8 PAGES
TODAY
Published Monday, Wednesday and' Friday Afternoons.
Hy mail, per year (In advance) KttG
Carrier, per year <J nadvance) 13.00
VOL. XXXVI, No. 83 |
SHELBY. N. C.
' FRIDAY, JULY 11, 1930
LA IE NEWS
THE MARKET.
Cotton, per 1U. 15c
Cotton Seed, per bn. -- SUc
Cloudy, Anyway.
Today’s North Carolina Weather
Report: Partly eloudy tonight and
Saturday. Probably local showers In
extreme west portion.
Five Die In Plane.
Aransas Pa&, Tex., July 10.—Five
Kansas City men who flew to the
Gulf of Mexico on a fishing trip,
four of them prominent business
and professional men and the fifth
a transport pilot, met death near
here today when their airplane ex
ploded in the air and crashed to the
ground. Persons who saw the plarfe
fall and Inspected the wreckage ex
pressed the opinion that the ship
had been struck by a bpll of light
ning.
Mrs. Joe Palmer
Passes Today
___ ' *
Widow Of Joe Palmer Dies At Home
Of Daughter, Mrs. Coleman
Blanton.-Funeral Saturday.
Mrs. Joe Palmer died this morn
ing at 12:30 o'clock at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. Coleman Blan
ton in the Zion community after an
illness of two years with cancer.
She was 64 years, seven months and
thirteen days old. Her husband died
about 18 months ago. When their
health failed two and a half years
ago they moved to the home of Mr.
r.nd Mrs, Coleman Blanton where
they made their home. Before mar
riage Mrs. Palmer was Miss Vic
Hollins of Rutherford county. Most
of her life was spent in the Hollis
section.
Mrs. Palmer was a fine Christian
, woman and bore her suffering with
gTeat fortitude. She was a member
cf Big Springs church and the fun
eral will be conducted Saturday
morning at 10 o’clock by her pastor
Rev. D. G. Washburn and Rev. Mr.
Barber and interment will be in
the Elliott cemetery.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs.
Coleman Blanton of Shelby and
Mrs. Coran Wright of Dup'in, Ga.
Also surviving are ten grand child
ren, four brothers, Spurgeon, Deck
and Jim Rollins, of Golden Valley,
Plato Rollins, of Rutherfo; at on and
one sister, Mrs. Josephine Kirksey
Cfolden Valley.
Senator Robinson
To Visit Father**
Home In This State
Smith’s Running Mate In 1928 Des
cended From Family In
W. N. C.
Waynesville, July ll.~Sen. Joseph
T. Robinson running mate to Alfred
E. Smith'in 1928" and present leader
of the Democratic party in fee Unit
ed States senate, will visit the birth
place of his father, Francis Robin
son, on Beaverdam Creek, in- this
county, in the near future, according
to a letter received from him by his
cousin, Henry Robinson, of Canton.
The relationship between the
Robhisons, of Haywood and the
distinguished senator from Arkan
sas, was not definitely known until
icccntly, but it was known that
Francis Robinson had migrated to
Arkansas at the age of 17. This
fact led Henry Robinson and inquire
if perchance he traced his ancestry
to the Robinson of this section. In
reply, he received a ten-page letter
from the senator saying that he was
a son of the Francis Robinson who
was born on Beaverdam Creek, and
gave a history of his father’s life
;n Arkansas and said that he wished
his cousin to make reservation for
him in a hotel in Asheville and when
he arrived he would visit the spot
where his father was bom. He also
inquired whether any tombstone
marked the gravis of his father.
Francis Robinson was the son of
John Robinson who known as Big
John Robinson and lived all his life
on Beaverdam. The Robinsons were
, * strongly, sturdy people, a quality
which shows up in the senator to a
marked degree. Francis did well in
Arkansas. He became clerk of the
court which position he.held for a
time and when he died at a ripe old
age.he left a considerable estate.
» Big John, his father and the!
grandfather of the senator left no
property at his death. He had only
a life estate in the lands which he
occupied, and, of course, that ceas
ed on his death. There is no record
of an administration upon his es
y tate.
Senators To Visit
At Kings Mountain
Washington.—Vice President Cur
tis this week appointed Senator
Fess, Ohio; Overman, North Caro
lina.. and Blease, South Carolina,
to represent the senate In the cele
bration of the Battle of Kings
Mountain, to be held at Kings Moun
tain next October 7i
First Degree Work.
