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12 PAGES TODAY Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons By mail, per year (in advance) By carrier, per year (in advance; 93 ft \Late News Kfirr enjoying regular Indian ^ninrr weather right up to Dc Bber l. people of this section bc [n seeking topcoats yesterday when change in temperature was experi need followed by a driving rain all i£bt Thursday and continuing to- ! A \ fair day is assured for Satur by the weather man with little bant' in th*‘ temperature. HiSIiEi! ms no in. n goes m jardon Tells Court Friends and Relatives Secured No Lawyer. ' May Waive Hearing. A preliminary hearing of Walter \ Jordan, colored boy, charged with j ,tally cutting Javan Smith, anoth- j j negro, Tuesday night was post- j »ned Icr a day or so this morning : then it developed that Gordon did tot have a lawyer and did not want i hearing without one. -I doan know what to do. They .aid they'd git me a lawyer, but they taven't and I doan want no trial rithoi’t one,” the colored boy told fudge Mull when the murder charge ame up Apparently Gordon was xpccting his wife, or some relative ir friend, to -secure him a lawyer. iut the attorney failed to show up nci the young slayer seemed some dial upset and near tears when it levelopcd that very little interest ras being shown in him. He was offered the opportunity of laving the hearing continued for a sw days to sec if he could secure ,n attorney, or to waive a hearing md wait until Superior court. Gor ion seemingly not knowing which o do decided to wait and try to get » lawyer. A considerable crowd of negroes ras in the court room to hear the ■vidoncc of a slaying that developed [rom the house rent argument. Several other cases were disposed jf during the morning by the court ncluding a dog stealing case and j iquor: charges. Shelby High Star Picked on Several All-Star Elevens. Big Pick Appears Monday. Laymen Beam, star ball toter of the Shelby High school eleven, seems to be a general pick for AU Star football elevens being named in the state So far three All-State el evens have been picked and Beam has occupied a first-string berth on all—one at half back, one at end. i ar.d one at full back. On four or j Eve All-Western elevens Beam*has | been placed in the backfield. The three coaches of the Greens boro High school in naming their All-State eleven in the Greensboro New; today names Beam as fullback The Greensboro eleven follows: Da vant, Greensboro, quarter; Chetty. Lexington, halfback; Britton. "Wil mington. half back; Beam, Shelby, fullback. Blair, Greensboro, center; 1 Robinson. Wilmington, left guard; Petree. Greensboro, right guard; Brown. Greensboro, left tackle; Bail ey Raleigh, right tackle; Farmer, Wilmington, left end; Williamson. Sanford, right end. The official All-State eleven, ac cepted by the state association, and picked by Luther Byrd of Chapel i Hill, will appear in Monday's Star. This eleven will play Oak Ridge in Lexington on the Monday after Jan uary l. being the first All-State ; eleven to be assembled in North . Carolina. Likelihood is that a Shel by player or so will be on the big pick. Youth In Lincoln Instantly Killed Alvin Bivins Hit by Car While Go ing: to School. Says Car Was Over the Curb. Lmcolnton. Dec. 1.—Alvin Bi.ens M-year-old son of Mr and Mrs. J- L Bivens of Goodsonville, was hit by • car driven by Frank F. Helderman, of Beimbnt, today as he was going to school and was instantly killed. Helderman was coming toward Lincolnton when he struck the boy *'hile walking along the edge of the Paved road in Goodsonville. After the car struck the bev it kept 60 steps according to eye wit nesses. before it came to a stop. Helderman said that a car was coming toward him and that several children were hanging on it. Just as he got even with the car. the Bivens boy jumped from behind *nd ran out into the path of his •utombbile. The accident was un •voidable, he said. He surrendered to the sheriff and *»s placed under a $1,000 bond, pend In* an investigation to be held soon. : : Eye-witnesses said that the boy kss on the curb of the road and that when the car struck him the ?