktion witnessed the game.
A' Asheville, where a goodly num
T of Baptists journeyed. Phoney
null and his Mercer team defeated
al>. Forest 34 to 0, Johnny Cox,
'ike Forest back, being one of the
At Hickory Dick Gurley's Lenoir
hv.rt eleven lost a close struggle to
ltn 7-6. Captain Beam, of the,Luth
an eleven, who lives near the Lin
-Cieveland line, starred in his
it college game.
in other games Georgia licked Ala
a 20 to 6; Furman beat Clemson
to 0: Georgia Tech 18, Auburn 0;
flderbilt 26, Sewanee 6; Florida 20
and L. 7; Tennessee 20, Ken
:ky 0.
Attimore Opens
Tin Can Gymnasium
(eats Henrietta at Basketball
to 16. Flashy Brand of
Basketball.
42
'Special to The Star.)
lattimore opened the basketball
'n in the new “tin can" Tuesday
defeating Caroleen-Henrietta 42
18 The first half was rather slow
•ther of the two teams were able
hit the basket with any regular
'• In the second half Lattimore op
up with a terrific offense which
* visitors could not check. The en
* team displayed a flashy brand
basketball with Captain Weathers
the outstanding star witn 24
For the visitors Hawkins <vas
outstanding player. In the last
*r the second team was sent in, j
they continued to run up the
‘he prospects for a winning team
I* year look good; although wc
i many of last year's best players, j
he new men are working hard to
«their places. Before the season
#Vt'r some of these new men will
tohaWy land a regular berth.
Wtre Thieves
Active Last Night
Holey Loses Car While Attend
ing Theatre. Runs Up the
Theatre Toll Here.
The “theatre thieves" who steal
^mobiles while the owners revel
*°nders of cinema, are active
lit:
‘“st night shortly after 9 o'clock
!‘e Mr. and Mrs. M. P. Coley were
in a Thanksgiving show at
“h 'heatre some one stole their
car from its parking place on
Washington street near the tnea
wiildmp. #
dicers today stated that ther
* n° dues to the theft, or at least
* haw. developed so far.
jj*- Lee Packard is visiting Mrs. i
«Shuford at Cliffside this week, j
Young Doctor Fatally
Injured In Car Crash
Dr. W. A. Johnson Riding Wllh Dr.
Bridges and Dr. Moore Fatally
Hurt Last Night.
Dr. W. A. (Bill) Johnson, of
the medical school at Wake
Forest, died about 10 o’clock this
morning in the Rutherford hos
pital from Injuries received last
night when the car in which he
was riding with Dr. D. F. Moore,
of Shelby, and Dr. Dwight Brid
ges, of Lattlmore, crashed with
another car.
The fatal accident took place near
Spindale when the 3 young phy
sicians, all former Wake Forest m»n,
were returning from the Wake For
est-Mercer football game at Ashe
ville on Thanksgiving afternoon.
Hit Head-on
According to a report here today
the trio of doctors in Dr. Bridges car
was coming towards Shelby after the
game when in the vicinity of Spin
dale a car going west cut in front of
the Bridges' car, or in some manner
the two crashed. Dr. Johnson, ic is
said, was next to the door and when
the door flew open he was catupult
ed -.0 the pavement, striking so hard
that his skull was badly fractured. A
passing car was failed and Dr.
Moore who was not injured—neither
was Dr. Bridges, placed Dr. Johnson
in the car and rushed him to the
Rutherford hospital.
The injured man. it was said* to
day. never regained consciousness !
and little hope was held for his re
covery at any time.
Dr. Johnson was around 23 years
of age and his home is at Raleigh j
although he was a member of the ;
faculty in the medical school at
Wake Forest.
A friend of both Dr. Moore and
Dr. Bridges, Dr. Johnson was return
ing to Shelby with them and had
planned to spend the night here last
night with Dr. Moore, it is said,
and intended catching the train at
Kings Mountain to return home to
day.
Dr. Moore, who came out without
an. injury due to the fact that
neither he nor Dr. Bridges was
thrown from the car, left Shelby
this morning for Rutherfordton to
aid in making arrangements about
the body of his friend.
No Thanksgiving
Accidents Known j
It was reported from the Shelby j
hospital this morning that no a:ci- j
dent cases had been brought in as i
a result of holiday wrecks or the j
usttal rabbit-hunting gun fire.
Mr C. C. Blanton, operated upon
some time ago. was reported to be
resting fme today.
