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Girl Aged Only 23 Has Borne 13 Children, Wants j More—Seven Of Young Mother’s Tots Still Live • By !)an Thomas, NF.A Swire Writer.) Redlands, Calif. Only 23 year; old and the mother of J3 children, seven of whom a t living. That's the distinction achieved by Mrs. StatQ Corona. a member of ■■■* Redlands’ oldest Spanish lamily. Mrs Corona married David Corona in 1938 when she was only 13 years of age Her first child, Jose, was born Wh< i she was 14. Since then the flapper mother has given birth to 12 othe;- children, only six of Whom ore now living. "But I have only one child left how Juan, my baby who was born just c .few weeks ago," says Mr*. Corona in a tone that calls for in stant sympathy. "My husband, who left me a short time ago, took our other children with him. "If only David and I could come together again so that I could have all of my children, I would be the happiest mother in the world. Of course I haven't had too many chil dren. David and I both love every one of them—and If there is a rec onciliation we may have more. My health is still perfect and I have lcved having the children." Perhaps it is her enthusiasm and love for her children, that k^ep", Mrs. Corona in the young flapper class. Now that she has on y the one baby boy. she spends consider able time helping her neighbor: rare for their children d "Its no trouble at all to take care of children,” declares the young mother. “Yes, they must be fr Shelby Auto & Body Works Is dohig all kinds of auto body repairs. All wood parts replaced, doors and fenders straightened. We build all kinds of Bodies and Cabs for all makes of trucks. Give us a trial. Across FT’om Southern Depot. Shelby Auto & Body Works J. W. Wilson, Mgr. W. Graham .St. u. You call* beat BikIv. riset—you r even »ie it—for quality, K;U^;£ic:km v> results. That’s why the by; n d eat; America’s favorite household pasha;; y Budwciscr Malt Adds Nutriment to Food , ANUIiUSER-BUSCt 1, ST. 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Compare it—for price, for value, for appearance, for its ability to do your work and make you money—with any truck you ever considered good value. *665 MERCHANTS EXPRESS 110' wheelbase *775 COMMERCIAL TRUCK 120* wheelbase *995 1 Vi-TON— 130 ’ wheelbiM *1065 l'/s-TON—140' wheelbase •1145 1 *4-TON—150' wheelbiM •1415 I *A*TON—165' whcelbaM *1595 2WTON— ISO' wheel beae 2 Chauu /. o. b. Detroit <166$ 14-TON—165' wkcelbua Litton Motor Co. Graham i>rci..^<s TRUCKS iJMHIT BY riV€» A1VIIIOK » DODGE RAOTHS^, U*V scolded at time but still I love them. I g->t lonesome for my other chil dren- -that's why I help the neigh bors with theirs. I was so busy when our family was all together. But . now I have so little to do. I , played with my first baby just like I he was e doll. And the others have ' been just like a lot of new dolls— only, of course. lots more work. They are worth it though because they give, loads of affection in re turn." There are four boys and three gilts now living in the Corona fam ily. On? boy one gill and two sets of twins have died. Much Talked Baby Might Laugh Now Over Her Troubles She Was A Bey, Then A Girl And Into Court Her Case Did Go Cleveland.—Miss Anastasia Smith I one year old, might have had a ! good laugh lor herself had she been j able to look back and comprehend j all the trouolc she caused ’ twelve ( months ago when the famous Smith baby case at Fairvlew Park hos i pital attracted .national attention : to her. AH dolled up in a new white | dress and a new pair of shoes Miss j Anastasia arrived in the court ; room of common pleas, Judge Carl | V. Weygandt, and gave the judge I a knowing glance as though she had seen him somewhere before: ! Somehow the surroundings cf the court room seemed familiar. And then Miss Anastasia would ! have remembered all about it had, ' ;he been able. A year ago she was born in Fairvlew Park hospital. Her mother called her “little son,' and even the nurses noted in the hospital record that she was a boy. Then all of a sudden she be came a girl. The discovery just about ostra cized her from the family of Mr. anil Mrs. Smith, into which she had been born. In fact M~s. Smith, in sisted that she was not her child at all. A mistake had been made, the grief-striken mother protest- j ed: the nurses had mixed the j babies; somebody else's girl. "Baby Smith." though nameless: endured it all without a whimper while doctors and learned men