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SHELBY, N. C. MONDAY, SEPT. 30, 1929.
Published Monday, Wednesday, and Friday Afternoons
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LATE NEWS
ihe Markets.
Cotton. Spot ..._...
Cotton Seed, per bu._... 45c
Rain And Cooler.
Today's North Carolina Weather
Report: Showers and cooler in |
northeast portion tonight. Tuesday
rain and cooler.
Legion Meeting.
”*A meeting of the Warren Iloyle
post of the American Legion will hr
held at 7:50 Tuesday evening at
the court house, at which lime of
ficers for 1929-50 will be Installed.
All members and ex-service men
are urged to be present.
Find Sister Of
Fair Follower
Who Died Here
Show People Attend Funeral Rites
Early Sunday Morning. Died
During Gaiety.
A little group of wandering
men and women, picked from
the painted girls, the midgets
and the entertainers along the
Rubin and Cherry midway,
gathered early yesterday morn
ing in the chapel of the Palmer
funeral home here to pay their
final respects to Eddie Baker
before they moved along with
their hilarity to take up anoth
er fair stand. Eddie, one of their
number, proprietor of an ice
cream stand, took his last cur
tain call on earth Friday night
while the largest county fair
crowd in the South swarmed
through the gaily lighted mid
way at the Cleveland countv
fair.
Baker. 43-year-old cream stand
proprietor who had been following
the carnival glitter for many yews,
ci.ed about 9 o'clock Friday night in
the ShflBby hospital from cancer of
the stomach.
Arranged For Burial.
All day Saturday and through
the night telegrams from Shelby to
Chicago. Miami and other point:
failed to locate any of Baker's rela
tives and it was planned to bury
him in Sunset here, the showman
having arranged to pay his hospi
tal bill and for his sleeping space
in Sunset before he passed on. But
Sunday morning a sister was locat
ed la Chicago and Sunday night,
after the strange funeral service
herp. the body was shipped to
Bloomington. a Chicago suburb.
The hour of the service had be°n
set Tor early in the morning so that
the show people might attend and
se° Eddie put away before they
moved on They were to he Eddie’s
only mourners. His father and
mother were dead and his life had
, been one of wanderlust.
His partner at the carnival stand,
J B Edwards was told early Friday
by Dr. E. B. Baltimore, the physi
cian who carried him to the hospi
tal that. Baker had very little
chance of recovery Edwards passes .
the sad news along to his pal. and
the dying man of what the pubh.:
considers a toughened crew ar
ranged to pay every bill before he
died.
Wreath On Stand.
The thousands swarpv.ng along
the midway Saturday and Satur
day night hardly noticed it, but
swaying in an autumn breeze on the
front of the midway stand. Bake
hrd operated, was a wreath—a last
little tribute from the midway pals.
Youth’s Leg Broken
By A Car Saturday;
Two Women Injured
j
•lark Beatty Struck By t'ar Driven
By Kimzic Patterson. Women
Improve.
Quite a number of accident vic
tims were carried to the Shelby
hospital during fair week, but with
one reception there were no serious
Injuries.
Saturday morning. Jack Beatty,
young son of Lee Beatty, of South
Shelby, was struck by an automo
bi'p, driven, it is said, by Kimzte
Patterson, also of the South Shel
by section, and his left leg was
broken. Young Beatty, according to
reports made to officers, was run
ning across the street, just in front
of the South Shelby drug store,
when he was struck by the passing
car He is stilhin the hospital,
About midnight Friday two
young women, Myrtle Keller and
Mary lewis, were brought to the
ho:pital suffering with minor in
juries received in an auto wreck, it
is ^aid, on one of the roads leading
to the fair grounds. Both were ab e
to leave the hospital Saturday aft
ernoon after being given treatment.
Gne of the girls was from the Dou
ble Shoals section and the other
from Gastonia, It was said at the
hospital.
ati" P F Dilling of Kings Moun
tain was a visitor in Shelby Sul
ordsv.
Fair Attendance Equals Last Year’s Big Record
Beautiful Home-made Cotton
Dresses Feature At The Fair
City To Advertise
Property This Week
For $35,000 In Taxes
Mayor MrMurrv Says Remaining
1928 Taxes Musi Be Paid. Or
Property Sold.