BIUlSll
PMSNEW IE
False Bottom in Horse Trough At
Barn Conceals Hiding
Place Liquor
Spartanburg.—When prohibition
officers visited the farm of Som
Akers, near the Cherokee and Spar
tanburg county line, they discover
ed something new in bootlegging.
Akers was arrested when the offi
cers found four gallons of whiskey
hidden in a novel way on Akers’
premises. The officers found the
whiskey in a barn after a long
search." It was hidden under a
trough.
The trough was maae into iwu
sections, one telescoping the ether
so as to leave space at the bottom I
for the jars of whiskey.
The two parts of the trough fit
ted snugly and it was not until an
officer worked over the receptable
a few minutes that he noticed a
looseness about it and lifted the
false bottom to expose the hidden
intoxicants.
Officers also found 15 gallons of
whiskey hidden in a field near Ap
palache, but no arrests were made.
Negro Bishop For
Smith He Declares
Wadesboro.—It is the duty of the
North Carolina negro to support of
the white democrats for political of
fice in the state, Bishop George
C Clement, of Louisville, Ky.. told
delegates at the 17th annual con
ference of the A. M. E. Zion-church
in western North Carolina here.
The speaker told the negroes
that they are now enjoying liberal
leadership on the part of the white
affice-holders and that it was ‘up
to the negro to try to keep them in
office ”
The race, he told them, would
nave nothing to fear from A1 Smith
jr Vic Lonahey as president, but
elt that either Hoover or Lowden
s “unavailable" so far as the Ameri
can negro is concerned.
New Alderman Has
Not Been Selected
The vacancy in the Shelby
municipal board made so by the
resignation of Dr. O. M. Gold
has not been filled, according to
a statement today from Mayor
W. N. Dorsey.
Unofficially it is said that the
likely alderman-to-be is now
considering the post. However,
this is not definitely known al
though an announcement of the
appointment is expected within
the next few days.
Brother of Miss Maggie Black and
Mr. John Black of Shelby.
Noted Evangelist.
Rev. WilUam Black, noted evan
gelist of the Presbyterian synod of
North Carolina, died suddenly at
Wade Tuesday to which place he
had gone to conduct a two weeks
revival. Mr. Black is a brother of
Mr. John Black of Shelby and Miss
Maggie Black, for many years a
Shelby milliner, now living in Char
lotte. Mr. Black was born at Maxton
this siate, where he received his
early education and where he stud
ied and practised law from 1881 to
1893. when he entered the ministry,
later becoming superintendent of I
home missions for the synod of |
North Carolina. After supervision of j
home missions for three years. Mr.!
Black became a general evangelist
in 1897 and he served faithfully in
this capacity until his death. He
was about 70 years of age and
known throughout the Southern
Presbyterian church as an evange
list of power and a leader of the
church. During the past several
years he had been assisted in evan
gelistic work by Andrew Burr, sing
er and personal worker.
Rev. Mr. Black is survived by his.
wife, who lives at the family home
on East Boulevard. Charlotte, and
four sons, Roy of Washington, D. C.;
Linwood, of New York: Ernest, a pro
fessor at Greenwood college. Green
wood, S. C., and Arthur F., of Col
umbus, Ga.
Aunt Of Shelby
Citizens Is Dead
Mrs. J. L. Mull Dies at Heme in
Lower Burke. Funeral Today
At Zion Hill.
Mrs. J. L. Mull, of Connelly
Springs R-3, in lower Burke county,
died last Wednesday night of
Brights disease aftc- an illness of
sonic t'irnr.ion. *
Mrs. Mull was an aunt by mar
riage of Messrs John Mull., Odus
Mull. Carr and Clarence Mull and
also an aunt of Mr. J. O. Propst of
Shelby. Although she lived in >ower
Burke county both Mrs. Mull and
her husband were well known to
scores of Cleveland county people.
The funeral services, conducted by
Rev. Mr DcDanlel, were held today
at 11 o'clock at Zion Hill church at
Three County Corners.
COTTON MARKET
(By Jno. F. Clark A Co)
Cotton was quoted at noon uoday
on New York exchange:
December 19.66; January 19.70,
March 19.91; Wednesday’s close De
cember 19.50; January 1B.58; March
19.80.
New York, Nov. 25 —There was a
larger business in Worth street «Ved
nesday, sales of print cloths total
ing 50,000 pieces or more. It is be
lieved amongst merchants that large
buying must be done to provide for
spring trade not yet covered
lattersau came irom aianenesier i
says outlook remains uncertain but
a larger demand Is being well main
tained. Larage India cloth inquiry is
reported.
