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SHELBY. N. C. WEDNESDAY, FEB. 19, 1930. Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons By ,mU1'tX!r yettra"atlvan*5C> WI°
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LATE NEWS
THI MARKET.
Cotton, per lb._ 15^c
Cotton Seed, per bu. ...—— 37 kaC
Fair And Warmer.
Today's North Carolina Weather
Report: Fair tonight and Thursday.
Slowly rising temperature.
Hughes In On 24th.
Charles Evans Hughes will be
sworn In as chief justice of the su
preme court, to succeed William
Howard Taft, on February 24, It
was announced yesterday after
Hughes visited President Hoover at
the White House.
Marion’s Labor
Outlook Is Nut
So Encouraging
Relief Work About
At End, Said
Quantity Of Dynamite Stolen From
Southern. More Explosives Are
Discharged.
(Dan Meeker in Greensboro New )
Marion, Feb. 18.—'This mountain
foothill town is today faced with cn
ominous situation with indications
pointing to a season of possible iOi
rest and trouble.
Several conditions, taken into
consideration as a whole, make the
outlook for the summer none too
bright from the viewpoint of those
who are best informed of what U
going on and how the other half of
their little world lives.
The matter of living is going to
be quite a problem, too, for a num
ber of people.
Unrest is bound to follow the iirst
of March when the food and ciotn
ing supply, furnished to more tiian
150 families by the American
Friends Service committee through
their representative, Rev. H. W
Moore, is discontinued and a part
of them are left without resources
unemployed and no likelihood of
their finding employment in this
section of the country.
Relief Work About Ended.
The committee came here Novem
ber 1 for a definite time. They ha\e
contributed to the relief of neaay j
200 families each week since then
at an expenditure of $1,000 a week.
Now their work is nearly done. They
are trying to place as many as pos
sible in employment, whenever
there is a job to be had, but the
situation throughout the entire sec
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Mann To Address
Polkville Farmers
Assistant Manager Of Cotton Coops
Will Speak On Thursday
Night.
Farmers of upper Cleveland
county are Invited to attend a
meeting at the Polkville school aud
itorium Thursday night, Feb. 20,
at 7:30 o’clock. The meeting will
be addressed by Mr. M. G. Mann,
assistant general manager of the
N. C. Cotton Growers Cooperative
association.
His subject will be the “Outlook
of Future Cotton Prices, Better
Seed and Fertilizer Prices,” it is
announced by Mr. C. C. Horn, field
representative in this section for
the cotton organization.
Thirty Five Men At
Scout Master Schoo1
Thirty five men attended the first
session of the scoutmasters training
Bchool in the basement of the FI st
Baptist church here Mondry even
ing. Twelve were from Shelby and
23 from outside the city. These m:n
are taking a ten weeks course to fit
themselves to head scout troops in
Cleveland county. Mr. R. M. Schiele
scout executive, of Gastonia was
pleased with the attendance and
the interest manifested.
Those who rre able to take the
course may enroll next Mon-ay
evening as the school will be held
each Monday evening for ten weeks.
Others interested in scout work will
receive a welcome, whether they
expect to head a troop or not.
mystery!!
WHAT WILL THE "MYS
TERY MAN’’ SAY TO CAS
PER AND TOOTS?
If you did not start on The
Star’s new comic, “Toots and
Casper," in the last issue o£
The Star,
START FOLLOWING THESE
TWO INTERESTING
CHARACTERS TODAY.
You'll get many a chuckle
out of the stunning Toots
and what she drew for a hus
band—and, of coarse, they
have a baby.
Thompscn Heed
Of Merchants;
Succeeds Wray
Local Independents
In Another Meet
3rganization Of Independent Mer
chants Is Perfected. Selling
Stork 55 A Share.
At a meeting of about 100 inde
pendent merchants and business
men held Monday night, A. V. Wray
who was elected temporary presi
dent, tendered his resignation be
cause of pressing business matters
and Carl S. Thompson was made
permanent head of the organiza
tion to be Incorporated and known
as the ‘‘Cleveland Mutual Protec
tive Business association.” Mr
Thompson Is in the lumber business
and is president of the Rotary club
and otherwise identified with the
civic and business life of the city
and county.