"We must ha\e the money, be
cause it is lone past. due. and Fri
day of this week we are gome to
advertise property in Shelby for
sale for unpaid taxes," Mayor S A.
MrMurrv announced today.
According to Mayor MrMurrv
.something like $35,000 is still due
the city of She'.bv by citizens for
unpaid property taxes, sidewalk and
street assessments of 1928,
Spanish Silver
Unearthed Here
Youth Finds Treasure Hidden Per
haps One Hundred Years Back,
In South Shelby.
An old Spanish treasure, buried
perhaps a century ago. was . un
earthed Friday of last week in a
wooded strip on the old Bob Wil
liams place just below South Shel
by.
The finder was a youth. Clyde
Williams, who was playing about in
the woods when he rpied something
shining in a gully which had been
washed there
Climbing into the ditch the youth
began to scrape about and in a
few minutes had uncovered 27
pieces of Spanish silver. Just what
the value of the coins were, or
might be now. is not known.
Nearly All New.
Practically all of the silver
seemed new—in the sense *hat 1
apparently had not, been m cir
culation very lone before bein’
buried as the coins were .iot scratch
ed.
A dozen of the coins were stand
ing on edge and in a line m the
dirt indicating that they had been
stacked in a row and buried in a
chest, or some other container, the
container rotting away during the
many years the silver had been
buried.
The coins were dated from 1792
to 1810 and since there were no
coins dated later it is estimated
that the. silver might have been
buried about the time of the War
of 1812. No local legend tells of a
Spanish treasure ever being burled
in the section and the unearthing
of the silver has created a mystery
as to when and how it was placed
there, and by wljom
Contest Winners At
County Fair Booths
At the county fair in 'he manu
facturers exhibit hall, the Union
Trust company held a guessing
contest, offering cash prizes to the
three who guessPd nearest to the
number of pennies in a jar. The
contained 8.984 pennies. Mrs A- J.
Eakes, 422 N. Morgan street guessed
nearest. 8980 and was given $10;
Hal Miller of Waco, 8990 and was
awarded $5; Mrs. F. V. Hendrick,
Shelby, 8976 and was awarded the
third prize $2.50,
In the Pilot Life drawing contest
conducted in the booth of C. R,
Webb, district agent. Mrs. Clyde
Nolan's name was drawn and she
woh first prize of $10 while Miss
Daisy Crowder of Lattimore won
second prize of $5,
16.3 Presses Arr Shown On Livin;
Models. Mi« Nina Cabaniss
Win's Sweepstakes.
That beautiful dresses of all
styles and lor‘all occasions can hr
made front rotton Roods, was dem
onstrated Friday momma at th
County Fair when the cot*on fash
ion show st a Red in front of the
grandstand, drew thousands of peo
ple to witness the first occasion of
this kind ever held in ttie county.
The cotton fashion show was slatt
ed for the purpose of promoting the
use of cotton as a material for
ladies dresses and prizes amountin';
in value to several hundred dollar;
were given In all there were 16}
entries of home-made cotton dres'
es. some worn by their matters, oth
ers by manikins selected to model
the particular style. The show wa
a meat interesting event and was
witnessed by thousands of people In
spite of the inclement weather which,
marred the fair for three days
Wins Sweepstakes.
Serving as judges were three dm
of town ladies, all experts in ladie,
wearing apparel: Mrs. M F. Buch
anan. Miss Lucy Stewart of Tate
Brown company and Mi-s Nancy
Wells. Ivey's Department Store, all
of Charlotte
Miss Nina Cabaniss dressed in an
adult evening dress, won sweep
stakes for the best dress in the en
tire show of 163.
As a setting for the fashion show,
thrre stood a bale of cotton oif the
plaform and surrounding this were
pine trees and growing stalks of
the fleecy staple which is King in
the South. Young Ed Scott as
page, opened the door in the bale
of cotton and through this door the
models passed in review of the
judges and grandstand
Little Girls Dance.
As a prelude to the review and
interpersing the program, five little
girls Misses Margaret, Thompson.
Mary Speck, Helen Marshall Ham
rick. Pansy Fetzer and Margaret
Hamrick rendered a beautiful dance
and Miss Ruth Thompson gave a
most delightful Spanish dance. Lit
tle Evangeline Palmer gave a pretty
ballet dance.