Forecast fair. The total notices
this morning may not be as large as
generality expected because of the
very heavy transferring of Decem
ber to March and May during the
past 10 days. At any rate with De
cember liquidation out of the way
the market will be in better shape
to respond to bullish influence.
MOON MIGRATING FROM
EARTH. SAYS SIR OLIVER
London—Sir Oliver Lodge, lec
turing at the town hall.’ Hampstead,
said he did not think it would pay
to utilize the energy of the tides. He
added.
“Gradually the moon is getting
farther and farther away from the
earth, but there will come a time
when the length of the day will
equal the length of the month, and
then the process will be reversed
until the moon rejoins the earth.”
Girl Wins Tnp
Loulsn Bailey, pupil In the Ea
*cne. Ore., hiah school. won a trip
to Chicago, in competition with 10.
000 other pupils, and it wasn’t a
beauty contest, either1, , Lou iso was
chosen to represent her'stale at th«
Roys and Givis' Club Congress
IS KET III RECDLL
Although it had been previously
announced that some definite state
ment might be made tdday about
the Shelby recall, which has been
hanging fire for some time, it was
said today that a definite move had
not been made as yet.
Bynum Weathers, head of th«J
county election board, stated todays
that another petition, making a totals
of 12, had been turned over to hind
for checking but that due to a holi-3
day yesterday he was not able to lo-l
cate Mr. D. P. Byers, the other mem !
ber of the election board, and
therefore had taken no dcftaitayic
tton in the matter. Accordififto
Weathers a definite statement is
likely just as soon as he can get Mr.
Byers here for a final check of the
recall status.
Mrs. Snyder And
Gray Die Soonj
Albany. N. Y—Mrs. Ruth Brown
Snyder, of Queens Village, mother
and housewife, and Henry Judd
Gray, her paramour, a corset sales
man of East Orange, N. J„ must pay
with their lives some night during
the week beginning January 9 for
the murder of the woman's hus
band, Albert Snyder, artist and edi
tor.
The time for thlir execution in
the death chamber at Sing Sing pri
son was fixed today by the court of
appeals.
Each of the seven judges of the
court signed the death warrants
which were sent to Warden Laws of
Sing Sing prison.
Washington.—Resources of nation >
al banks in continental United j
States, Alaska and Hawaii on Octo- j
ber 10 aggregated $27,213,824,000, the |
largest amount ever reported to the
comptroller of the currency.
The resources exceeded by $631,- '
881,000 those reported last June 30. j
the date of the previous call and ,
were $1,529,975,000 above resources !
reported last December 31.
ijoans ana aiscounts reported on
October 10 amounted to $14,366,
926,000, representing an increase
over June of $411,230,000. Invest
ments in U. S. government securi
ties showed $2,675,542,000, an in
crease since June of $79,364,000.
Balances due from coresponding
banks and bankers totaled $4,378,517,
000, showing a decrease of $45,005,
000 since June.
POULTRY PROFITABLE FOft
CO-OPERATIVE SHIPPERS
Raleigh.—The state department of
agriculture has assisted In the mar
keting of three million pounds of
live poultry in carload lots this sea- '
son.
This makes a total of six million
for the last three seasons, including
the present one.
During 1925, total sales amounted
to one million pounds. In 1926 it was
two million pounds and this year it
jumped to three million pounds.
This season s cooperative ship
ments were participated in by poul
try raisers in 90 of the state's 100
counties and the number of carloads
has been 200.
i
MR. D. C. ROLLINS
VICTIM OF HEIST
TROUBLE IT 78
! Well Known Citizen Pavse* Away 1
Thanksgiving I»4y. Buried
Here This Afternoon.
Mr Durham Cicero Rollins, well- |
known throughout the county, died |
Thanksgiving day at his home in
South Shelby following an illness of
two months from a heart trouble.
Mr Rollins passed away at 1:30
O'clock and his funeral will be con
ducted at the home this afternoon
at 2:30 o'clock by Rev. C. F. Sher
rill, assisted by Rev. T. B. Johnson
and Rev. Rush Padgett. Interment
will be in Sunset cemetery.
Mr. Rollins was born and reared
in Cleveland county. He spent prac
tically all of his life at Lawndale.