*o light wheels of the car were off P* pavement. Yet Industrial Growth Has Ju.t Be gun Says Paul Lucas. Tells cf Dulse Endowment. “NO section of the United States is enjoying such phenominal devel opment as the Piedmont Carolina. is now experiencing,” declared ,<oh« Paul Lucas, vice president of the Southern Public Utilities . of Charlotte who is elosely identified with the Duke interests which .on stitute the Duke endowment. Mr. Lucas was the principal speaker at the Kiwanis club at its weekly luncheon at Cleveland Springs ho tel last night. Two New Units Soon. When Mr. Duke started the hydro electric power development in the Carolinas some twenty years ago it was a real problem at first to find a market for the power. At the close of the war, the development was resumed and the industrial growth is such that now it is a problem to produce enough power to supply the demand. During the past four years more generating equipment has been installed than in 17 years prior to that time and within the next two months two additional generat ing units will be started, giving an additional 100.000 horsepower. Just Be«;un. "As we see it," declared Mr. Lucas, “the industrial growth of the Pied mont Carolinas has just begun. “North Carolina is the sixth state in the unicn in the aggregate value of agricultral products which afnount to 227 millions, but the ag gregate value of the products oi in dustries is one and one-quartev bil lions of dollars annually," he added. It is rot generally known that the Duke endowment of eighty miii.ons consists of Mr. Duke’s stock in Car olina properties and in the pre able of his trust Mr. Duke expressed ; the ambition that his endowment •‘Shall administer o the social wel fare of the individual as the prop erties administer to the industrial welfare of the communities they serve." Mr. Duke had contemplated long before he died the building up of an industry, the revenue from which would help North Carolina to which he was always loyal. His “old daddy ns he called Washington Duke his father, asked J. 3.. many times when a boy to give something for the relief of aged Methodist minis ters if he succeeded in making mo ney, so these aged ministers are helped through the endowment. Duke Named for Father. It has been thought by many -hat Duke university which is to be -.he largest educational institution in the South, was named for J. B. Duke who gave the money to the school, but the money was given as a me morial to this father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Washington Duke. Mr. Lucas- talk was very interest ing and enlightening. He is well versed in industrial affairs of the Piedmont Carolinas and is a man with a charming personality. Chas. L. Eskridge distributed booklets to the club members, show ing ir. advance the photos and speci fications of the new Fords on dis play throughout the United States today for the first time. Mrs. Harris Passes In Anderson, S. C. Mother of N. L. Harris of Shelby Buried In Anderson, S. C. On Thursday Seriously ill for the past three weeks, Mrs. Hattie Harris, 42. died at it: 15 o'clock Tuesday night at the Anderson County hospital. The death of Mrs. Harris is deplored by her numerous friends. She was a native of Oconee coun ty, but had been making her home in Anderson for the past seven years. She was a devoted meinbti of the Methodist denomination. Mrs. Harrris is survived by one son.N. L. Harris of Shelby. N C.. and one sister, Mrs. J. I. Holland of Anderson, S. C. The funeral was held Thursday morning at 10 o’clock at the home, of Mr. and Mrs. J. I. Holland with Rev. John McSvveen. pastor of Cen tral Presbyterian church, officiating. The body was taken to Fair Play where interment took place. Sunday Schools To Meet Here Sunday The first monthly meeting of the officers and teachers of the Kings Mountain Baptist Sunday school as sociation will be held at the First Baptist church here Sunday after noon at 2:30 o'clock. Officials ot the organization will gather at 2 o clock. The program will include .reports from the six group superintendents and others. Editor G. G. Page, of Kings Mountain, is head of the as sociation. Santa Should Visit This Home—Help Him Get There Piliful Case Cited By We fare Of 1 iter. Committee Named to Handle Christmas Fund Here is a Shelby scene worthy ol seme though while the Christmas season is near at hand: On a street not many blocks from the court house square there is a little home with three children gathered aaout the embers of a dying fire. Out in the kitchen an aged grandmother drags about