Prize Winners.
The following were declared win
ners in the various classes:
Adult costumes: Mrs C. H. Har
rill first; Mrs. D H. Cline second.
Children's oostumes: Miss Salina
Partan first; Miss Melen Marshall
Hamrick second; Miss Jane Wash
burn third.
House dresses: Mrs Joe Neisler
first; Mrs. H F Wright second
Mrs. Chas Lever third
Sport dresses (adult) Mrs. Evans
(Continued On Page Eight)
Shelby High Boys
Star On Gridiron
Two former Shelby high
football players were out
standing stars in college and
prep school games Saturday.
At Maron, Georgia. Melvin
Peeler eaught one of Buie's
passes and scored one of the
three touchdowns in Duke's
19 to 6 victory over Mercer.
The punting of “Milky’'
Gold, last year all-southern
football player while at Shel
by high, was one of the fea
tures of Oak Ridge's 7 to 0
victory over Hargrove Military
Institute. The game was play
ed at Chatham, Va.
Three Radicals Sue Charlotte
Officers For Damages $150,000
Charge False Arrest Over Being
Arrested About Guns And
Overthrow Of Government.
Charlotte.—Another of the long
scries of court actions growing out
of the efforts of the National Tex
tile Workers' union to gain a foot
ing in the piedmont Carollnas got
under way with the filing of three
suits totalling $150,000 against Alex
West, chief oi police, of Charlotte,
and John R. Irwin. sheriff of
Mecklenburg county.
The suits, brought by C D Say
lors, C. M Lell, and Paul F Shep
pard, were for $50,000 each and
grew out of the arrest on the night
of Setpembcr 12 of eight members
and leaders of the National Textile
Workers’ union on charges of con
spiracy to overthrow the state gov
ernment. The cases were dismissed
in city court for lack of evidence.
Thaddeus Adams, an attorney for
the defense in the trial of 16 strik
ers from the Loray cotton mills and
leaders of the union and affiliated
organizations accused of the murder
of O F. Aderholt, filed the suits.
Each is for $25,000 actual and $25.
000 punitive damages.
Suits in favor of George Sauls.
| Taylor Shytle, Dewey Martin, John
! Gibson and Etley Ritch, the other
j five men, and Ben Wells, British
i textile worker who with Lell and
j Saylors was kidnaped from Gaston
' county, will be filed later.
The actions filed today charge
I (Continued on pace eleht.)
)
f Pies Mysteriously
Was Mrs. Virginia McPherson,
pretty young Washington, D. C.,
nurse (above), strangled to death
by a knotted pajama cord or did she
commit suicide by like means? This
is the mystery that District of Co
l lumbia detectives must solve. The
last person known to have seen Mrs.
McPherson alive was Howard Tem
! pelton (below), a drug clerk who
delivered cigarets to the nurse
shortly before her death. Temple
ton came from Mrs. McPnerson's
home town in South Carolina.
International NewareaJ
Lutherans Lose
To Flashy P. C.
Eleven At Fair
Speedy Rack* Too Much For Gur
ley's Mountain Bear*.
Score 15 to 0.
The fast Presbyterian
eleven defeated Lenoir Rhvne here
Saturday in this section's first foot
ball game at the Cleveland Counts
Fair grounds by a score of 15 to 0.
The game, played before some
thing like 3,000 fans, ww played
In weather more suitable for base
ball than football, yet, despite the
fact that they never scored, Dick
Gurleys Mountain Bears made it
an interesting fight from whistle
to whistle.
Jimmy Greene, fleet-footed pass
snatching P. C. back, was the sen
sation of the game as he snagged
forward passes out of the air or
sweeped around the ends for long
runs, but Poovey, substitute tackle
for Lenoir-Rhyne, gave the hun
dreds along the sidelines thrill after
thrill as he smashed one P. C. line
play after another. In the final
half Young, and Senter quarter
backs. swiped some of Green's side
stepping glory and Hager, Luther
(Continued on page eight.)
Boiling Springs In
Tie With Rutherford
In Contest Saturday
Two Junior Colleges Battle To
Deadlock. Chetty And Coble
Star.