Dc|ible Shoals and Shelby and was
a quiet, faithful citizen, devoted to
his church and to his friends. All
who knew' him loved him and it is
said he did not have an enemy in
the world. He was active in church
affairs and consecrated member of
tha Methodist church.
r Rollins was married to Eliza
beth C Thomas 57 years ago and
the union has been a most happy
one For sixty years he was a mem
ber of the church. In addition to his
wife, he is survived by ten children,
64 living grand children and 28
great grand children. The sur
viving children are Mrs. T. C. Whis
nant of Hendersonville. Mrs. Maggie
Laughlin of Atlanta, Mrs. Ed. Dor
sey of Forest City, Mrs. Burgin Wil
lis of Toluca, Mrs. Nannie Caldwell
of Lawndale, Mr. Frank C. Rollins
Mountain, Mr. Pink E. Rol
^ Hendersonville, Mrs, Lee
kins of Shelby, Miss Mamie Rol- I
of Shelby and Mrs. Frank Lee,
Epf Polkville.
inking Craze On ,
I About Gastonia No\
w
Liquor Cases Lead All Other Of
; fenses On Court Docket For
Month Of October.
astonia.—It used to be the price
of a “drink" that figured consider
ably in the lives of many folks. To
day it is the price of a “drunk” at
least so far as Gastonia is concern
ed.
According to the monthly report
of Chief of Police O. F. Adderholdt
to the city council at a meeting
drunkenness led all other crimes
during the month of October so far
as the local municipal court was
concerned.
There were 35 cases during the
month for this offense. Of this
number 32 were convicted, two ap
pealed to superior court, and one
case was continued.
The milk in the coacoanut with re
ference to this matter is this: The
municipal court, for the past several
months, has been experimenting
with a considerably reduced fine for
plain drunkenness.
The prevailing price had for quite
a while has been $50 for a plain
drunk. This was lowered some time
ago to $15. And now many folks arc
wondering whether the sharp in
crease in the number of drunks in
Gastonia is chargeable to the re
duction in the amount of the fine
imposed.
Society Debate At
Boiling Springs
Students Will Debate The Subject
Of a Stronger Air Force For
The United States.
The Athenian Literary society of
Boiling Springs high school will hold
its annual public debate at the
school auditorium Saturday even
ing, November 26th, beginning at
7:30 o'clock. The public is cordially
invited to attend this debate. Grady
Haynes is president and Rufus
Moss secretary of the society. The
program opens with an address by
the president, followed by a de
clamation, "The Present Age” by
Jack Jolley and an oration "The
Mother s Influence” by J. O. Sum
merlin.
The debate is on the query: Re
solved, That the United States
should hate an independent air
force equal to that of the army and
navy. The affirmative: Lee Powell,
Taft Putnam. The negative: Oscar
Bolch, Curtis Buck.. Chorus:
Messri. Gladden, Payne, Padgett,
Beck, Henderson, Summerlin, Put
nam, Jolley. Thompson. Powell,
Huggins and Royster.
Marshalls: Broughton Thompson,
chief; Garren Gladden, Jack Jolley,
Arthur Henderson, Forest Hamrick.
Drowned in a Crock
Ten-months-old Davis McCreary
of Sunbury. Pa., in an investigat
ing mood, crawled to a five-gallon
crock he saw' standing in the cor
ner. While peering in the baby
last its balance and was drowned
in only five inches of water.
Ob, for the Life of a Stenog!
The rvpinl•« dream has rotne true—a typewriter fh.it operate* It
self It works- on tho kawe principle as a plav.-r piano, a, record
roll brim; pUparl Ip the WOrhine. Mis.* Clara Soria f,ir*in U
•howinc (ha Advantages of the Invention..
He Gives Away 100,000 Bouquets I
To Invalids Of Greenville, S. C.
Quirt Bookkeeper Decides to Spend
Remainder of Life Making
Others Happy
A resolution to spend the re
mainder of his life in making
as many people as possible
happy, adopted twenty years
ago by Arthur O. Gower, a
quiet bookkeeper of Greenville,
S. Cn has Just become known to
the outside world. The Ameri
can Magazine for December tells
for the first time how he has
grown and given away 109,000
bouquets of flowers to invalids
since he took that vow.
In his simple occupation, the reso
lution taken by Oower has meant
more of a personal sacrifice than
is required of the greatest philan
thropists. It has meant getting up
at 4 o’clock Sunday mornings to
carry heavy loads of flowers to
homes and hospitals and long hours
of work in his garden after his day's
toil is over. But he has never wav
ered. Men. women and children,
ill anywhere in Oreenville are the
recipients i of his voluntary gifts,
which he regards as the smallest
manifestation of a Christian spirit
that he can evince.