talked of blood tests and what not. At the wee ago of three weeks she was haled into a court oom. Up< n the bench sat the fatherly judge who listened to the whole story earnestly. “And now." said Judge Weygandt to Mrs. Smith when he had heard it all,“there is scarcely and doubt that the mistake was made in the hospital record and not in the mixing of babies. The nurse who registered your child called her a boy. But all the evidence shows that she was a girl. Take her home and be good to her." It was the same fatherly judge sitting upon the bench Miss Anas tasia might have reil?cted when she entered the court room for the second time yesterday'. It w/as quite a surprise to be back—a birthday surprise. Judge Weygandt just wanted to give her a little party on this fi st memor able occasion since he is her offi cial godfather. While the cameras clicked he presented her with a deposit of $10 in her name. Sam Smith, the proud parent pulled Judge Weygandt aside and whispered: “We know you were right. An astasia was our baby at the time. Doesn’t she look like her mother.” Wales C'iaims a Mary’s Lamb England is not taking seriously the claim of L^nsrrjlPi^ J^aSes. that the real Mery .and her lamb were a Llangollen school gi.-l who was fol lowed to school by her pet lamb, the incident being immortalized by a lady in the neighborhood. London critics are more inclined to believe that Henry Ford was right in hon oring Mary Sawyer, made famous by Mrs. Sa -aph Jcsepha Buell Hale, the American authoress. Famous English Palace St. Jumps palace, London, was built by Henry VJII find Hie gate house is said to bnvp been designed bv Jb'lbeln RESOLUTION OF RESPECT Whereas, God in his infinite wis dom has seen fit to call to his re ward, our friend and brother, W. B. ; Denton. Whereas he was aconsistent. loyal [ and faithful member of Lawndale i Masonic Lodge NO. 486. And whereas the members of the Lodge desire to commemorate his in fluence and loyalty to this organiza tion. Therefore be it resolved: First, that in the decease of Brother W. B. Denton we have lost a most estimable member who has always been regular in his attend ance, faithful in the performance of his duties and cheerful in dis position. Second, by his consistently vir tuous and Useful life he has built fcr himself a good name in this community and his influence will continue to live among us and will be an inspiration to every member of this Lodge and every citizen of this community, Third, that a copy of these reso lutions be sent to his bereaved fam ily. with our tenderest thoughts and sympathies and a copy be spread on the mfriutes of this Lodge as a memorial to his upright life and his faithfulness to this organization. JOHN SCHENCK, Dr. H. R. SHERRILL, J. W. FITZGERALD. t I Early in the spring of the yea • S2, Christopher Carpenter—who was too old to be a .soldier—was living with his young wife and fam ily of small children, near Season's creek in the Piedmont section of North Carolina, not far from fh_* town of kings Mountain. The house -which belonged to the , old gentleman’s nephew—was a large one with a chimney at each end, a large hall, two bed 'toms above '■ and a “leanto" along one side. In ! one end lived the Carpenter family; ; ; in the other, the nephew’s wife and i her three small children. There had been a heavy rain one i night :n March and the rearing of : 1 the swollen creek could be distinct I ly heard at the house, a half a mile j j or more away. Lucy, the six year old daughter of j i the family, and her little brother Jim, aged five, begged their mother to allow them to go to see the creek. Permission was given, and s-.ccom- ! ! panied by their cousin. Lizzie, a j 'girl of elevn, they hurried away j I immediately after breakfast. The ! ! path led through a dense patch of. I woods, across an open field, ana | over a wooded hill to a strip of “bot tom land” bordering the creek. The children had reached the "bottom land” when they observed ! a fearful looking cloud—dark and menacing — rapidly approaching from the southwest, with fearful roarings and mutts rings. Instantly the frightened children turned and fled in the direction of home; but the older girl —crazed by fear—soon left the two younger children far behind. But Lucy had fast hold of little Jim's hand and never let go. They had reached the open field about halfway to the house when the storm broke. To this day the white-haired lady of seventy two re members every detail