A Rally Is Planned.
Tlie meeting was held In the
court house and at the close, Presi
dent Thompson announced that
there would be a rally of all Inde
pendent merchants and business
men on Tuesday night, February
25 at 8 o'clock at which time It is
hoped to have a speaker of note
address the gathering to combat
the chain stores, appeal to the
public to patronize home-ownea
stores and educate the merchants
themselves into giving better serv
ice and keeping more up-to-date
stores.
Selling Stock At $5 Share.
In order to finance the campaign
which the Independent merchants
and business men plan to put on,
the association will be incorporat
ed under the laws of North Caro
lina and stock will be sold at $5
per share. Secretary Max Wash
burn announced today that already
400 shares of stock had been sub
scribed by the following:
A. V. Wray, Max Washburn, C.
H. Reinhardt, O. O. Palmer, J. C.
McNeely, R. E. Campbell, J. S. Mc
Knlght, W. L. McCord, C. S.
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virst Service* In
Poplar Springs New
Church Sunday Next
'1" OO'J Rural Church Now Ready
For Services. One Of Finest
Plants In County.
Pews have been installed in the
r.cw church at Poplar Springs and
the first services to be held since
the church has been completed, will
be held Saturday and Sunday
mornings at 11 o’clock according to
the pastor, Rev. D. F. Putnam.
Poplar Springs has one of the
finest church plants among the ru
ral churches of the county. The
building cost $11,500 and has been
practically paid for. With the
equipment, the plant has a value of
$15,000 or more and was erected
with the departmental idea in
mind. The community served by
this church is one of the most
prosperous in the county and to
erect such a beautiful brick and tile
church and have it practically paid
for when occupied, is a tribute to
those people.
Mr. Putnam Invites all friends of
the congregation to attend the
services Saturday and Sunday. His
Sunday morning subject will be
“My Father’s House.”
Canadian Ace to Span Ocean
Errol Boyd, Canadian flier, in his plane following the announcement
that he will attempt a flight from Toronto, Canada, to London,
England, making one stop at Harbor Grace, Newfoundland. The
war flier will use the monoplane Columbia in which Chamberlain
and Levine made the perilous crossing.
<fnt«rnatt«Ba) NmrMl)
Governor Opposes Calling Of
Special Session Legislature
To Consider Revision Of Taxes
Mr. Spangler, Very
111, Holding His Own
Sumrpte Spangler, popular young
man connected with the Fanners
and Planters Hardware Co,, who .s
seriously 111 at the Shelby hospital,
suffering with blood poison widen
suffering with blood poison which
developed from a scratch on the
arm and has suffered intensely.
Last night he continued about the
same, showing no improvement, yet
not slipping backward, so hopes are
still held out for his recovery.
Brother Of Shelby
Woman Is Killed
Accidental Shot Is Fatal to George
h. Clary, Brother Of Mrs, O.
V. Ford, of Shelby. *
Funeral services lor George U
Clary, 50, native cl Cherokee coun
ty, were conducted at Ranlo, this
state, Friday afternoon and inter
ment followed in the cemetery at
West Gastonia. M\ Clary was a
brother of Mrs. O. V. Ford of Shel
by.
Mr. Clary, who was a son of the
late Landrum Clary of the Mace
donia community, died Thursday as
a result cf an accidental gunshot
wound. He was fatally injured while
cn a rabbit hunt Thursday. A
charge from a shotgun struck him
in the chest. He was taken to a hos
pital as quickly as possible, and
died shortly after arrival.
Surviving Mr. Clary are his wid
ow, who before marriage was Miss
Margaret Wood, and the following
sisters and brothers: Mrs. O. V*
Fcrd, Shelby; Mrs. L. M. Turner,
Cowpens; Mrs. Carrie Littlejohn,
Pacolet; J. T. Clary, York: Charles
E. Clary, Gaffney and G. W. Clary,
Charlotte.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Camnitz
visited Mr. Camnitz mother at For
est City last night.
$1700 Bad Check Case Heard
In County Court Here Today
Cherryviile Cctton Buyer Gave Large Check
For Cottcn. Money Ran Short.
