VOL. XXXVI, No. 147
SHELBY, N. C,
MONDAY, DEC.
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LATE NEWS
THE MARKET.
Cotton, per lb. ..._9’jc to 10'$e
Cotton Seed, per bu. .......... 36c
Cloudy And Colder.
Today’s North Carolina Weather
Report: Cloudy, slightly colder in
central and east portions tonight.
Tuesday partly cloudy.
After McNinch.
Washington. Dec. 7.—With Sena
tor Couzens, chairman of the Sen
ate committee on Interstate com
merce, and Senator Overman con
vinced that Frank R. McNincli.
nominated for the Federal Power
Commission, should not be confirm
ed unless he can clear away the sus
picion that hangs over the anti
Smith campaign fund he controlled
in 1928, the outlook for rejection
. grows. k
Church Riots
As Bishop Gets
Call Of Lindsey
Denver Man Objects
To Critic: im
Confusion Reigns When Lindsay
, Asks Reply To Charges Of
Manning.
New York, Dec. 7.—The Cathedral
of Saint John the Divine echoed
with riot and epithets this morning
as former Judge Ben B. Lindsey, in
terrupted Bishop William T. Man
ning’s prayer at the end of a ser
mon assailing companionate mar
riage, was seized by an angry crowd
and thrown bodily into the street.
The challenge of the former Den
ver Jurist, flung to the pulpit where
Bishop Manning stood, touched off
a strained, expectant atmosphere
which ended in Lindsey's violent
ousting and arrest.
Attacked Lindsey’s Book.
Bishop Manning, who objected last
week to Judge Lindsey’s address be
fore the New York Churchmen's lea -
gue, had just finished a sermon, in
which he took the clergy of his dio
cese to task for hearing the address.
He also called Judge Lindsey’s lat
est book “the most filthy, insidious,
and cleverly written piece of propa
ganda ever published in behalf of
lewdness, promiscuity, adultery, and
unrestrained sexual gratification.”
Ending with the charge that Judge
Lindsey “stands openly for legalized
free love under cover of the term
companionate marriage,’ ” the bish
op swung into the ascription, a ser
mon-closing player.
Judge Leaps To Table.
Judge Lindsey leaped upon a ta
ble just beneath the pulpit, In a
high voice he shouted:
“Bishop Manning, you have false
ly misrepresented me. If this is not
a house of justice it is not a house
or God, and ir>. justice I ask for five
minutes to answer your unfair at
tack!”
Two ushers seized the diminutive
Lindsey and pulled him from the
table. A hundred or more of the
congregation left their places and
rushed forward. He was dragged into
an aisle. A man shouted “punch
him!” Another struck him on the
head.
The aisle was a melee of pushing,
struggling people, some of them
shouting profane abuse.
Bishop Keeps Praying.
Bishop Manning, his face turned
to the back of the pulpit, continued
the prayer.
“He lied about me!” shouted Lind
sey. "He had no right to lie about
me! This is neither a house of jus
tice nor a house of God.”
Lindsey reached a side door. Be
tCONTINUED ON -AOF EIGHT »
Census Bureau Cuts
Cotton Estimate
Market Rallies Ten Points Today
When Government Estimates
Cotton Crop.
There was a ten point rally today
at noon in the cotton market fol
lowing the report of the govern
ment’s estimate that this year's cot
ton crop would amount to 14,243,000
hales. This was 195,000 lower than
the last estimate and was considered
bullish, although the market did not
rise over ten points by noon, one
hour after the report was issued
December cotton for southern de
livery was quoted at 10:47 as against
10.37 when the the market closed
Saturday. January cotton was quot
ed at 10.52 as compared with 10.4:
Saturday. This gain was lost by i
o'clock today.
There had been gincd up to De
cember 1st, 12,834,970 bales. Cleve
land county’s ginning figures wil
probably be issued by Miles H
Ware for publication in Wednesday’s
issue.
Mull Replies
To Nye Query
Of Voting Here
Estimates 300 Votes
By Absentees
Small Number Of Absentee Ballot'
In Comparison With Total Vote
Is Shown.
Senator Nye has the in forma
t'en he son;ht stout the recent
eleetion in Cleveland county,
and the figures given him, on
the basis of comparison, show
an unqucstionaly clean election
here.