vividly. Hav ing heard her mother read in the Bible concerning the judgment day. she felt absolutely sure that the hour was upon them. Roaring, rushing, twisting and groaning the cyclone swept every thing out of it's path. Not a tree was left standing for miles—they were either twisted off or blown up by the roots. The helpless children were blown dov. n repeatedly—as often as they would rise—and the breath was almost beaten out of their small bodies. Little Jim's Chin was cut open, probably upon a shar p stone. Meantime things were happening at the house. Lizzie’s mother saw her child and screamed for her to | come to the window—saying that she would pull her into the house The girl, not being able to under stand, lay down beside an ash hopper, which soon blew over, where she stayed until the storm passed If she had understod and obefqd her mother she would probably have been killed by failing bricko when the tall chimney .fell; Mrs. Carpenter was adding her | puny strength to that of the heavy ’ bar which held shut the double doc s of the hall, the roof blew off. Instantly a dash of wind down the stairway sent a pack of quilts and some hat boxes into the fire. Leaving the doors, she ran to pull out the burning things, then the door's blew open and were smashed into splinters. The smokehouse, built of heavy logs, was blown to the foundations, the roof being set down in the yard, uninjured. The log stable was also blown down, but the mule was unhurt; and was down upon his knees, surrounded by wreckage, peacefully eating fodder, when all was over. The old gentleman was away from home. Miraculously—or so it seem ed— no one was hurt but little Jim, whose mother was compelled to feed him with a spoon for several w;eeks. He is now a man of sev enty, but upon his chin there is a jagged scar—a memento of that fearful storm. c Merely Mind Honesty isn’t the best policy li Isn't nnv kind of policy. It Is s stale of mind, or oise it isn't lion estv NERVOUSJEADACHE j Kentuckian Tells How Taking Black-Draught Relieved His Pains and How Well He Feels Now. Waynesburg, Ky.—How a few doses of Thedford's Black-Draught ! brought relief to a man who had been suffering from frequent spells of severe headache, Is told below in the statement of Mr. Charles P. Todd, of Estesburg. near this place. “I was suffering with nervous 1 headaches. About once a week I 1 would have these Headaches, and have to quit work, and go to bed for 1 about twenty-four hours. I would i have pains In my neck, and right ! behind my right ear. “A merchant at Estesburg saw me one day when I was suffering, and j told mo to try taking Black- ! Draught, which I did. “I took a package home that night, and took a few doses. It relieved me. Prom that time on, j I would take Black-Draught as soon ! as I felt like I was going to have one j of those headaches—and they wouldn't come on. “Every few weeks, I take three or four doses of Black-Draught, and I feel so well, and do my work, and don't lose any more time with headache. “I haven’t had a headache in six months.” Costs only one cent a dose/ Star Puts Out 5.900 Extras Here Both Issues Widely Distributed, Telling Of Shelby's Greatest Disaster. Two extra editions were put out by The Cleveland Star Tuesday, following the Collapse of the build ings here when six people lost, their lives. The first edition came from the press at 2:10 o'clock and .'I.GOj were sold by the fifty or more car rier boys who covered the streets of Shelby as fast as the press could turn them out at the rate of 2,400 papers an hour. This estimated the dead at eight when Cicero Lutz re ported that two of his colored lab orers were missing and the negro John Thompson, last to be taken from- the wreckage stated that t- r men were pinned underneath the debris with him. Death List Revised. The second extra wen' to press about 5:30 o'clock and revised the death list to six when Mr. Lutz said all cf his men had been ac counted for and the relief workers had about finished exploring the ruins for remaining bodies thought to be entombed there. Twenty-three hundred copies of the second extra were printed making’ a total of 5,900 and each edition became exhausted. Copies of the papers were distri buted not only in Shelby and sub urbs but sent to all towns in the county that could be reached eas ily, while hundreds cf copies went to Lincolnton. Gastonia. Bessemer City, Morgantcn, Gaffney, Cliffside, Henrietta, Caroleen, Forest City. Rutherfordton, etc. The