First degree work will be put on
by Cleveland lodge 202 >4. F. and A.
M. tonight at 8 o'clock. All Masons
urged to attend.
L
Still Captured;
Hard Times Hit
Whiskey Trade
Very Little Bootleg
Is Being Made
Of Herrs Get Copper Worm And
Still In No. 7. Moonshiners
Without Funds.
Hard times have hit the bootleg
business a staggering blow and
Cleveland county officers are mak
ing it harder by picking up several
stills per week.
Yesterday Deputies Ben Cooper
and Lindsay Dixon came In with a
complete distillery outfit, which
included a copper worm, captured
irv No. 7 township early in the day.
Few Operating.
Very few stills are running now
in Cleveland county, officers say.
In fact, their opinion is that a
smaller number of stills are in op
eration than in many years. The
reason given is hard times. Bootleg
prices have dropped almost half in
recent months since the business
depression began, and at the new
low price sugar-head corn is not
selling very fast, judging by general
reports picked up in the court room
and elsewhere. —_
One reliable Citizen stated this
week that he was approached only
recently by a man, formerly one of
the moonshine kings of the sec
tion. who wanted to borrow $20 to
finance a liquor run. A couple years
ago, he says, this man was operat
ing several stills and making gqod
money. The interest he offered to
pay on the $20 was half of the
profits. He didn't get the money. At
least not from the man who tells
of the Incident. With the bootleg
market dull and no money with
which to purchase the big amount
of sugar necessary for modern
booze-making the former moonshin
er is in tought straits.
Another citizen, who lives a short
distance out of Shelby, tastes that
one night recently a bootlegger who
formerly operated about .four auto
mobiles through this section, sell
ing a large quantity of whiskey each
week in Shelby, stopped by his
house and attempted to sell him
three gallons for $10. The bootleg
ger, the man said, had the reputa
tion of good whiskey and only a
few' months back was receiving $1Q
per gallon for his deliveries Jn Shel
by. On this trip he could not sell it
at any price.
Officers are realizing how hard
the times are with the mooshine
makers and are taking advantage
of it. Very few stills are in operation
but the officers are capturing a
number of outfits and with money
as scarce as it is it will be hard for
many of the operators to purchase
new outfits and go back into busi
ness.
Plan series Of Golf
Matches For 6 Clubs
Shelby Club invited To Participate
In Tourney With Nearby
Towns.
Series of golf tournaments, to
alternate from one course to anoth
er, is being planned for six towns
in this section. Clubs invited to
participate in the series of tourneys
are Shelby, Rutherfordton, Mor
ganton, Marion; and Henderson
ville.
Officials of the Cleveland Springs
club are interested in the plan and
believe a series of matches wil)
boost golf enthusiasm in the sec
tion.
Simmons To Finish Term; Does
Not Want An Appointment
Veteran Senator Does Not Want
Office He Has Been Boosted
For.
Washington, July U.—Senator
Simmons, who was recently boom
ed for appointment to the new
tariff commission, is not a candi
date for a "lame duck” appoint
ment. In any event, he expects to
serve out his present term) thus
rounding out 30 years, in the sen
ate.
Friends of Senator Simmons say
that he would like nothing better
at the end of his term of office
than to be permitted to return to
the ancestral homestead in Jones
county. It has been in the Sena
tor's family since 1710. Mrs. Sim
mons is said to be in thorough sym
pathy with the idea.
While Senator Simmons owns
considerable farm land in Craven
and Jones counties, it is heavily en
cumbered, and he is thus in a simi
lar plight with thousands of others
in eastern Carolina. He has al
ways lived simply and he plans to
continue the simple life. He asks
for nothing more than the quietude
of a country place.
Numerous friends of Senator
Simmons, some of them high in of
ficial life, have suggested that they
would be pleased to endorse him
for appointment to a high official
position at the close of his senate
career, but he has firmly declined
to have them take any steps in that
direction.
Senator Simmons has told friends
that he would like to return to the
old home place. There beneath state
ly oaks he would have time for
meditation and quiet something that
he has not had dtiring the hall
century of the rough and tumbl®
of politics
yX
Well, Who Does He Look Like?
Above Is the first photo mace or the world's best known baby—Charles
Augustus Lindbergh, Jr. Some say lie resmblcs Lindy, others say he
resembles his mother. Say for yourself. 11IV Photo.)