In county court here today
Ed Sullivan, well known busi
ness man and cotton buyer of
Cherryville, was found guilty by
Recorder Horace Kennedy of
giving a $1,700 worthless check
to A. J. Putnam, cotton dealer
of Waco this county,
Judge Kennedy ordered Sul
livan to pay the check in full,
a part of which has already
been paid, and pay the costs in
the case or take a six months
sentence. An appeal to Super
ior court was entered by At
torney Jcnas. who represented
Sullivan and the bend given for
the appeal was $2,009. Attorney
Peyton Pie Swain assisted Solici
tor P. C. Gardner in the prose
cution.
Thtv evid: n-e wa ; that Suili
van gave the $1,700 cheek o
Putnam for cotton purchased.
When Putnam presented the
check at the Cherryville bank a
day or so later Sullivan did
not hare enough funds there to
cover it. A Cherryville banker
was used as a witness to show
that on the morning the check
was written Sullivan had de
posited around $7,000 in the
bank and already had around
$2,000 there, making a total of
about $9,000 to hfs credit. But
before the Putnam check ar
rived this sum had been check
ed down or checked out. The
defcn-e contended that Sulli
van did not intentionally give
a worthless check because he
had about $9,000 in the bank
when the check was written,
arguing furthermore that
about half of the Putnam check
had been paid and the remain
’der would be paid. Judge Ken
nedy ruled, however, that with
checks coming in at the bank
Sullivan could hardly tell wheth
er or not he would have enough
money to meet the $1,700
check.
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Says Not A Time For Pessimism,
Retrenchment Or Despair. Wants
Able Law Makers.
Raleigh Feb. 18—Governor Gard
ner in a statement Issued today said
he did not feel the present time a
"propitious” one to call a special
session of the general assembly.
Numerous requests, including sev
eral from boards of county com
missioners, have been received by
the state's chief executive for a
special session to consider tax re
duction.
Elect Able Men.
In his statement, Oovernor Gard
ner asked that voters place "the
ablest men possible” in the General
Assembly of 1931 and In county of
fices and banks to grant "every
legitimate call for credit," if pos
sible.
“This is the year for us to take
off our coats and work In our shirt
sleeves,” the governor declared. “It
is net time for a defeatist gospel jf
pessimism and despair and I for
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“C-See” Is Name Of
Local Made Hosiery
The Carpenter-Colqultt Hosiery
mills which recently started opera
tion on S. DeKalb 6treet. has adopt
ed the trade name of “C-See” for
its products and this name has
been registered In the patent of
fice in Washington. Pretty labels
and bands have been printed and
the output of the mill Is now 120
dozen pairs dally.
Mr. R. E. Carpenter, one of the
members of the firm owning the lo
cal plant says a dye and finishing
plant will be added shortly to the
mill here. About sixteen people are
employed and when the finishing
plant Is ready for operation the
number of employees will be dou
bled.
Shoffner Talks To
Lions Club Meeting
County Agent Gives Interesting
Facts And Figures On Live*
At-Home Program.
R. W. Shoffner, Cleveland coun
ty farm agent, was the guest speak
er of the Shelby Lions club at the
regular meeting held last night at
the Hotel Charles.
Mr. Shoffner's talk was devoted
to the live-at-home program and
he cited some very interesting facts
and figures on how Cleveland coun
ty does not live at home.
Cotton Buyer Here
Taken To Greenville
J. W. James Arrested Here Yester
day For South Carolina Offi
cers On Charge There.
Joseph W. James, cotton buyer
who had just located here, was ar
rested here yesterday by Deputy
Bob Kendrick upon request of
Greenville, South Carolina, officers.
\fter Greenville officers were noti
fied of his arrest they came here
for him, seeking him. it is said, upon
a larceny charge preferred against
him there. %
James, it is understood, located j
in Shelby Monday to buy cotton.
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Union To Open
Caroleen Bank
About March 1
Blanton Plans Third
Banking Office
_
Union Trust To Establish ThirJ
Buik In Rutherford County,
r.usinrv} Thyre Pleasing.
\ third branch bank of the
Union Trust Company of thel
by will be openrd tn Rnthtr
ford county at Caroleen, It is an
nounced today by President C.