doing her best to clean up the house and find enough in the pantry to complete a supper such as it is. It's 6 o'clock. There goes the whistle. See three pairs of eyes brighten up. The provider will be coming home from work. Here she is: An 18-vear-old girl, and dependent upon her earnings are three children, a grandmother, and over in the Shelby hospital is the mother. Some one must pay her bills. How is it to be done? Can you fail to be touched by such a case? Will you enjoy Christ mas knowing what it will mean to this family unless aid comes from somew nere. What A Differennro The average 18-year-old girl you see on the street—happy-go-lucky, and at the most joyous period in ilfe. just finishing high school or in college for the first time. Can you imagine that right here in Shelby a loyal, valiant girl of the same age is working in a mill doing her oest to support her little brothers and sisUrs and hoping—the hope must be a;!—that she can qo something for the mother ever in the hos pital. Tragic It Is The father of the family has been in the criminal insane depart ment at Raleigh for many months. One of the children was only re cently placed in the State hospital at Morganton. and at the Shelby hospital they teil you that the moth er 's in a serious condition. The children remaining at home with the 18-year-old sister-mother are ages 12. 7 and 6 respectively. Fin; little tots, but useless in helping to provide for themselves. For some time the 18-year-old girl tried to work in the mill, keep house and attend to the children by herself, but the strain of earning the money to buy the groceries and then cook ing the meals after work hours proved too much for her. Welfare Officer Smith heard of the case and did what he coud. Then a kind Shelby lady took it upon herseif to help and the grandmother of the children was brought in to help keep the little home going—a home where there is no father and mother. Who will play Santa to these chil dren Christmas Eve? They deserve a joyous season just as much as any children, yet no .me knows where the money is coming from to ouy the clothes they need badly now and the extra provisions that can not be bought with the meager sal ary of the older sister. Think of keeping the people going on a girl's wages? This Shelby lady who has been helping and the welfare officer have more than they can handle. The family is a Shelby family—just one of the many The Star's Christmas Fund hopes to aid—will you help? Unless scores and scores of citizens join in the fund will fall far hort of the actual need. This one family could use. and really needs, jvery bit of the fund contributed so far. Just one family it is. There are many more here in prosperous Shel by. Early next week Mr. Smith and his chanty committee will begin in vestigating and listing needy cases. Make your contribution today. Re member the 18-year-olcf girl has to keep up her hopeless struggle every day. You can lighten her load con siderable. If you’re human you will. SANTA’S STOCKING % ' .. - Contributors to date are: R. T. LeGrand --. $10.00 Cleveland Star — —.$10.00 Miss Myrtle Norman ...r-SI 00 T. C. Hitchcock ...-$5.00 From a lady .. $1.00 J. D. Lineberger-- - $5 Add your name to the next list. Hopper Park Tract To Go At Auction Auctions being the popular appeal in the realty market today, another big one is slated for the near future. This one is to be put on by Beam & Doggett, who will offer in the near future a tract composing 60 residen tial lots, cut from the Hopper-Put nam property on North LaFayette street, opposite the new school build ing. This section is a part of the well known Hopper Park tract. The loca tion is highly desirable, compara tively close in for an auction offer ing, a beautifully located area, and should prove a popular seller. The details of the offering will be an nounced later in advertisements in this paper. i Civic Representatives To Aid Offi cer in Canvassing Charity Nteds ! J. B. Smith. county welfare officer. : today announced the committee of j representative Shelby citizens who will aid him in canvassing Shelby to determine just where and how The Star's Christmas Charity Fund will be distributed. "There are many, many needy cases.” says Mr. Smith, "but of course we will just have so much money and it is my purpose to list every need and distribute according to the