____I_
Former Slave, Aged 93, Great Great
Grandfather, Dies In County
Rev. Ben F. Roberts, age 93
years, a former slave and a pio
neer Baptist minister among his
race, died Tuesday at his home
near Waco and was buried Wed
nesday.
The aged negro, a landowner
and one of the most highly re
spected colored men in the sec
tion, was head of one of the
largest families in this or ad
joining counties. He Was the
father of 17 children, and among
his descendants are 92 grand
children, 137 great grandchil
dren, and four great, great
grandchildren.
In his slave days he was own
ed by Mr. William Roberts who
had 100 slaves. After being freed
he was one of the first colored
men in the section to buy land,
and daring his long time he was
never arrested or taken to court,
neither have any of his 17 chil
dren ever been in trouble.
Of his many descendants six
are preachers, four deacons, one
a doctor, and 12 are teachers.
Talking King Appeal
In S. Carolina Now
Says Shelby Man Was Not Con
victed Because He Was
Tar Heel.
The following front the Yorkville
Enquirer regarding the Rafe King
appeal will be of interest in Shelby:
"There is no more absorbing topic
to Yorkville and York county peo
ple than a discussion of whether
Rafe King, Shelby man, will be
granted a new trial by the South
Carolina supreme court. Up in Tar
heeiia the people appear to think he
should have it and when the trial
took place, some of them even went
so far as to say that King was con
victed by a South Carolina jury be
cause he was a natfve of North Car
olina, but that's a lot of hooey.”
Singing Convention
At Double Shoals
The Union singers convention will
be held at Double Shoals church
between Shelby and Lawndale on
the third Sunday in July, beginning
at 1:30 o’clock. Mr. J. C. Bridges,
director says, "we are looking fot
some of the best singers In the coun
ty. They are coming from Gaffney,
Hickory, Spindale, Gastonia, etc.
Also a delegation is expected from
South Mountain convention. Every
body is invited to attend."
Hoover Prosperity
Blamed In Suicide
Columbia, July 11.—H. E.
Memminger, vice president and
j manager of the Non-Acid Fer
tilizer and Chemical company.
Lakeland, Fla., was found dead
in his room at a hotel here Wed
nesday night. Investigators an
nounced he had committed sut
j tide.
On his bed, still in a type
1 writer on which it had been
written was the following note:
“My home address is 118 Hol
lingsworth Drive, Lakeland, Fla.
| Have undertaker to communi
cate with Smith and Dulks,
Lakeland. Busted to hell with
Hoover and prosperity, but have
plenty of life insurance and
everything will be taken care of
H. E. M.
“Also notify the Rev. W. W.
Memmlnger, rector of All Saints
church, Atlanta.”
A letter sealed and addressed
to his wife also was found on
the typewriter but was not
opened by the coroner.
Human Flesh Beats
Pork To Cannibals
That's What Cannibals Told Minis
ter. Say Taste Is
Better.
Washington, July 10.—Human
flesh tastes better than pork.
At least this is what bonafide
cannibals have told the Rev. A. G
Steward, vice president of the Aus
tralasian division of the Seventh
Day Adventists conference, who is
now in Takoma Park with two Fiji
islanders he brought to the United
States with him.
The two men with the Rev. Mr.
Steward are not cannibals and have
never tasted human flesh. Canni
balism was halted in their island
about 50 years ago when the British
took possession.
But in the New Hebrides, where
the Rev. Mr. Steward was sent aft
er leaving Fiji islands, people are
still eaten.
The minister said:
“‘Once my wife and I went to visit
a chief and took along an interpre
ter. We were barred from the chief’s
hut, and our interpreter told us
they had a man cooking, wrapped in
leaves, in the rear. He also over
heard the chief issue orders to way
lay us on our way back as they
were short of viands.”
The minister and his party es
caped, however.
Once a lad from the mission was
captured and given as hostage to a
tribe at war with his abductors. He
was used as food.
Wood Escapes
Prison Again,
Fourth Getaway
Notorious Convict
Is Out Again
Colorful Convict Found Missing At
Night Checkup In
Raleigh.
Raleigh. July 11.—Otto Wood.
North Carolina's notorious pri
soner, was still missing at noon
today after his fourth escape
from prison yesterday. A drag
net has been spread over the
state but no trace of the one
armed killer has been found.
Governor Gardner announced
today that other honor prison
erswould not be restrained be
cause Wood took advantage of
the privileges accorded him.