C. Blanton,
"We have ordered Mr. Hicks, the
"ashler of the Carcieen branch of
the Farmers Bank and Trust- Co., i
Who Closed early In February, 'o
take care of customers In that vi
cinity until we find time to open
he third unit In Rutlterford, said
Mr. Blanton, this morning.
"We will probably not be able to
pen the Carcieen offices until
March 1st at the latest as all hands j
are busy opening the banking of
fices of the Union Trust at Forest
City and Rutherfordton, Mr. Blan
ton added.
"The business that has been ac
corded us and the reception we have
been given in Rutherford county
since the two Union Trust Co. bank
offices were opened at Forest City
and Rutherfordton, have been very
gratifying,” the president addeu.
"We have been assured support and
patronage on all sides and each of
fice has been crowded with cus
tomers and well-wishers sinc«* our
opening at these two places on
Monday,”
Brother Of Joe Nash
Dies In Statesville
Had Been In Serious Condition For
Past 18 Months. Funeral
Monday.
Mr. T. A. Nash, of Statesville, a
brother of Mr. Joe E. Nash of Shel
by. died Sunday night at 8:40
o'clock at his home In Statesville.
He had been critically ill for the
past 18 months. Attending the fun
eral Monday from Shelby were Mr.
and Mrs. Joe E. Nash and Mr. and
Mrs. W. A. McCord.
Mr. Thomas Albert Nash was a
native of Franklin county, having
been born in Louisburg, on May 8.
1888. He moved to Statesville In
1905 and was connected with the
Williams Furniture Co.; Icter with
the Cooper Furniture Co., for sev
eral years, then going into business
for himself. He was In charge of
the Nash Furniture Co., until his
health failed.
August 3, 1905, was the date of
Mr. Nash's marriage to Miss Sallle
Bert Cooke, of Louisburg. Mrs. Nash
survives and four children—three
sons, Thomas Anderson, John Au
gustus and Albert Alston Nash, and
a daughter, Miss Laura Mae Nash,
all of Statesville. Four brothers and
three sisters survive. They are
Messrs. R. A. Nash, of New Orleans;
S. B. Nash, of Louisburg; Leroy
Nash, of Statesville; J. E. Nash, of
Shelby; Mrs. J. M. Burrows and
Miss Mamie Nash, of Statesville;
and Mrs. David Lyle, or Rock Hill,
S. C.
Robinson Gets Big
Fine In Case Here
Cleveland Man Shot In Virginia
Tried Here For Interfering
With Officer.
Will Robinson, upper Cleveland
county man who has quite a tough
reputation with officers of the law,
was fined $150 and the costs in
county court here today for inter
fering with an officer in perform
ance of duty and an additional $25
for driving an auto without proper
lights.
Robinson is the same man who
was shot and severely wounded
some months back by officers at
Chase City, Virginia. Before going
to Virginia he was wanted on the
charge of interfering with a coun
ty officer In this county, and Mon
day night he was arrested by Dep
uty Plato Ledford for driving a car
without proper equipment and also
on the old count. In the court room
here today a slumping shoulder in
dicated that he has not completely
recovered from the wound received
In Virginia.
Impersonated Officer.
In another case Broadns Powell
of Rutherford county was fined $75
and the costs for impersonating an
officer and carrying a gun in this
county. Powell apjjea’.td the fine
given him bv Recorder Horace Ken
nedy.
j Woman Broncho Buster
First at Frontier Show
i
Miss Grace Runyon, of Cheyenne,
Wyoming:, is gaid to be one of the
world’s greatest horseback riders
' and broncho busters, She has won
| first place at the annual frontier
I days round-up at Cheyenne and
finished second twice. She was
selected national woman all around
performer at the women’s rou^h
riding contest at Madison Square
iaxden. New York City.
(InterDttUa&J Nnurwi)
Mrs.B. C.Houser
Died Here Today
First And Only Woman To lie
Steward Of Methodist Church
Passes. Bury Thursday.
Mrs. Martha Ellen Houser, wife
of Mr. B. C. Houser died this morn
ing at 1:25 o'clock at her home on
N, Morgan street after an Illness of
one week. The news of her death
waa a great shock to her host of
friends, for Mrs. Houser was one of
Shelby’s most consecrated Christian
women and the first and only wom
an to be a member of the board of
stewards of Central Methodist
churcri. She was kind hearted and
loyal and a most devoted friend and
church woman.