The head of the senate’s election
Investigating committee recently
wrote Judge John P. Mull, county
election board chairman, and asked
two questions:
1. How many votes were cast in
the senatorial race in Cleveland
county?
2. How • ny absentee votes were
cast?
The reply to the first question,
sent back by Mr Mull was “7,373
votes,’
In answering the second question
Chairman Muil cited the North
Carolina election law to Senator
Nye to show him that it wr.s Im
possible to tell him definitely how
many absentee votes were cast. The
law says that all absentee vote cer
tificates must be kept by the va
rious registrars for six months aft
er the election.
For this reason Mr. Mull inform
ed Senator Nye that he could not
give the exact figures, but would
estimate the total absentee vote at
around 300.
Textile Industry
Shows More Life
Signs Of Returning Prosnerlty Are
Noted In Survey Of
Mills.
Gastonia, Dec. 6.—Signs of re
turning prosperity in the textile in
dustry' in this section were disclosed
today in a survey of mills in Gas
ton county.
A number of mills reported they
had placed sizable orders for prod
ucts and mill executives expressed
themselves as encouraged by the
outlook for the immediate future.
The survey revealed:
The Modena, Harden and Ranlo
mills are back on full time opera
tion schedules.
The Goldberg chain of mills op
erating two plants at Bessemer City
and the Old Clark mill, Dunn, the
Armstrong and Piedmont plants In
Gastonia are also on full time.
The American Yarn and Process
ing company in Mount Holly Is op
erating full time.
The Parkdale, Smyre and Ruby
mills are running full time.
Other plants in the county, which
have been on a curtailed schedule,
are adding more time.
McDiarmid Attend?
National Meeting
Shelby Minister Represents State
In Conference On Men's
Work.
Rev. H. N. McDiarmid, pastor cf
the Shelby Presbyterian church,
leaves today for Cincinnati to at
tend an interdenominational con
ference on men's work in the Frot
sstant churches of America. Rev.
Hr. McDiarmid is head of the men’s
vork in the N. C. Synod of the Pres
jyterian church and will represent
hat body at the big session which
jontinues through the week.
Stars of Silver Screen Return
Big fish that didn't get away *
was the theme song of the story
when John Barrymore. Dolores
Costello, and their very young
daughter came home recently
from a crhise of two and one
half months off the Mexican
—-;-——:
► coast. Barrymore had a touch
of tropica) fever, but that, he
eaid, was quite unimportant as
compared with the fact that he
caught a 560-pound striped
marlin.
Credit Gov. Gardner With Move
I In Blocking Plan To Change N. C.
Textbooks; Economy Needed Now
Governor Says Nothing About It,
But Publishers Say He Stop
ped Change.
(Tom Host In Greensboro News.)
Raleigh, Dec. 7.—Governor Gard
ner broke up the book adoption and
representatives of the publishers
checking out for other states after
a long wait here give ample credit
to the power of the governor.
# When announcement was made
that the state will not this year put
out any new series, the statement
came from the governor’s office and
It was only three lines long. These
utterances generally have come from
the office of the state superintend
ent of public instruction, but Dr.
Allen turned all his inquisitors over
to the executive office when there
was any question to answer. The
text book commlrsion had decided
that there should be three new
ones. The department of education
generally can take care of a book
adoption. But there has been no
time within years when the issue
was too touchy as It is now.
Say Gardner Did It.
Governor Gardner never has made
any statement that he. broke up the
adoption, but the publishers, repre
sentatives who talked to him have
no doubt about It. They said ail
the while that if there was no
adoption Mr. Gardner would be re
sponsible for It. They could see It in
every conversation with his excel
lency. The governor was friendly
enough to the suggestion that the
children of North Carolina are en
titled to the best passible working
tools. But there was another side to
it.
One of the publishers reminded
him that the new adoption would
cost the state less than two miles
of hard surfaced road. The observa
tion was picturesque and epigram
matic. North Carolinians can under
stand road figures. T^vo miles of
concrete means from $55,000 to $70,
000. But the faultiness of the figures
lay in the fact that the state t,
building far less of $35,000 a mile
roads than it has been doing and
that's what the governor was talk
ing about.
Is Cutting Expenses.
He has undertaken to cut expendi
tures, and he constructed the book
adoption to mean a certain increase
in expenditures. For the present the
executive is racking his brain, not in
search of new things to tax, but of
old things from which to lift the
burden of taxation.