I Raleigh. July 11.—Otto Wood,
state prison’s best known occupant,
made his fourth escape In an un
known mariner yesterday afternoon
and late last nig,ht was still at
large. Wood, keeper of the prison
canteen and zoo. had a sentence of
22 1-2 to 30 years to serve for the
killing of a Greensboro pawn brok
er. He was an escaped convict from
the Ohio state, prison and the
North Carolina prison had also
been notified by the Tennessee and
'Virginia prisons that he was want
ed there when he completed his
term here.
Wood, whose escape was announc
ed by Governor O. Max Gardner,
had previously escaped three times
from state's prison, f
About a year ago the governor an
nounced that he was going to make
an experiment in humanities and
released Wood from solitary confine
ment after he had been held In a
veritable dungeon for 26 months fol
lowing his third escape.
An examination of Wood at thatf
time showed that he was physically
emaciated and for several months
after his release he was unable to
do any work. In addition to the
weakening of hts body, caused by his
solitary confinement, lie Also is
handlcaped by not havtrif? a left
hand and has also suffered Injury
to one foot.
Hie escape of the man, without a
doubt the best known inmate of
state's prison, was not discovered
until the nightly check of the pri
son population was made. It was
then discovered that he had not
been seen since about 1 o'clock.
How he escaped was still un
known. Governor Gardner and
Warden H. H. Honeycutt said.
Less than two months ago Wood
was made an honor grade prisoner
in recognition o fhls excellent rec
ord since he was released from soli
tary confinement. At that time and
also when he was released from
"solitary” the convict said that he
would never violate the confidence
placed in him by Governor Gard
ner.
Local Man Heads
Hospital Physicians
Dr. Benjamin Kendal!, Son Of Mr.
And Mrs. B. H. Kendall Is
Honored.
Dr. Benjamin Kendall, son of Mr.
and Mrs. B. H. Kendall, of Shelby,
has been appointed, chief resident
physician for the University of
Maryland hospital, an institution
with 300 beds. This is quite an hon
or coming to a Shelby man and one
in which his friends and the many
friends of the family will rejoice.
Dr. Kendall, after graduating from
the Shelby high school, attended the
University of North Carolina where
he took two years in medicine. He
finished his medical course in the
University of Maryland hospital at
Baltimore and served his intere
ship there. By sheer merit he won
the appointment as chief resident
physician and entered ’ upon his
duties the first of July.
Her Brother-In-Law
Passes In Monroe
. ■
Mayor Van Funderburk died this
morning in Monore, according to a
message just received by Dr. Pitt
Beam from his sister. Miss Annie
Beam who married Kemp Funder
burk, a brother of the deceased.
The mayor was a merchant and had
been mayor of the city of Monroe
for several Years.
County Negro Given
Parole From Prisor
Among the seven prisoners paro'
ed this week by Governor Gardn
was Robert Byers, Cleveland com
ty negro, who was sent to prison f
18 months in 1929 on a tarr i
charge.
Former Engineer
Here Is Killed
Niolr Sanders Who Married In Co
unty, Shot By 8, C. Hoad
Supervisor
Nick Sanders, well known high
way engineer who once lived lit
Shelby and married in this co
unty. was fatally shot about
i noon Wednesday, near (Jowans;
vitte, S. CX, seven miles from
Greer, by A. F. Prldmore, county
supervisor of roads. Prldmore
claimed self-defense In teling of
the shooting, but gave few de
tails and the killing has not
been definitely cleared up.
i Mr, Sanders, who will be remem
bered by many local people, worked
In Shelby at the time the .streets and
sidewalks here were paved by an
Asheville firm He married Miss
Ila Putnam, daughter of the late
Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Putnam, who
lived near Shelby.
A Greer newspaper quotes Prid
more as saying "I am ;,orry, very,
very sorry, that It happened, but It
was Just one of those things that
must happen."
A dispatch from Greenville, tell
ing of the fatal shooting follows:
Greenville, 8. C., July 10.—Nick
Sanders, 45, road Inspector for Dal
ton and. Neves, Greenville engineers
was fatally shot about neon yester
day by Greenville county supervisor
A, P. Prldmore, near a paving pro
ject on the Gowansville road, seven
miles from Greer.
Sanders died on the operating ta
ble In Chick Spring hospital about
an hour after he was carried there.