Mrs. Houser's funeral will be
conducted Thursday afternoon at
2:30 o’clock from the Central
Methodist church by her pastor,
Rev. L. B. Hayes and her former
pastors, Rev. J. E. Thompson. C. F
Sherrill and J. O. Lee, each of
whom resides here. Interment will
be in Sunset cemetery.
Mrs. Houser was first married to
Dr. J. C. Gldney, a prominent phy
sician of this place. He died in 1889
and she was married several years
thereafter to Mr. Houser who sur
vives. She was one of a half dozen
sisters, all dead except Mrs. Zou
Rigler of Charlotte who will be un
able to attend the funeral on ac
count of her sickness.
Rutherford Dealer
Now With Crawford
Mr. Frank Oates, former Chevro
let dealer at Rutherfordton. lias
Joined the sales forces of the
Shelby Crawford-ChevroJet com
pany. Mr. Oates Is a man of broad
acquaintance, and outstanding abil
ity, and hts acquisition here is a
distinct asset to the local company.
I
Hoey Launches Drive
For $300,000 High
School Building Here
Building Is Inadequate, He Declares, And
Not In Keeping With Shelby. Auditorium
Crowded For Parent-Teachers General
Meeting.
A movement to build a $300,000 high school building tor
.Shelby was launched last, night, by Clyde R. Hoey when he
addressed a packed house of teachers and parents at the
high school auditorium. In Shelby there are six parent
teachers associations and a general meeting is held of these
associations tour times a year. One of these general meet
ings was under way last night when Mr. Hoey proposed that
i oli- Rt-( a, d Wlth,,uf delay in planning for a high schobl
building in keeping with the needs of the city.
Cage Tournament
Opens Tonight In
Shelby Gymnasium
Two Gam™ Tonight, Two Thurs
day And Friday. One For Title Sat
urday Night.
The county-wide basketball
tournament to deride the high
school champions of Cleveland
county will jet underway tonight
at 7:30 o’clock in the Shelby
High ttn can gymnasium.
Two games will be played to
nights, two Thursday night,
two Friday night, and one Sat
urday night for the title and
the Hotary cup.
Polkvillc will play Fallston in
the first game tonight and
Grover will play Lattlmorc In
the second contest of the dou
bleheader.
Tomorrow, Thursday, night
Shelby will play Kings Moun
tain In the first game and Bel
ywood and Caasr will clash In
second contest.
Friday night the two winners
of tonight's games will play Ihe
winners of the Thursday night
games. Then on Saturday night
the two quints remaining In
the race will play each other
for the title.
There Is much interest through
out the county in the tourna
ment and large crowds are ex
pected each night.
Rev. W. E. Elam To
Return To County
Accepts Calls To Fallston And
Dover Baptist Church. Build -
Ins Parsonage.
Rev. W. A. Elam, native of Cleve
land county and brother of Carme
and Frank Elam of the Lawndale
community, has accepted a call to
the pastorates of the Fallston and
Dover Baptist churches and will
enter upon his duties about April
1. Mr. Elam and his family have
been living at Ramseur, Randolph
county, for several years.
He succeeds Rev. G. P. Aberne
thy. recently resigned from the Fall
ston church and Rev. D. F. Putnam
recently resigned from the Dover
church and will be occupied by Mr.
Elam and family upon their return
to the county.
Grigg Asked To Head Drive
In Cleveland To Drive Oat
Illiteracy-3,245 In County
Nation-Wide Effort Will Be Made.
Will Try To Teach Rudiments
To Those In County.
J. H. Grlgg. county superinten
dent of public schools, has been
asked to head-up a campaign ui
Cleveland county to drive out il
literacy by teaching the 3,24o il
literates In Cleveland county the
rudiments of reading, writing and
arithmetic.
The drive will be nation-wide and
sponsored by the National advisory
Committee on illiteracy, department
of interior, Washington. D. C. Sta
tistics reveal that in North Caro
lina^ there are 104,844 native white
illiterates and that the state ranks
46 from the top in percentage of
white illiterates in the nation In
Shelby, the number is given at /aO.