need." The committee appointed includes representative members of the lun chean clubs. Kiwunis and Rn ary, of the Woman's Club, churches and various city organizations. It :s as follows: Mrs. C. R. Koey, Mrs. Fred R. Morgan, J. D Lineberger. ft. T. LeGrand. John R. Dover. Lee B. Weathers. John Schenck, Jr.. Mayor W. N. Dorsey and I. C. Griffin. This committee will be asked to meet with Mr. Smith in his office at the court house early nest week and go over plans for making a canvass cf the entire city, deciding just where and how the fund will be dis tributed ana what articles will be bought from the fund. The plan of The Star in centraliz ing the movement is to prevent doubling up as is the cose where each organization has its own fund. Under the old plan cne home might receive several visits while another Would receive non?. Luncheon and civic clubs are urged to make their contributions through the main fund. None of the money is to be spent for trinkets or playthings, out for necessities of life, and those who give may rest assured that the welfare officer has selected an able and trustworthy committee to aid in handling the fund. Contribu tions may be left at The Star of fice. START SALES OF . -- I ' From now on the green and white | auto tag begins to replace the red | on-gray ones fer the state automo bile department, by new law. began • selling 1923 licenses on December 1 j The sale of tags at the Shelby branch will not begin until Monday, it is said. The new automobile year is from January 1 to December.31 instead as of old from July 1 to July 1. The change was made by the leg islature to bring the North Carolina law into conformity with practical ly every other state in the union. The last sale of licenses was a half-year proposition. Cards have been mailed out at the rate of 50.000 a day to auto owners from the office of State Revenue Collector Doughton. The I cards contain complete descriptions ' of the car owned, motor number, ■ and the name and address of the I owner so that it is only necessary } for the owner to present the card ' with a check or money, to get the | new license. Greater visibility is furnished by | the new plates, green with white j numerals. Prices for licenses for i passenger cars: Cars cf 25 horsepower or less $12.50; between 25 and 30 horse power. $20; more than 30. less than 35, horsepower, $30: cars of 35 horsepower and more, $40. Licenses for trucks range from $15 a half ton to one-ton truck up to $200 ior four and five-ton trucks. STOLE CAR OE FORMER SHELBY SCHOOL TEACHER Concord.—Lax Shoe, wanted here in collection with the alleged theft of Miss Ruth Dry's car Sunday night, was caught in Lineolnton Monday and returned to Concord. He is being held in jail in default of $500 bond. Robert Furr and Shoe started off with Miss Dry's car, it is said, but had driven it only about 20 feet when it crashed into another car driven by Sylvester Morton Furr and Shoe ran, Furr being later caught near the scene of the .wreck. Officers in nearby cities and towns were asked to watch for Shoe and he was caught in Lineolnton. Miss Dry was formrely a teacher in the city schools of Shelby. { Balloting Ta>cn Last Night. Rush Hamrick Treasurer and Paul W ebb Trustee. J. S. Derton. live-v.-ire secretary of ; the Cleveland County Fair associa tion anti city meat and fitilk IhJpec j tor. v. as last night elected president i of the Kiwanis club for the ensuing i *ar succeeding George Blanton 1 who ( year has expired. After Dor- ! I ton's election. lie was presented to the dub and bid fer the hearty co i operation of the members in rnak 1 ing the renting year the most eifec I live period in the club's history. The club was organized five years agr. R T LeGrand was elected ' ice president. C Rush Hamrick treas urer and Paul Webb district trustee. The beard of directors is compos ed cf seven men arid these were se lect'd as follows: J. Horace Grigg. Wm Lineberger, O. Max Gardner, Charts S Young. Lee B. Weathers. Dr. John W. Harbison and Clyde R Hoey. Ncminattans for Uje various posi tions were made two weeks ago by the balloting cf all the members as is customary by Kiwanis clubs ' . V • '• ’ .. . ’ FORD PRICES ARE E; Quantity Production After First of Vtar. Car to bo Shown Here Next Week. Hundreds called this morning at the Eskridge garage to receive the announcement on the detail speci