Twenty years ago a northern man
came to Greenville with an invalid
wife and because she could see
nothing but the tops of the trees
from her bed, Gower decided to pro
vide her with flowers from his little
garden. They seemed to brighten
the days of the invalid so much that |
the bookkeeper decided to give some
of his flowers to others.
He began to make mental notes of
his friends who were sick, and from
time to time he gathered bouquets >
from his own garden and took the
flowers to these friends. They ap
preciated his thoughtfulness; the
sight of the flowers seemed to
make it easier for them to be pati
ent while awaiting recovery. Then
he extended his visits to include
strangers, and also he extended his
flower garden. As he enlarged it,
he also enlarged the circle of his
visits.
That was the start of Mr. Gower's
flower mission. In making his plans,
was an obvious thirtg to do. To
these he added various sick persons
about town. For many years he has
distributed his bouquets impartially
to all who are sick or otherwise af
flicted.
As regularly as Sunday morning
rolls around, this quiet, unassuming
bookkeeper, now sixty-six years old.
visits three hospitals and many
homes, with his hamper baskets, one
on each arm, piled high with flow
ers. His visits are eagerly looked for
ward to; people expect him. as they
do the rising sun, and they accept
him as one of God’s benefits to hu
manity.
Mr. Gower is a busy man, putting '
in forty-eight hours a week over his
ledgers, so he does not have much
time for his really wonderful gar
den. He is noit a man of means.
He walks to and from the hospitals
and the homes he visits, walks de
spite the weight of hundreds of
bunches of flowers. His own home
has half an acre of ground around
it. and in every available space
flowers are planted. He selects them
so that there will always be blos
soms, except for a few weeks in the
dead of winter. Each afternoon,
upon returning from his office, he
stays with his flowers as long as he
can see to work. He never knocks
off until the bats have hung them
selves up for the night, and until
the last hawk-moth has given the
primroses a final onceover. And the
next morning, long before sunrise 1
he is with his flowers again.
About 4 o’clock each Saturday aft- j
emoon Mr. Gower begins cutting the
flowers he will distribute next day.'
When dark comes he goes into his
house and arranges them, into
bunches. At 4 o’clock on Sunday
morning he gets up again and com
pletes this part of his task of
mercy. Then, as soon as other peo
ple are stirring, he sets out on his
rounds, carrying, usually, from one
hundred to one hundred and fifty
bunches of flowers. The largest
number He ever distributed in one
day was three hundred and eight
een. That was when the World
War was on, and a big base hospi
tal made extraordinary demands
upon him. It is estimated that some
fifteen thousand soldiers passed
through this hospital, first and last,
and that every one of them at one
time or another received fldwers
from this bookkeeper, whose creed
is as wide as mankind. In good
weather and in bad, he goes Just
the same.
Mr. Gower has been an officer in
the First Presbyterian church of
Greenville for thirty-five years. !
During the war. as a side line, he
taught a Bible class in the govern
ment hospital.
Frequently in the mails Mr. Gower
receives letters fryn strangeis he
has visited and. of course, from
friends. Others have sought him
out personally and thanked him;
one man explained that he had been
waiting three years for a chance
to return again to Greenville and
meet Mr. Gower, to thank him per
sonally for his kindness; an ex
soldier wrote to ask it "you are still
scattering sunshine?"
ireWfor
WHIG FIELR
Indications are that cooperation
offered will assure a landing field or
airport for Shelby soon. So far citi
zens and public officials have united
efforts to secure a field and about
the only step to be taken yet is the
securing of tax privileges on the
tract from the county commission
ers.
Mayor Dorsey has been notified by
Mr. Bishop, of the Carolina Engin
eering company of Charlotte, that
he will be glad to do whatever sur
veying and engineering that becomes
necessary in arranging the field
free of charge. Such service is given
by his company to any town or city
where the firm does the engineering
and the Carolina firm has been in
charge of the engineering work here.
So far citizens and officials have
contributed practically everything
needed for a field working on the
proposition of Cleveland Springs
that the necessary land would be
given free if the tax on the tract
was lifted. »
King Is Taken 111
On His Honeymoon
Friends here of Mr. Rafe King
will regret to hear that he was taken
ill quite sudenly yesterday near
Lake Lure while en route to Ashe
ville with his bride of one day and
was rushed to the Rutherford hos
pital.
