VOL. XXXVII, No. 12
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SHELB*, N. C. .WEDNESDAY. JAN. 28. 1981
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LA TE NEW:
THE MARKET
Cotton, per ib._9!j to 10':',c
Cotton Seed, per bu.__37 Kc
Fair And Colder.'
Today’s North Carolina Weather
Report: Fair tonight and Thv—day.
Somewhat colder tonight. Slightly
warmer in west portion Thursday. |
Coltranr Case.
Concord, Jan. 28.—Tom Gay Col* |
trane’s death on the front lawn of ,
a Concord physician last December !
4. last night was ascribed by a I
coroner's jury to “acute al « holism,
aided by fall and exposure." The
Jury, which took fifteen minutes to
reach a verdict, had heard from wlt
resses for four hours and a half a
siory of heavy drinking by the
wealthy, 25-year-old banker on the
night before he was fornd dr -1 in
a pool of blood with his forehead cut
open. Details of Coltrane’s move
ments the night of Dec. 3 were sup
plied by Mrs. Ann Cannon Reynolds,
daughter of one of North Carolina's
leading textile manufacturers and
wife of Smith Reynolds, youngest
son of the late R. J. Reynolds, foun
der of the tobacco firm which bears
bis name. Mrs. Reynolds, who has
separated from her husband, testi
fied she had a “date” with Col
trane that night. She said he had
been drinking when he came to her
home early in the evening and con
tinued to drink as the evening pro
gressed and they visited friends. He
left her, she related, at 12:15 a. m.
Four hours later he was found de»d
before I)r. E. A. Misenheimcr’s
home, apparently having fallen
down the steps and cut his head.
Veteran Rhyne
Buried Today
J. Bunyan Rhyne Succumbs to
Stroke of Paralysis at Age of
85 Buried at Kings Mtn.
Mr. J. Bunyan Rhyne, one of the
county’s pioneer citizens, died at his
home in the Beulah Church com
munity east of Shelby Sunday even
ing at 6:30 o’clock, following a
stroke of paralysis and pneumonia.
Mr. Rhyne was born in Dallas, Gas
ton county, on June 24th, 1843 and
had passed his 85th milestone in
life. He volunteered his services
when the South took up arms in the
Civil war and was assigned to Co.
H, 48th regiment, made up of mtn
from Gaston county. He was a
brave and valiant soldier, serving
through the conflict. He, with his
comrades, returned to find his coun
try devastated but with dauntless
courage, they set about to rebuild
their beloved Southland.
Mr. Rhyne was married June 24th
1868 to Miss Margaret Emiline Po
well of York, S, C., and celebrated
their 62nd wedding anniversary’ 'a.-t
year.
Mr. Rhyne was noted for his hon
esty and integrity. He was a loyat
member of the Methodist church
and greatly enjoyed having his pas
tors visit him. s
Surviving are his loving and faith
ful wife and the following children •
J. R. Rhyne of Gastonia, Mrs. Ma -
mie E. Smith who has been malt
ing her home with them, Mrs. J. R
Killian of Columbus, Ga., H. B
Rhyne. C. C. Rhyne of near Shelby
Claude A. Rhyne of Columbus, 3 v
ten grandchildren and five great
grandchildren.
Funeral services took place at t.w
Rhyne home and interment was at
Kings Mountain.
Senator Cam Gets
In Senate Flare-Up
Senators Ready To Fight Over
Something Or Other, But Make
Up Quickly.
Washington, Jan. 28.—The senate
appropriations committee found
out yesterday what happens when
one spirited southern senator arour
es another.
It took two fellow democrats and
a broad table to stop action.
Senator McKellar of Tennessee
end Senator Morrison of North
Carolina were the principals.
A comment by one or the other
didn’t sound just right, and in a
flash each was on his, feet and lean
ing across the expansive committee
table.
Senator Bratton of New Mexico
got Senator McKellar. Senator Har
ris of Georgia intervened on the
other side of the table with the
equally irate Senator Morrison.
The heat of the dispute—what
ever it was about—soon passed,
however, and the senators left the
room on speaking terms. Neither
would comment about it later ex
cept to smile and remark it was all
over.
Colleagues of the senators like
wise were silent and regarded the
incident as "one of thos things" and
all closed.
On Washington Street
An item in a recent issue stated
t hat Rev. J. W. Ingle.-retired Metho
dist minister, who ha moved to
Shelby, lived on North Morgan
street. This was an error: Rev. M
Ingle lives at 303 North Washington
street.
Veterans Here
Would Benefit
By Cash Bonus
Would Receive Half
Million Dollar*
Payment Now of Veterans' Certifi
cates Would Brins 64 Million
To State.
The payment now of service
bonus certificates due World
war veterans would bring around
or over a half million dollars to
Cfcveland county, and more
than 64 million dollars and a
basis for revived prosperity to
the state of North Carolina.