The bullet penetrated his neck Just
above the clavtcal bone, according
to hospital attaches.
Several road laborers are said to
have witnessed the shooting. Ac
cording to their story, Supervisor
Prldmore drove up to the site 1n his
automobile and started talking to
Sanders about asphalt. An argu
ment developed, it is said, and
Pridmore pulled a gun and shot the
inspector at close range.
Supervisor Pridmore, back In
Greenville after the shooting, said
he had to shoot ip ijelf-defrnse. The
engineering Inspector, ncecrtfttir to
hl« statement. Jumped on the run
ning-board of his automobile Oth
er than this. Prldmore had nothing
to say except to admit that he “had
shot a man over on the Gowansville
road.”
Buck Red fern’* Dad
Passes In Asheville
Mr. George H. Redfern, lather of
George (Buck) Redfern. former
Shelby and State college baseball
player, died yesterday at his home
in Asheville. He was for 31 years an
engineer on the Southern railroad
and W'as one of the two oldest and
best known pilots in the entire sys
tem. He was 63 years o' age. a
member of the First Presbyterian
church, and funeral sendees are be
ing held there this afternoon.
The son who is well known and
popular In Shelby is one of four
surviving children. Buck is now
playing with Little Rock in the
Southern league and is among the
ten leading hitters of the circuit.
New Manager Comes
To Charles Store
E. A. Millikan who has been man
ager of the Charles store here since
it opened in Shelby has been trans
ferred to Reidsville where he Is
manager of the, Charles store at
that place. He has been succeeded
by J. E. Buckelew, of Charlotte. Mr.
Buckelew has been connected with
the Charles Stores for a number of
years and comes highly recommend
ed for this post.
North Carolina Not Spending As
Mach For Education As Nation
I
State Spends Just Half Per Capita
For education As AH
Of U. S.
Raleigh.—“How much Is too
much?” State Superintendent A. T,
Allen asked state college summer
school teachers when ne discussed
school expenditures before them
and reminded them that North
Carolina puts out just naif the per
capita expenditure on the schools
that is made by the whole nation.
Dr. Allen was out there justifying
the state. He said that North Caro
lina is spending 30 times as much
today on its schools as it did 30
ears ago. And the ratio of in*
■tease is admittedly greur But as
hat North Cairolina is not spending
lore than half per capita that the
mtion expends. The nation puts
$18 into schools. North Carolina $9
He was not dogmatic about this
whether he and his department
should not call for further sacrifice
in order to meet the standards of
other states. Dr. Allen continued:
"To answer the expenditure of
money in our public school system,
tire questions of the state’s £bUity to
pay, what is accomplished vith the
money and whether it wilt tax the
resources too much, arise North
Carolina has made unusual progress
in education, but this is typical over
the United States.
"THe expenditure on public edu
cation in North Carolina is being
scrutinized by the public as never
before,” the speaker continued.
“Different critics take different at
titudes, The opinion of these
groups Is divided in three classes.
There is the bad bargain group who
think we are able to pay, but are
«continued on page tuour.i
Dry Weather Burning
Up Crops In County
No Increase In
Cotton Acreage
In This County
Local farmers and mem
bers of the country agricul
ture board are of the opinion
that the Department of Ag
riculture at Washington Is
in error when it reports that
the cotton acreage in Cleve
land County Is 10 percent
larger this year than last.
In the report of the crop
week the acreage of the en
tire cotton licit was reported
as being reduced i.7 percent
or 160.000 aeres. but with a
here. The crop in the county
is good this year and as many
bales may be made as were
produced In the record crop
last year, but general op
inion here t» that there has
been no 10 percent Increase
In acreage. Many declare the
acreage to, be about the same.
Hailstones Pass
Through Melons
Eastern Carolina Section Riddled
Hailstones Large As Hen
Ksr*.
Fayetteville. July 10.-A severe
hail storm which swept over Cum
berland county here late this after
noon beat down crops U) a section
estimated to be 10 to 15 square
miles. Some of the stones were said
to have been as big as hen eggs.
dotton, corn, and tobacco crops In
the section were reported by farm
ers to have been destroyed. A check
revealed small damage to -livestock
and to physical property. A number
of window planes were shattered.
The damage was yet-unestimated.
Crops which suffered meet were
cotton and corn the qreaaprincipal
clops. Watermelons were badly da
maged. In many Instances the hall
stones passing completely through
the melons.