Idle Wanderers And Bams Seek
Lodging Each Night At Shelby
City Hall And At County Jail
Average Of Four Ask Lodging Of
Policemen And Firemen Each
Night.
Ti^e City Hail and the county
jail are running each other a
close race for honors as the
most popular free hotel in Shel
by.
Although there are no sleep
ing quarters at the City Hall
except those used by the city
firemen, approximately four
wanderers hare been sleeping
there each night for several
months. The majority of these
taken in and accommodated by
kindhcarted policemen and fire
men spend the night on the
bench and chairs in the police
chief’s office or stretched out
on newspapers on the floor.
About the same number ask
for, and usually receive, free
lodging- each night at the jail.
“Right often," the policemen
say, “we have to be particular
about some of those who want
to sleep by the fire in the police
headquarters. There are times
when we do not know but what
they are spying to see just
where we are and may be tip
ping off confederates. Yet there
are many times when we just
cannot refuse old men and boys
who are without money to pur
chase a meal or a sleeping
place. Usually they do not have
on enough clothes to keep them
warm.”
i As a result of the Increasing
number of wanderers who hit
town each night there is some
talk of securing a vacant build
ing uptown where they may
spend the night.
Merrill Plane
1< Sold For $10
New airplanes do not come
so cheap, but second-hand alt
buggies that have been in
wrecks are not so far beyond
the average man's poeketbook
Last week In Spartanburg
the air mall plane which
Dick Merrill, the pilot, leaped
out in his chute, was sold at
auction. Rather what was left
of it was sold. A junk dealer
purchased it for $10.
The price did not include
the radio which had been sal
vaged.
Moore Escapes
] From S. C. Pen
Man Who Killed Policeman Pen
! ninger Gets Away. Serving
Life Term.
Officers in this section are on the
lookout for Mills Moore, white man
serving a life term, who escaped
last week from the South Carolina
prison.
Moore was sentenced in York
county for killing Policeman M. C.
Penninger, of Sharon, whose family
la ter moved to Shelby to live. The
filling took place about 1917 or 1918
and Moore escaped and was not
captured until nine years had pass
ed, being sentenced in 1927.
Moore was well known in this
section and Police Chief McBride
i Poston, of Shelby, may have a few
personal ambitions to catch the es
caped life-termer. About 15 years
ago, some time before Moore killed
Penninger* he was a convict on the:
chain gang here. Chief Poston was
a guard on the gang and one dav
Moore and another convict escaped
after the other convict had slugged
Poston over the head and Moore
started to shoot the present chief
Some time later Moore was captur
ed but given over to Gaston county
where more serious charges had been
preferred. He escaped there and was
next seen at Sharon where he shot
Policeman Penninger as the latter
was arresting him.
Moore is about 45 years of age.
Fire Destroy* Negro
House At Kings Mt.
Fire of unknown origin Sunday
night destroyed a dwelling house in
Kings Mountain belonging to Jake
Raney, colored. The house was oc
cupied by a tenant family, the mem
bers of which were away from home
at the time of .the fire. The house
was completely destroyed, but most
of the household goods on the first
floor of the dwelling were saved.
To Give Play At
Jefferson Tuesday
The four-act play, “The Wren,”
which was to have been givan at the
Jefferson school, in east Shelby Fri
day night for its second perform
ance will be given Tuesday night at
7:30. The show was postponed be
cause of the weather. A good com
edian and a string band will add to
the entertainment
\Hold Hearings
\Over Accidents
Here Wednesday
Five Cases To Be
Heard Here
Cleveland County Han Had 411 Ac
cident* Involving 120,619 During
Year,
<M R OVHSAOAK, SUr N*«r« ItarMR.t
Raleigh, Dec. 8.—Ten appeal*
from the decision of one mem
ber will be heard by the full In
dustrial commission Workmen’s
Compensation cases here Mon
day. after which Commissioner
J. Dewey Dorsett will start ont
on a two week’s trip through
, western North Carolina, during
which time he has .18 hearings
scheduled.
Commissioner Dorsett has cases
set for heating at Newton 2, at Lln
colnton 7; at Shelby 5, Lenoir 2,
Moriranton 1. Marlon 8. Asheville
13. Brevard 2, Waynesvtlle 2. Frank
Itu 2, Bryson City 2, Robbinsvllle 1,
Murphy 2, Burnsville 4, Bakersville
3, Dobson 4.