fications. see the pictures and get the prices on the new Ford models, on display today for the first *ime in the larger centers. Mr. Eskridge dta not have a car this morning, but the car on display at Spartanburg. S. C.. will be shown here the last three days cf next week. He distri buted booklets this morning showing the \ arious models and prices which range from $395 for the roadster to $570 for the Fcrdor sedan. The tig urc3 represent an increase of $10 to $35 ovfr the old model. Spectators were pleased with the appearance cf the new Ford which is entirely different from the old model T with many of the Lincoln features used. Standard equipment is starter, live steel-spoke wheels, windshield wiper, speedometer, gas ohm gauge, ammeter, dash light, mirror, rear and stop light, oil gauge and ignition lock. By the early part of the year he factory announces that production will reach 1 000 units daily. F. G. B. prices on seme of the most popular models are: Tudor sedan. $495; Fordor sedan. $570. Coupe. $495. Sport coupe, $530; Phaeton, $395, Roadster, $385. Road ster with pick-up body, $395. Chas sis, 325. Truck and chassis. $460. Truck chassis with cab. $545. | MAN TO BEGIN SUIT FOR THEFT OF WIFE’S LOVE Winston-Salem.—Trial of the case of J. W. Jesse against W. G. Staf ford, in which the plaintiff is suing for; £50.000 for an alleged alienation of his wife's affection, will start in Forsyth county court Friday. The plaintiff says that he was married to his wife. Louise Faye Jesse, August 6. 1927, and that due to attentions paid her by the de fendant during the month of Sep tember, he was completely robbed of : his w ife's love. WIFE CUTS HUSBAND’S THROAT. COMMITS SUICIDE ! Abbeville, Dec. 1.—Mrs. T. Miller, I wife of a local merchant last mid night cut her husband's throat and then committed suicide by taking poison, it was learned today. Miller, although critically injured, probably will recover. Mrs. Miller about six weeks ago \ returned here from a private sani tarium. Quail Season On Over County Now The rabbit and ’possum hunt ers of Cleveland county yester day began dividing their time in search of game, the quail season opening on December 1. The bird season continues three months, or until Mareh 1. Mike II. Austell, game warden for the county, reports that many of theetao etaoin slirdlu uu hunting license continue to sell, anticipating the opening of the quail season yesterday. A Movie Star’s Family w\ * t i < -*< Seven pare white puppies the only .m. .» »{ their breed I* the I’nlteil States, are shown ai n 't with their mother. "Tar>. •»•,’* in O :•» Anteles. Their father, "Korrt h." is a prominent v ■ nai, rml tiitv hop/ to follow |r. his footsteps. They are of the P unan Komondor h.ectl called “Futykoe* you CiUaktonzas” and are u> tied h, Arnold flaxen* 4 v. y v. Negro Baby Talks Unexpectedly In Bass Voice—Ventriloquist Frightens Crowd In Deep Bass Voire Tells Mother to “Can That Stuff and Let's Co Home”. She Goes. Kinston.—The loquaciousness end deep bass voice of a five-months-old negro infant in a baby carriage at : Heritage and Caswell streets here ' caused a crowd of astonished blacks to gather, while the mother of the ' infant almost fainted when it ad- j dressed her in stentorian tones, de- ' manding a chew of tobacco. The perambulator was parked at the curbside while the mother of the ! baby cnatted with another woman ! Two or three other persons loitered in the vicinity, including a rangy , white man who leaned against u fence. The infant suddenly address ed its parent with an admonition to "can that stuff and let's go home.' The woman gazed at her offspring in amazement for a minute, then shrieked. "Don’t get excited.' said the baby. "I’m tired of staying in one place. Let's go get a pint " The negress became hysterical and j her companion screamed “I want a ! chew of tobacco,” said the mite in ! the carriage. "Lets beat it. The old | man will raise hell about his sup- ' per. ’ A dozen persons ran up to as certain what was the agitation in * the group. One man. declaring the j infant was possesed of devils, fled ' from the spot while another hunted for a policeman, not knowing what I other course to pursue. A white man stroad up just as the pickaninny was bawling out its mammy for "acting so dumb.' He ! calmed the weeping women. “There's I something fishy here." he said. "Somebody's a ventriloquist and ne’s somewhere in this group.” The fel- ! low leaning against the fence -.hook himself and ambled off. whistling. But this morning black residents of | the lower part of town were still call ing at Anna Whitehead's plac? to "hear the baby talk.” The baby had ceased talking and only kicked its heels and cried from colic and hun ger. Thought Husband Killed In War And Gets Married Again Now Mrs. Izetta Boss Has Marital Triangle to Undo—First Husband Alive New York.