A strong wind accompanied the
storm which uprooted trees and
carried off the roofs of several
barnes. The hail storm did not strike
Fayetteville, the country's largest
town. The village of Stedmpn Was
the principal suffer, So fa- as could
be learned here tonight the hail
storm did not touchy neighboring
counties.
The storm is the second such to
hit Eastern North Carolina within
the past ten days. Reports reached
here today that a severe svorm late
yesterdSy In Southern Wayne Co
unty, which was said to have done
heavy damage to more than 1,400
acres under cultivation,
Webb Not In Play
,As Shelby Is Not
In The Organization
Shelby boosters missed what
would likely have been good public
ity for the town this week because
the. Cleveland Spring golf club Is
not a member of the Carollnas Golf
Association.
The Carolines amateur tourna
ment Is being held this week at
Linville Falls, and "Shook” Webb,
Shelby's young golf sensation, Is
not playing because his club does
not belong. The local lad has been
the big attraction at every tourna
ment in the section this year and
many golfing fans expected to see
him in action on the, mountain
course.
Record Week Of
Heat In City
Unless Drought Is Broken Snort
Corn C rop Will Be Badly
Damaged.
A relentless sun combined with
daily hot winds is proving very
damaging to the farm crops of
Cleveland county, and unless
there Is an early rain the early
corn crop of the county will be
badly damaged, fanners say.
The drought damage, however, M
not confined to the corn crop; cot
ton is suffering too.
One farmer, who has been over
much of the county this week, In
Shelby today declared that a rain
now could help very little to early
corn crop. Several good showers, ho
adds, would bring the late corn
around, but the farmers of Cleve
land, he believes, will harvest very
little from their early com,. The hob
winds are wilting and wmmrisi£ the
leaves aod'Stalks. and dJtton in
many fields appears to be burning
up where the stalk leaves the
ground.
Cloud Moves Away.
Yesterday afternoon a cloud ap
pearing In the west gave some hope
of rain to break the long dry Spell,
and there was some thunder-in the
western section of the county, bub
within a few hours the cloud had
disappeared and today the drought
and heat continued.
A Record Week.
The Ebeltoft, thermometer shows
that the week ending yesterday has
perhaps established a heat record
for an unbroken week In this sec
tion. For seven consecutive days tho
mercury has climbed to f)8 degrees,
while many thermometers In sunny
places have shown 120 degrees. The
consistent heat throughout the day,
however, has made it a record week
in the section. For two days tho
average for the entire day was 85
degrees, and the heat begins early
In the day as was shown by the mer
cury at 80 degrees this morning and
yesterday morning at « o’clock.
Gardens as well as fields crops
are suffering, and the continued
heat has generally slowed up busi
ness and other activities. So far as
Is known the heat wave has not re
sulted in any serious Illnesses, but
the people of the section unac
customed to such a long pediod of
hot weather are anxious for a rain,
and throughout the entire day for
more than a week the court square
has been packed with people at
tempting to find as much cool shade
and breeze as possible.
Beam Reunion
On August 14
Governor Max Gardner And Judge
Clarkson May Attend Family
Gathering.
Oovewifn^Gardner and Supreme
Court Associate Justice He.iot Clark
son may attend the Beam family re*
union in this county on Thursday,
August 14.
Members of the Beam family ivho
are planning the program for the
big day at New Prospect church
say that the two celebrities will be
invited.
The Beam reunion, a gathering
of the many descendants of John
Jeter Beam, a nearly settler in this
section, is one of the largest annual
family reunions in North Carolina
Second Baptist Has
Good Revival On
Despite the excessive heat, the re
vival which has been in progress at
the second Baptist church since
Sunday has been well attended, and
according to several officials of the
church, the results thus far have
been beyond their expectations.
There seems to be unusual interest
and response on the part of the
members of the church.
The afternoon services for child
ren and young people have been
especially interesting and well at
tended. These services have been in
charge of the new pastor. Rev. L. U
Jessup, who has been tiding the
preaching, and Mr. Miller Freeman,
who has charge of the music. They
will probably continue several days
into next week with the regular
services being in progress on Sun
day. x
Potato Tomatoes.
Rutherfordton.—In the garden ot
Mr. B. A. Hampton at Ruth on an
Irish potato vine there Is a limb or
twig with five small tomatoes on it.
They are a natural growth from
the potato vine and can be seen in
Mr. Hampton’s garden.