Morganton. Sept. 28.—Rutherford
and Boiling Springs junior collages
battled to a scoreless tie here todey
in a sensational early season foot
ball game. The visitors presented a
team of experienced and heavy
men and marched to the Ramblers'
ten-yard line in the opening per
iod where a grounded pass stopped
the drive.
This was their only offensive
threat and the remainder of the
game was played in Boiling Springs
territory. The half whistle stopped
the Ramblers on Boiling Springs’
three-yard line and third down,
while the end of the game found
the ball on their ten ya'd line in
Rutherford's possession aeain
Chetty and Coble for Boilin?
Springs and Rhinehart and Capta' i
Helton for Rutherford were ou -
standing players
Weevil Hurting
County Cotton
Very Much Now
Pest. Pur To IVet H'flthw, Will
Cut Cotton Total From 10 to
15 Percent.
Cleveland county, which h
now the leading cotton cnunlv
In North Carolina due. to an
upland location which has pre
vented a holl weevil visitation
as disastrous as has struck oth
er cotton sections, this year
faces more damage from the
cotton pest than ever before.
"Already now the county coi
(on crop will be cut 10 to 15
percent due to the weevil,"
stated .A. W. McMtirry, local
cotton broker, here today, "and
if the rainy season lasts murh
longer (he damage may be quite
a bit more.’’
The continued rams and coni i
weather of last week brought about
admirable conditions for the tnvas- 1
ion of the pest, and by midweek
many farmers were reporting weev
ils throughout their fields. If was
not until this week, however, thr.i
the great amount of damage being
done was easily noticeable.
Bolls Punctured.
The majority of the damage .s to
late cotton, and a big percentage of
the county crop was planted late
1 Farmers in town today were ex
i hibiting boll after boll punctured
I by the weevil, and with the rains
! continuing today farmers fear that
the pest may riddle a great portion
of the bolls not yet open over , the
entire county.
Week end reports from Gaston
county state that, the weevil will
I cut the crop there by one-third.
| Man Killed In
DrinkingParty
' At Lincolnton
j
I -"is Carroll Fatally Shol. lamps
t oy. Wife And >ister
Being Held.
A Sabbath night wlu upoe
party, in whJrh whiskey and
women played prominent roles,
ended In a tragedy last night ai
Lincolnton when Lewis Carroll,
■12-year-old World W'ar veteran,
was fatally shot.
Carroll's companions on the
drunken spree are being held in
the Lincoln county jail, accord
ing to a message to The Star
from Lincolnton at noon today.
They are James McCoy, 23; Mc
Coy’s wife and sister, both
young.
Entire Party Tipsy.
According to information giver,
newspapermen at Lincolnton ‘lie
entire party was pretty well tipsy
when they started for the McCoy
home on the Shelby road, Just out
of Lincolnton near the Rosemml
mill. All four were piled together in
a roadster. A shAt rang out, and a
bullet ploughed into Carroll's left
temple and out the other side of tv.a
head.
wnen onicers reached tne Row
land section Carroll was dead and
McCoy was founJ in bed at his
home in a drunken condition. The j
three McCoys were jailed, but the> ■
contended, it was said today as
they gradually recovered from the
effects of the booze party that Car
roll w’as a suicide—that he placed
the gun to his head and killed him
self.
Both men were known about
Lincolnton, it is said, as Dootleggers.
SKelby Among Towns
Having No Fires In
Month; State Loss
Shelby, which has had not a sin
gle fue alarm in nearly three
months, was listed among the score
or more of towns in North Caro
lina which did not have a blaze
during the month of August, ac
cording to the report of the State
Insurance department
However, the state as a whole had
a big fire loss for the month, the
estimated loss being $299,585 re
sulting from 113 fires, the largpst
of which were at Asheboro.
Miss Elizabeth Ekstrom who has
been the attractive guest of Misses
Dennis and Lena Byers for the
| past week has returned to her home
l m Greenville. S C.
Mrs. McPherson’s Beauty Bill
Causes Followers to Desert Her
IMEE SEMPLE M’PHERSON,
X $40.50 on beauty treatment*
while she was in Detroit, Mich., on
a recent soul savinjr campaign, and
thereby alienated herself from fol
lowers in Michigan, Ohio and Indi
ana, according to an announcement
made by the Rev. Dawson Mac
Cullough.