Star received many compli ments on the accuracy of the affair when so many wild rumors were afloat. Refuse To Carry Clocks Muskegon, Mich —A walkout of the eight patrolmen of the Muske gon Heights police force is threat ened here as a result of an order by T. J. Pedler, city superintendent, and the police committee that the officers. shall carry eight-pound clocks cn their beats. The city is without a police call system, so Pedler proposes that the patrolmen carry the clocks and punch them at various places on the beats, where keys are available. In addition to Chief Arthur Smith there are five ether members of the department besides the patrol men. Miss Ora Eskridge . • / » -■ 1 ! Latest I I'iiotpgraph Obtainable Of Miss Ora Eskridge, Only Lady Victim Of The Disaster. A Hard Luck Man I Strikes A Hard Luck Jown Once I Lost Four Members Of Family In Short Time. Walks From Texas. A hard lack man—in fact, a fellow misfortune seems to be following—struck a hard luck town last night, a town that misfortune slaps down upon about every six months. The man was an itinerant Baptist minister and the town was Shel by. j W. T- .Floyd, a.s he gave his name, i was on foot eh route to his mother's home at Sparta, this state, from Texas, where a series of misfor tunes swamped him. and last night h struck an unfortunate town and had more tough luck. Last September one of the young minister's brothers died. Another died in February. Then on July first his wife died, and on the 28th of July his father died. Now he's going back to his one remain ing relative, his mother. This morning he stated that he labored with others in the ruins here until two o’clock, then could not even find a room in which to sleep. Newspaperman, worked to a frtRzle.with the events of yesterday, bought him his suppe- last night and his breakfast again this morn ing before he started on foot for the mountains. Greene Leaves j Young Bride Guy Greene, 22 year old bank clerk, who lost lii.s life Tuesday ' morning in the collapse of the, ': Mr Knight-Gardner buildings,in Shelby, leaves a young bride who before marriage was MWs Anne Turner, daughter of Mr. j and Mrs. Hoyle Turner of near Mooresboro. He was a most faithful employee of the bank and popular not only in ShoHfy but throughout the Moovrt boro community. Guy is the son of M ■. and Mrs.i Robert V. Greene ot Mooresboro,. who survive, together with .one brother. Joe and two sisters, Ruby and Dorothy. ij It is understood his remain* wifli be buried Thursday afternoon* at? Sandy Run Baptist church. Moores-, boro. The hour had not been set this morning. Rev. C. M. Rollinsj and Rev. A. R. Slaudeninire 'will! officiate. Gilmers Furniture ■ Dept. In Collapse ; me second iloor over the First1 ; National bank tempora~y headquar4j I ters was occupied by the Gilmer de-i j partment store as furniture depart-^ j ment and gen .ral stock room:! ■ When the brick wall between the j j McKnight and Gardner buildings j [ collapsed, Messrs. Gabriel and Gal- j ' loway were in the advertising.,room, j i a portion cut off from the stock j ! room. They heard the crash and j felt the floor slipping from under-: j neath them. Both grabbed each | other and saw the entire lot ot. | merchandise in the furniture de-i' 1 partment and stock room dumped j without a moment’s warning: intcji | the McKnight buildings, piled upon the debris of bricks and timber.. fl Their escape was by a hftir’4| breadth. An electrician had beer^ rewiring the building and had- been! working in the ceiling of the stockj room, but fortunate for him he> had gone to do some repair work oh the first floor of the Gilmer stcfe> oc-> cupying the Gardner building. Gabriel and Galloway heard the shrieks and erys of the dead, and dying. It was a scene and ,«n exn! perience never to be described. ■ '[Qpy Montgomery Mrd & Co 139-141 S. LaFAYETTE'ST. SHELBY, N.C. PHONE 167. ,.u SMARTLY PRACTICAL DRESSES FOR THE HOUSEWIFE iT. Attractive Prices Printed Poulards Percales Pongees Broadcloths Dresses smart enough for afternoon wear. So cleverly and tastefully designed, they are most de sirable style . Fine fabrics, m very serviceable Quality. Guaranteed to wash. Surprisingly well made. Extraordinary values. SIZES, 34 TO 52. 98c and $1«98 i Other Groups at $2.98 and $3.98. Many Slenderizing Models For The Larger Women. Newest Designs Box Pleats Knife Pleats Vestee Effects Buckle, Button Trims frflltl
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