Mr. King experienced a very se
rious kidney attack some months
ago but had recovered and was
married Wednesday to Miss Fay
Wilson at Kings Mountain. The
couple was traveling by motor to
Asheville yesterday afternoon when
he experienced another attack and
lost consciousness. Reports from the
hospital today stated that he was im
proving and regained consciousnesss
today;
Sues Former Owne.s of Winner
Hosiery Mills for Alleged
Breech of Contract.
A civil action asking for $57,000
damages has been started in the Su
perior court of Cleveland county by
W, O. McBrayer through his attor
neys, Peyton McSwain of Shelby and
Marion Ross of Charlotte against Z.
J. and Carl Thompson owners of
six-tenths interest in the Winner
Hosiery mill at Boiling Springs and
Wm, Lineberger, president of the
Cleveland Bank and Trust Co., own
ers of four-tenths interest, for al
leged breach of contract. Vhe de
fendants have employed B. T. Falls
and Clyde R. Hoey to represent them
In the matter when it comes to trial.
According to the complaint it is
alleged that Mr. Z. J. Thompson
had entered upon an agreement
with Mr. McBrayer. giving hi.n a
lease on the plant for a year and
an option to buy within a year at
$12,000. but that the plant was sold
to Richmond Walstein of Rome, Ga„
in the meantime. McBrayer claims
that by reason of the loss of the
lease he encountered a loss of $37,
500 from profits which he calculates
he would have made in the opera
tion of the plant and that through
the loss of ownership he suffered a
loss of $19,200 which sums be asks
the defendants to pay him.
Answer io wie compiaim nas not
been filed as yet, but Mr, Thompson
says that while a deed was made by
the Thompson brothers and left at
the Cleveland Bank, that no definite
agreement had been reached as to
the terms of the proposed lease and
sale and that while negotiations had
been under way with Mr. McBrayer,
the alleged deed placed in escrow at
the bank was only a manifestation
of good faith in the event the parties
Interested could agr^e to a lease and
option. ! Jj
Speaking for the bank. Mr. Line
berger says no written or verbal
agreement was made by him to sell
the bank's Interest to Mr. McBray
: er and that when the deed made by
! the Thompsons was left at the bank,
no instructions were given as to its
disposition.
Falltton Batch
Of News Gleanings
Church News. Personals of People
On the Go During the Thanks
giving Season.
i Special to The Star.)
Fallston, Nov. 24.—The Ladies
Baptist Missionary society met with
Mrs. E. O. Spurting last Saturday
afternoon. A very interesting pro
gram on the history and persecution
ofthe Jew', was rendered, after which
the hostess served delicious sand
wishes, cakes and hot chocolate.
The Christian Endeavor society of
the Friendship M. P. church gave o
delightful wiener roast Wednesday
evening. Many of their friends were
invited and a Jolly good time was
enjoyed by all present.
Mrs. Robert Cline left last Thurs
day for Bennetsville, S. C., where
she will spend some time visiting
relatives.
Miss Nellie Stanley spent last week
end in Belwood going up to attend
the birtday party given by her cous
in Miss Rose Mary Peeler.
Mr. Sloan Elliott spent Thanks
giving in Gastonia with relatives.
Profs. C. M. Kings and R. L. Pruitt *
attended the football game at Green
ville, S. C., Thursday. *
Miss Euzelia Smart spent Thanks
giving with her parents near Ellen
boro.
Miss Marie Hamrick visited rela
tives near Lattimore Thursday.
Miss Alma Myers of Shelby spent .
the weekend in Fallston with her
sister. Mrs. O. H. Edmunds.
Mr. Roy Wilson spent Thursday
with Mr. Defay Costner of the
Beams mill community.
Messrs Slone Elliott and E. G.
Spurling of the Stamey company
made a business trip to Lenoir and
Marion, last Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Dover and two
sons. Messrs. Howard and Clyde, of
Shelby spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. M. L. Murray and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Stowe Beam and
family and brother, Mr. Gus Beam
made a trip to Hickory Sunday.
Miss Kathleen Riddle has return
ed to her home at Morganton after
spending several days here with her
friend Jdiss Janie Stamey.
Mrs. Hugh Beam spent last week
with her mother-in-law of near.
Flay.
Miss Rhea Lattimore spent
Thanksgiving at her home near
Polkville.
Miss Terah Pinkleton teacher in
the Fallston school is spending the
week end at her home in Grover.
Mr. and Mrs. A. 1*. Spake and Mr.
and Mrs. Chas. Spake spent Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. Y. E. Spake m
Morganton.