—Mrs. Izetta Wilson Ross of Baldwin, Long Island, had taken her first stc ptoward unravel ling the marital triangle in which i she found herself when, married for six years to Bernard Ross, she ! learned that her first husband, re ported by the war department kill- j ed in France during the war, was still alive. Granted an annulment of her second marriage by the supreme j court yesterday, she said she would 1 endeavor to obtain a divorce irom | her first husband. Horace W Will- j son, now a contractor in Memphis, I Tenn., and then remarry Ross. Custody of a four-year-old datigh- , ter by the second marriage by the ter by the second marriage was > awarded her in the annulment de cree. She said she was more con cerned over the legal status of the j child than over her own predica ment. Mrs. Ross married Wilson in 1914, she said, in Memphis. In 1917 he left for France. The war department Informed her that Wil son had beer, killed and she said that his parents in Paducah, were similarly notified. Four years later she met Ross and they were married, in 1921. Last year, she said, she met some Tennessee friends in New York. “I was thunderstruck ' she said, “when they told me that my first husband lived through the war and the report of his death was an error.” LOOK FDR COm coop 10 so men Court House Observers Say County C rop Will Go At Least To 45,000 Bales Despite the fact that several cot ton buyers and cne or two gin own ers say that Cleveland county's cot ton crop will do well to reach 45, 000 bales this year, there are those who say the crop will go that high, if not higher. At the last ginning report more than a week back 38,987 bales, or approximately 39,000 bales, had been ginned in the county. At the time it was said that the major part of the county crop was out and gin ned Yet several people who travel about the county say that quite a bit of cotton is to be ginned yet. Sheriff Hugh Logan, who has been about the county quite a bit on his tax rounds, is of thk opinion that the total crop will go between 45, 000 and 46.000 bales with the price moving to 21 cents by the end of January. W. R. Newton, tax supervisor, who travels very little, but listens atten tively to all talk about the court house says that the crop will be at least 45,000 bales and perhaps go above 46,000 bales. ‘T’ve heard scores of farmers talk here in the court house and as yet I have to hear one who does not say that he is making as much cotton, and usually more, than ever before. That's where I base my estimate.” Mr. Newton says. The tax super visor also looks for 21-cent cotton, “bv May at least." However, several folks about the court house who made a trip to Gaffney recently and then to Fall ston shortly thereafter say that they saw not over seven bales in the field between Shelby and the South Caro lina line and not more than four >r five on the Fallston road. Capture Big Bear Near Chimney Rock Rutherfordton.—A bear weighing 327 pounds was captured and killed this week on Young s mountain, about six miles northeast of Chim ney Rock. A party started out for a hunt. Bruin was soon jumped and the dogs had a hot chase. One pack of hounds were outrun and a second pack was called in. After a long chase up and down steep mountain sides Bruin was bayed. He fought off a large pack of dogs. By the help of several hunters, the dogs overpowered the animal. He was skinned and his meat divid ed among the hunters. It was the largest bear ever killed in this sec tion of the country. COTTON MARKET (By Jno. F. Clark & Co) Cotton was quoted on N. Y. ex change at noon today : December 19.29: January' 19.30; March 19.46. Yesterday's close De-. cember 19.25; January 19.25; March 1942. New York. Dec. 2.