'1'hr five cases at Shelby are set
for hearing in the office of the
clerk of superior court Wednesday
afternoon, December 10. at 2:30
o’clock. They follow: H. E. Beattie
vs. Shelby Cotton mills, relatives of
Tom Smith, deceased, vs. Forest
City Cotton Co.; W. L. Cloniger vs.
Neisler Mills, Inc., Percy Malone vs.
Standard Oil Co., and J B. Holli
field vs. Consolidated Textile Corp.
Many Accidents,
Three out of every 100, or 37,370
of the estimated 1,250,000 employes
subject to the N. C. Workmen's
Compensation Act, were Injured dur
ing the first year of the operation
of the act, beginning July 1, 1925,
in which total 3,339 required no med
ical or compensation costs, 24,350
had medical costs only and 9.G81
were awarded compensation averag
ing $11.69 a week, the first annual
report of the N. C. Industrial Com
mission shows.
IJyring the vear 161 worker* were
killed, compensation was awarded in
117 of the cases, denied in 44 and 30
were still pending, the report shows.
The three members of the commis
sion. Chairman Matt H. Allen, J.
Dewey Dorsett and T. A. Wilson,
held 558 hearings in disputed cases,
awarding compensation in 376 and l
denying it in 182 cases, and heard
78 appeals from the decision of one
of their number to the full board.
Thirty-six cases were appealed to
the superior court, 28 of which were
pending, and six w'ere appealed to
the supreme court, in all of which
the opinions of the commission were
affirmed. Of the 12.571 employers
subject to the act, 11.396 carried in
surance. 98 employers rejected the
act and 345 neither insured nor re
jected the act. Total compensation
and medical costs the first year
were $1,789,825. the report shows.
Cleveland county had 471 accidents
reported, involving a total cost of
$20,679, practically all paid by the
insurance companies, according to
the report.
Mrs. Sam Poston
Buried On Sunday
Died In West Shelby, With Heart
Trouble, Following Attack
Of Influenza.
Mrs. Sam Poston died at 5 o'clock
Saturday morning in West Shelby
after an illness of two weeks with
influenza and heart trouble. Before
marriage. Mrs. Poston was Miss
Lanle Blanton, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Chas. Blanton. She was 68
years of age and is survived by her
husband, one daughter and two
sons, Mrs. Joe Padgett of Bostic,
Sam Poston of Shelby and Grover
Poston of Spartanburg. S. C. Also
surviving are three sisters and two
brothers, Mrs. Angeline Hamrick of
Boiling Springs, Mrs. Dock Ham
rick of Chesnee, S. C. Mrs. Dan
Padgett of Pingerville, S. C., John
Blanton of Hollis, Glenn Blanton of
Shelby
Mrs. Poston was a good woman, a
kind neighbor, loving wife and
mother and greatly beloved by all
who knew her. She was buried
Sunday afternoon at 1 o’clock at
Zion Baptist church, the funeral
services being conducted by Rev. D.
G. Washburn.
Mr. Hagar Transfers
To Rock Hill Plant
G. A. Hagar who has been lines
man for the Western Onion Tele
graph company with headquarters
In Shelby for a year or more, has
seen transferred to Rock Hill, S. C.
snd will leave Shelby about the 13th
sf this month. Mr. Hagar has made
many warm friends in Shelby and
lopes to be transferred back to
^helbv sometime in the future.
To Wed! Daughter
Of Chief Justice
William T. Gossett, of New York,
ta to marry Mias Elizabeth Hughe*,
daughter of Chief Justice and Mrs.
Charles Evans Hughes, on Decem
ber If. Tlie nuptials, which will
be quiet, will take place at the
Huohes home in Washington, D. C.
Stamey’s Store
Entered, Robbed
Polkville Store Looted Early Sun
day. Home At Grover Is
Robbed.
A store robbery at PolkvUle and
a house robbery at Grover were
added over the week-end to the
growing number of thefts in this
section.
The Polkvllle store entered and
looted of a quantity of goods was
that of the Stanley company, and
the Grover residence was that of
Mr. P. B. Bridges from which,
among other things, a talking ma
chine was taken.
Clothing Stolen. i
Stamey's Polkvllle store was en
tered some time after midnight!