“And that $40.50 for facial* and
marcel wasn’t all," said Mr. Mae
Cullough, who was formerly State
Superintendent of the Four Square
Cospel, the religious faith founded
by Mr*. McPherson.
He said total expenses for her flf
, teen day evangelistic campaign in
Detroit mounted to $10,808 and left
| a deficit of $0,171 for the local
f| church which had guaranteed ex
penses. *
When the congregation protested t
strongly. Mr. MacCullough said
Mrs. McPherson sent a check for
$500.
Her hills Included hotel, $874;
personal, $180; flower*, $53, and un
explained miscellaneous items, $995.
The hotel bill included five cent* j
for a newspaper, $142.50 for meals
and $40.50 for beauty treatments.
Mr. MacCullough said the bills
.ndicated that Mrs. McPherson had
financially betrayed’’ her Michigan
b followers.
Int«rn»tion»l Ntwtrtsl
No Definite Decision Yet
In Proposed Bank Merger
If First National Bank Got* In, It
Will Be To Insure Better
Banking Facilities.
Returning from New York Satur
day where President C. C. Blan
ton went to Investigate arfti discuss
the Invitation extended this bans
to join in a big billion dollar bank
merger, Mr. Blanton said no defi
nite action has been taken and may
not be taken.
' If the plan does go through and
the First National merges or forms
an alliance, it will be for the Inter
est of 8helby and Cleveland eoun
ty as we see It,-’ said Mr. Blanton
My Interest, is not to see how mtrh
my bank stock will sell for. but te
pee the patrons of this bank served
in the best possible manner.'' Con
tinuing, President. Blanton says:
A Big Proposition.
"I have just returned from a visit
to New York, where I went upon
Invitation to discuss the proposed
bank merger In North Carolina.
The matter was thoroughly discuss
ed from every angle, but no defi
nite decision was reached It is a big
proposition and if it should go
through, as contemplated, it would
be an outstanding achievement lor
North Carolina in a financial way.
“I may add that the First Na
tional bank of Shelby was selected
as one of the banks to be included
in this merger in the event it was
perfected and in case the directors
and stockholders should decide that
It was advisable. This is quite a
distinction for the First National,
because very great care was exer
cised in the selection of the banks
Invited to Join and become a part
of this merger.
Concern For Patrons.
“My first concern in the discus
sion of this merger-and in the con
sideration of the matter shall be
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Shelby Man's Girl
Helps Him Get His
License For Wedding
Harley Bridges' Bride Goes For
License While She V/aits
For Him.
Richmond. Sept 28.—When Miss
Winie Ree Drawdy, 24. and pretty,
of Atkinson. Ga . called at city hall
here yesterday In quest of a license
to wed Harley Bridges, 31, of Shel
by, Thomas R Miller, license clerk,
naturally wondered where the pros
pective groom was.
Informed that he had been un
avoidably detained by an aclcdent
in North Carolina and could not
reach here until 9 o'clock last
night. Miller informed the bride-to
be that the license could not bo
issued unless Bridges applied In
person At the same time, however,
he very obllngly agreed to come
down to city hall and Issue the li
cense at, that hour.
This he did and Bridges and the
girl appeared at the appointed
time. They were married soon aft
erward and left today on a wedding
trip after spending the night in
Richmond.
“Doc” Willi* Sell*
Out His Barbershop
Announcement was made today
of the sale of the Will's Barber
shop, D. L. “Doc" Willis, proprietor,
to three young men of the city, who
will henceforth conduct the enter
prise, with "Doc" Willis staying on
the job to assist them.
The purchasers are J. J. Willis,
nephew of "Doc"; Howard Bridges
and J. H. Wright. The change in
management was made this morn
ing, All three young men are well
known and popular in Shelby.
Pioneer Home, 200 Years Old, In
Cleveland County Still In Use
William Oates Home On Muddy Fork Built
In 1731, The First Beam Home.
Iii the Muddy Fork section of
No S township there is a resident'’
rtill in use today, which was built
in 1731. or 198 years ago.
Interesting data on this pioneer
home and another in the county
erected 135 years ago was given
The Star by Mrs. Horace Wright,
69-year-old descendant of the early
settlers who built both homes.
The 198-year-old residence, which
is owned and occupied now by Stan
ford Wolfe, was erected by William
Oates, great grandfather of Mrs.
Wright on one side of „he family.