—Detroit special to News Record says the textile needs for the new Fords wdll be the same as in the old models except in upholstering fabrics. Light to moderate business in Worth street. Nothing in the cotton goods columns the past few days about mill curtailment. Eastern fcielt had general tains. Forecast fair tomorrow both east and west. Look for rather firm mark et until December 8th, on covering. LIST M MU I'p To December 1, 171 Couples ! Married in Count) As Com pared With 135 Last Year — Despite the economical chime : of wedding bells just a few miles away in South Carolina, where license may be bought j cheaper and no examination is i required. Cleveland county cou ples have not altogether for saken the homr altars for the wedding ceremony. In the orflce of file rctl’-.r o’ deeds, where marriage license is sold, the business year for the mar rying business officially encis on De cember 1. and when a check-up was made yesterday by Register Andy P. Newton it was found that 36 more couples sescured their license at home this year than did last year. License was issued to 171 county j couples this year up to December 1, as compared with 135 couples up to the same period last year. The month which ended Wednes day, November, led the list with 25 marriages. Early in the year when several months did not witness li cense sale to more than two or three couples per month there was con siderable criticism of the medical examination plan and worry as to whether marriages would fall olf in the county this year. The fag end of the year, however, brought up many holiday lovers and the mar riage year closed wdth a rush—to use the department store jargon. Examination Hurts Register Newton is outspoken in h.s sentiment against the manner in which medical examination ruling lias lessened the sale or marriage license in North Carolina. •'If it were not for that examina tion we would have sold license to 50 couples in November and around 250 during the year.” Mr. Newton says. Continuing he states that he has no objection to the medlcai ex amination before Issuance of license but as tilings are goinfc now he cpn not see that any benefit is gained thereby. 'Those who worry about getting by the examination here just pile in ah iintomdWle and go over into South Carolina. Where do we benefit under such conditions?”, the local register queries. Still Mr. Newton is mighty proud of the fact that he sold more li cense than was sold last year, but he cannot keep from worrying about what he might have sold were it not for the proximity of Soiith Caro lina and the economical Gretna Greens. Real estate in the Beams Mill com munity has been quite active of late The Rufus Gardner farm of over 160 acres has been sold in three tracts for a total of $22,000, at an av erage price of $130 per acre. The deal was made by the executors, Vir gil A. Gardner and Sylvanus Gard ner. For a half century of more this valuable farm land lying between Beams Mill and Fallston on High way No. 18 has been in the Gardner family and in the transfers, a Gardner descendant or an in-law gets possession of the tracts. When Squire Rufus Gardner came home from the war in 1865 he began buy ing land, paying the princely sum of $2 per acre for the first forty acres. As the years went by he added to his holdings, paying as much as $17.50 per acre which was the high est price farm lands were known to have sold for in No. 9 township at that time. Herman A Beam bought 36 acres, B. F. Gardner sold his home place to Lem Hamrick for $6,202 after which he in turn bought the home tract of his father, Rufus Gardner, and will occupy the old Gardner residence. For a mile through the Gardner farm the new hardsurface on No. 18 will be built at a cost, including grading and culverts of $32,000 to the state—more than the three tracts of land brought. Iq buikling the new road from Shelby to Fells ton the survey cuts through the middle of the farm and now .j’nce it has been divided and sold, several new homes will be erected thereon, it is understood. --- i< NO DECREASE SEEN IN STATE PAUPERS Raieigh—Pauperism in North Carolina, as far as one can judge by the reports of counties on outdoor poor relief and county home for the aged and infirm, is not decreasing, declared Roy E. Brown, head of the division of institutions of the state board of charities and public wel fare, before the second annual meet* ing of the fourth district of weifarq workers meeting here.
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