Saturday, entrance being made by!
cutting the window screen end then
breaking the glass so as to reach
the inside. A definite check-up of
the loot taken has not been com
pleted, but the haul included suits,
dresses, shoes, watches and knives.
Two or three people apparently)
entered the store and carried the:
loot to an automobile parked some
distance away.
At the Bridges home near Grover
the thief picked Sunday afternoon
while the family was away for a
short time. A talking machine, be
longing to Mr. Bridges’ daughter,
an overcoat, a pair .of gloves, and a
boy’s sport watch, with "Alma” en
graved on the back, were taken.
A man driving a T8 model Chev
rolet was seen passing by several
times, and was once seen, It is said,
parked In front of the house. Later
the same car passed through Grover
with something covered up on the
rear seat. A new record just pur
chased by Miss Bridges was found i
broken in the yard, and presumably
the thief Is a particular fellow who
desires to purchase or steal, his
favorite selections for the machine.
To Finish Highway
Network In 5 Years
Raleigh.—Within five years, at the
present rate of income. North Caro
lina should have its present state
highway system of more than 9,000
miles completed. R. A. Doughton,
chairman of the highway commis
sion, estimates.
Dr, Doughton yesterday figured
the cost of completing the wor* at
approximately *31.324.941 and made
the estimate of the time required to
bring the system up to standard.
The state already has construct
ed 6,698.3 miles of highways and has
added to the system additional mile
age built by counties of standard
specifications. However, approxi
mately 2.000 miles are yet below
standard.
Coin 131 Years Old.
Mr. J. N. Gantt, of Mooresboro
recently found a Spanish coin which
Is 131 years of age. The coin was
minted by Charles Fourth in 1799.
County Prepares To
Aid Poor And Needy
Mother Of Mrs. J. O
Taylor Dies, Age 83
Mrs. H, L. Luts, 83, year old moth
er of Mrs. J, d. Taylor of Shelby,
died on Thursday morning at 10:30
o'clock of last week at, her home In
Caldwell county. She had been sick
for tw'o years. Her pus.-tug was sud
den, like one going to Sleep.
Funeral services were held Friday
afternoon at 2 o'clock from Moun
tain Grove church. Rev. Mr Wolf
in charge. She was the mother of
seven children, five of whom are
living: Mrs J. O. Taylor of Shelby,
Mrs. O. H. Hammett of Greenville
8. C.; Mrs. M. 1. Spann, Of Hickory:
Mrs. T. Z. Andrews, of Glode and
Warded I.uta of Valde.se. Deceased
was a faithful member of the
Methodist church, a kind and lov
ing mother and wife.
Mr. M. A. West Dies
At Kings Mountain
Father Of Mr*. Dlrte Stiller Of
Shelby. Buried At Oak Grove
Church.
Mr. M. A West died Friday after
noon at hits Home on Piedmont ave
nue. Kings Mountain at the age of
37 years. He is survived by his widow
Mrs Sarah West, and the following
children: Mrs. Bertie Barr of Lowell;
Mrs. Dicle Miller of Shelby; Mrs.
Pearl Davis, of Kings Mountain;
Mrs. Eula Jones of Lowell and
Messrs, Jake and Jesse West of
Kings Mountain, Several grand
children also survive.
Tire funeral was held at the home
and interment was in the cemetery
at Oak Grove Church.
Shelby Boxer Will
Get Shot At Title
Babe Carr To Meet Jim Salmon
F«r Lightweight Crown In
Charlotte.
Just a year or two ago a wiry,
loose-limbed Shelby boy started
playing with a pair of boxing gloves.
It was about the time that Jack
Dempsey and Gene Tunney were
the talk of the land. The boy had
such a good-natured grin and such
pink cheeks—he looked anything
else but a prizefighter—that m his
first, bouts they, the ringside nick- j
name producers, called him •'Babe”
—"Babe” Carr.
A week from tonight, although he
Is still a youngster in the fighting
racket, the Shelby boy will box Jim
Swinson In Charlotte for the light
weight title, Swinson being the
present champion.
Tire odds are against, the more
inexperienced youngster when he;
meets the champion, but he has
won seven consecutive fights in
Charlotte and the fans and experts,
there think he has a right to meet
Swinson. That’s just what the Shel
by boy has been shooting at. Should
be win at his age, he is headed for
the big time. As yet no one has
knocked that grin off his face. He
jrins as if to say "It’s a tough world
out a good place to live” when he
?ets socked, and when he socks the
frin seems to say “pardon me, pard
ner, but here comes another.”