Mr. Grlgg has received the fol
lowing letter signed by Ray l.y.nan
Wilbur, secretary of interior and
chairman of the National Commit
tee on Illiteracy, asking him to >*>
come a viart of the intensive ttvn
paign that la to be waged by na
tion, state and county, to the end
that this illiteracy may be stamp
ed out:
Nation-wlile Campaign.
“As chairman of the National Ad
visory Committee on Illiteracy, ap
pointed with the approval of resi
dent Hoover. I am writing to ask
you to give your most earnest ef
forts and influence toward a ua
tlcm-wide campaign to reduce *1
literacy to a minimum before cne
compilation of the census of 1930.
“Your governor and state «i<rer
tntendent of education have ap
pointed a committee on illiteracy
for your state. This committee, I
hope, will act with and be a part of
our national advisory committee. I
am sure that from the position you
hold you will do everything in your
power to help your state commit
tee carry out any plan or program
that may be formulated.
"One of the purposes of the com
mittee is to collect, centralize, and
(COMTtSUID ON t»AOE T*V 1 .
Present Building Inadequate
His suggestion took favorably
and was roundly applauded. Mr
Hoey pointed out that the present
high school building was erected 2o
years ago and is thoroughly Inade
quate to the needs of a growing
city. "There are three things which
go to make up our scliools. first the *
children and we have 3,000 of
school age in Shelby; secondly,
good teachers and these sro highly
competent; thirdly, good equipment,
but we are sadly lacking, particu
larly in a suitable building for our
high school," said Mr. Hoey. < , |
Best Time Is Present.
'•Some talk of hard times ar®
heard. It Is easy to be optimistic
when everything looks bright. Busi
ness will have to turn for th® bet
ter soon and this high school
structure should be erected without
much delay for it would help t ke
care of the unemployment situation
that confronts every section at this
time and for the further reason
that $50,000 could be saved by
building while material is cheap."
; he advanced.
I Compared With Other Cities.
Then Mr. Hoey pointed to other
neighboring towns like Gastonia, -
Hickory, Lincclnton, Forest City
and Rutherfordton where the high * ■
school pupils are supplied with new
and adequate buildings and equip
ment, comparing these with Shel
by’s 25 year old structure which has
been long outgrown.
Tax Rate Here Lowest.
In discussing the tax rate and
comparing it with the rate in other
cities of similar size Mr. Hoey
pointed out that Shelby's rate is
the lowest, yet the children are just
as deserving and the parents really
more able to provide adequate high
school building and equipment.
Shelby's tax rate in 1928 was $1.25.
The city council found It necessary
to advance the rate to $1.50 to
meet certain obligations, but iym
stated that the rate will in all
probability be reduced again to $1.25 , j
this year. By continuing the rat® of
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Mrs. Abemethy Dies
In No. I Township
Widow Of J. A. Abemethy Who
Preceded Her To The Grave
Two Tears Ago.
Mrs. Hattie Abemethy, widow of
J. A. Abemethy, died Sunday morn
ing at 3:30 o’clock at the home of
her step-son Furman Hopper at the
age of sixty years. Mrs. Abemethy
had been in declining health since
the death of her husband two years
ago. She was a fine Christian char
acter and will be greatly missed to
the community where she had in
numerable friends.
Her remains were buried Monday
afternoon at 2 o’clock at wtgh
Shoals Baptist church in Ruther
ford county, the funeral services
being conducted by Rev. X. D. Har
rill. Surviving are three children by
her first marriage.
Shelby Merchants In I
Meet Friday Night |
Officers Of Association For New |
Year May Be Named At This J
Gathering.
W. E. Koon, who will have charge |
of the program, announced today :J
that a dinner-meeting (at the Jo- .1
tel Charles) of the Merchants As- if
sociation will be held Friday night
at seven-thirty o’clock. It is expect- sp
ed to be an important meeting of
the association.
In all likelihood officers will be I
elected, or at least nominated, for J
the coming year. It is announced ||
tliat Mr. Forrest Eskridge will N* J
the speaker ol the evening. if
Born to Dr. and Mrs. Robert
Wilson at the Shelby hospital to
day a daughter. Amy Jean. Mrs
Wilson vs s formerly Mte*. Miriam
Hoyle.