"He came from across the water."
according to the aged woman, and
5
! was one of the first settlers in this
* section of the state. Mrs. Wright
lias a photo of the original dwell
ing.
The other old residence, linger
. ing over from pioneer days, is the
red house just west of New Prospect
| church and is on the plantation
| owned by Mr. Josh Lattimore and
Dr. E. B. Lattimore. This residence
| was erected in 1794 by John Teter
; Beam, also a great grandfather of
I Mrs, Wright, who was the first- of
I the Beam family, then known as
Baum, to settle in this section which
' is now covered by hundreds of his
i descendants*
>
Receipts Equal
Last Year But
ExpenseBtgger
Record Crowd Kwartned Midwa;
Friday Night. Sot Record For
County Fain.
Although completely washev
out one day and practlcail.v
rained out another day, the
Cleveland county fair thla year
drew a crowd during three good
day* which equalled laat year's
record attendance and brought
in receipt* equalling or rur
nassing the income of laat year.
This was revealed today by fat
officials although bookkeepers ant
officials were not through with (
complete check of the event.
FxpeVisc Heavier.
Just how much the Income of the
big event exceeded the expense, if
it did. is not known, but It la the
belief of fair officials that, the event
broke even. and perhaps made
come money despite the weather
which greatly handicapped the
program.
115,000 Attendance.
The total attendance, most of it
(luring three days, was conservative
ly estimated today at 115.000. or
slightly ahead of the 105,000 record
of last. year.
Thirty-five thousand, it is esti
mated attended on the opening
day, which was school day, while
the vast throng on Friday and Fri
day night ran around 45,000 with
30.000 more pouring through the
fair gates on the closing day, Sat
urday. The attendance figures for
these three days totals 110,000 while
an estimate of only 5,000 la made
for both Wednesday and Thursday.
On Wednesday hundreds attended
the races and the fireworks pro
gram at night, but on Thursday
there was no program during ths
day.
Th« Record Night.
Friday night saw the largest
crowd of the year packing ever#
inch of space on the 66-acre tract.
Many of the gatekeepers and offl
rials estimated the gigantic throng
at nearer 50,000 people than 45,000.
It was Impossible, due to the tre
mendous rush about 8 o’clock at
night, to keep any check on the
size of the crowd, as . early In the
evening all auto tickets and other
methods of checking the crowd wera
exhausted. Such a stream of ears
jammed highway 20 trying to get In
that extra deputies had to be put
on to handle the traffic jam and
attempt to find parking space
within the fair tract for all tha
cars. As it was scores of cars were
turned back to seek parking places
along sideroads.
"It was the largest crowd I,v*
ever seen at either day or night
program of a fair anywhere." de
clared the manager of tha Rubin
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D. S. Bridges
Dies Sunday
Prominent Farmer Living Betweeri
Lattimore And Bolling Springs
Succumbs.
Mr D. S. Bridges, prominent and
well-to-do farmer living between
Lattimore and Bolling Springs suc
cumbed to a protracted Illness with
rheumatism Sunday morning at S
o'clock. Mr. Bridges had bean sick
for 7 months, most at which time
he was confined to the bed. He was
58 years, two months and 26 days
old.
The time lor tha funeral had not
been agreed upon today, pending
the arrival of a son from Ohio. He
will be burled at Pleasant Ridge
Baptist church either Tuesday aft
ernoon or Wednesday and the ser
vices win be conducted by Rev. W.
O. Camp of CherryviUe. Mr. Bridg
es Joined the church forty years
ago and was a faithful church mem
ber and fine Christian gentleman,
highly esteemed by aU who knew
him.
Deceased wag marneo jo years
ago to Miss Angelin* Blanton, who
survives with eight children; three
girls and five boy*; Vaugnn Bridge
es of Ohio; Robert. Hall, Ray and
Gale Bridges of this county; Mr*.
C. R. Ledbetter, Mrs, L. P, Brooks,
Mrs. G. P. Whisnant. Tile passing
of Mr. Bridges was the first death
in the family.
Also surviving are two brothers,
J. C. and G. B. Bridges, three si»
ters. Mrs. Jack Scoggins, Mrs. Mar
garet Russ. Mrs Jim Guifey. AlsrJ
surviving are six grand ehjdrea, 4 '