Many fight faas of this section
will join the Charlotte crowd to
night week to see what the Smiling
Babe does with his first big-time
bout.
VETERANS TO MEET
Capt. Hugh A. Logan announced}
today that a meeting of Spanish-,
American war veterans of this sec-!
tion will be held in the court house
here Tuesday night, beginning at
7:30 o'clock. It is an important
meeting, officers of the camp will
be elected, and all veterans arc urg
?d to attend.
He’ll Soon Be Here
Have You Prepared For Him?
The weather failed t o
keep wise bargain hunters
away from Shelby Satur
day. Shelby merchants
have an unusually attrac
tive line of Christmas goods
to pick from and the alert
, Yuletide shopper knows
‘ what it means to get the
first pick.
SAVE TIME AND MONEY
♦ BY READING THE HOLI
DAY BARGAIN ADS IN
THE STAR THIS WEEK.
County Agents Help
Investigate
Wilt H'ajo Drive for Old Clothe* To
Keep funds for food.
Fuel.
The government* of Cleveland
county and Shelby, aided by In
dividuals, set out today on the
winter program of raring for
and aiding unfortunate families
and unemployed In the elty
and county.
Public officials, of the county ana
city, assured the city-wide charity
committee that the county would
endeavor to take care of its own
poor and needy. These leaders real
ize that conditions are serious and
that, more people are out Of work;
and without food, fuel and clothing
than in many, years.
To Aid Smiih.
With this realization the county
commissioners have made a tem
porary change to help the unfortu
nate. As the work of the two coun
ty agents, ft, W. Shoffner and Mrs.
Irma Wallace, is lighter during the
winter than in other seasons, the
commissioners will nave the agents
assist the welfare officer in inves
tigating charity appeals and in
distributing aid. Welfare Officer J.
B Smith will remain In ids office
to meet the many applicants for
aid and to take care of that phase
of the work while the two intents
travel about the city and county
riding in the outside work
Want Clothing.
Officials of the charity commit
tee believe that all the contributions
should be used for purchasing food
and fuel. However there are many
people without sufficient clothing,
and In order to keep the cash con
tribution?; io; food so old clothing
drive Will be waged to secure gifts
of clothes thus making it possible to
stretch the charity Bifid over more
cases.
Lee B. Weathers, president of
The Star, has been named to take
charge of the drive for clothing.
He plan:; to secure a vacant room
uptown where all the discarded
clothing contributed by county and
city residents will be assembled. It
is hoped to have several of the
organisations of women to take
charge of this store room where
unemployed women can be used to
re-condition and alter garments
given to charity. The room, as
planned, would also be used aa a
fitting room for cases classed ac
needy.
Within a short time the entire
city will be canvassed for contribu
tions of clothes.
To C heck Appeals.
No appeal for aid—be it for food,
fuel or clothing—will be answered
until the conditions are closely in
vestigated by members of the char
ity committee which will endorse
or refuse appeal according to the
merits of the various cases.
Hundreds of people are out of
work, and scores of homes in this
section are without food and fuel
necessary for comfort. The charity
drive opening tills week hopes to
relieve the situation as early as
possible and to maintain the relief
where needed through the winter
months.
Until the headquarters for the
clothing drive are established clotti
ng may be left at the City Hall or
Star office.
Brown To Manage
Utility Division
W. H. Brown has been sent to
Shelby to be manager of the Shel
by division of the Southern Public
Utilities company. Mr. Brown has
been with the company for a num
ber of years. Last week the company
purchased ten or more rural light
ing systems and work will begin
right away on reconstructing and
extending the lines. The Washburn
building on N. Morgan street has
been rented for a temporary office
and material supply station while
this construction work Is underway
for the next six months or longer.
Mrs. Seare Dies In
California Home
New? has jbeen received here ot
the death of Mrs. Bettie Bostic
Seare last Monday at her home in
Long Beach. California. Mrs. Seare
was the daughter of Mr. John B
Beetle, formerly of Cleveland coun
ty and a brother of Mrs. J, D. Esk
ridge on East Graham street Her
new-born babe lives, and also sur
viving are her husband and one
two-year-old child,