Thosfe estimates are taken from a
speech made in congress by Con
gressman Wright Patman of Texas
in urging the immediate payment
of the cash bonus to World war
veterans.
Figures Given.
According to statistics assembled
from war department records by
Congressman Patman the bonus due
the average veteran is $1010. His
table of approximate values shows
that this cash payment would give
veterans of North Carolina an ap
proximate total of $64,301,543.75.
Between 600 and 700 Cleveland
county veterans have service certi
ficates and on the basis of the aver
age certificate value of $1,010 would
get a total of around $600,000. This
estimate Is further borne out by a
division Of the 100 counties of the
state into the state total of 64 mil
lion dollars.
, Legion Fighting.
The local post of the American
Legion has joined in with other
posts throughout the land in mak
ing a spirited fight for the cash
payment now.
“Just think," officials of the post
say, “what the turning loose of that
sum of money, rightfully earned,
would mean to this county now.”
The speech of Congressman Pat
man is termed by ex-service men of
this section as one that cannot be
answered by anyone who would op
pose the payment of these certifi
cates to veterans now. Some ex
cerpts from the Patman speech in
congress follow:
Ilis Pay. Not Bonus.
“Why should the veteran have the
full amount of the certificate?”
John Doe went to the army in 1917.
He served 200 days overseas and 150
days in the United States. Congress,
in adjusting the pav of the veterans,
decided that John Doe was entitled
CONTINUED ON PAOE EIOHT.t
He Gets Drop On
Would-Be Robbers
South Shelby Cafe Man Beats Two
Men To Their Guns At
Lonely Hour.
Only today it became publicly
known that a South Shelby cafe
proprietor early last Saturday morn
ing beat two would be bandits at
their own game by beating them to
their guns.
It was about 3 o’clock in the
morning when two men entered
Wilson’s all-night cafe in the rear
of the Baber grocery. One of the
men ordered dopes. Wilson, who had
his gun in his pocket, suspected
something. As he leaned over the
ice box to get the dopes he kept his
eyes on them and saw one of the
men start to pull out a gun. Wil
son whirled, yanked out his own
gun, covered them and drove them
from the store. Due to the early
hour his suspicion of the two prow
lers and his alertness in getting his
trigger finger placed saved him from
being robbed.
Solicitor’s Fees In County Court
No Longer Any Cost To Treasury
Present Solicitor Does Not Get Fee For Con
viction When Defendant Gets
Road Term.
Although generally overlooked at the time, a new tee
system inaugurated January 1 in the Cleveland county re
corder’s court will within the course of the year save the
county several thousand dollars.
Heretofore the solicitor of the
county court has by law received, or
been entitled to, a fee for every,
conviction in court. Often the con
victed defendants are sent to the
road and do not pay fines and the
costs. When the costs, which Include
the solicitor’s fees, are not paid by
the defendant they come from the
ccounty treasury.
Two years ago Odus M. Mull, now
State Democratic chairman but then
representative to the legislature,
changed the law so that the solici
tor would receive a fee only for con
victions in which the defendant pvd
the costs. A big percentage of. the
convicted defendants in county court
get road or jail terms and by the
method used prior to this year it
was necessary for the county to pay
the solicitor his fees in such cases.
The law passed by Mr. Mull, in
order not to do an injustice to the
office-holder at that time, was so
prepared as not to become effective
until that term of office had ended
The new ruling automatically came
in on January 1 when Attorney J
Clint Newton was sworn in.
The solicitor's fee for every con
viction is $3,50 and it is readily set®
that the savin* of this amount for
every defendant sent to the road
in the course of the year will be a !
considerable sum.
$14 In One Day
An example of the economy to the
county is shown In the court giind
here one day this week. Five de
fendants were convicted, but lour
of them received road terms while
only one paid a fine and costs. By
the old plan the solicitor wottid
have received $3.50 for each of the
five convictions, or a total of $17 50.
the county paying $14 of it. At it
was the solicitor’s only fee In the
five convictions was $3.50. In other
words, the solicitor does not receive
a fee any more in convictions ex
cept where the convicted defend
ant pays the bill.
It is estimated that the new plan
will save the county between $1,500
and $3,000 per year.
Rutherford Farmer, J. M. Lynch,
Called Out Of House And Killed
On Doorstep; 4 Bullets In Body
World War Vet®
In Mass Meeting
On Thursday Eve
A mass meeting of all Cleve
land county veterans of the
World War Is to be held In
the court house In Shelby to
morrow, Thursday, night at i
o'clock. It is announced by *V.
S. Beam, commander of the
local post of the American
Legion.
The meeting will observe
pioneer week of the Legion,
but the major topic of the
mass gathering will be a dis
cussion of the cash payment
of adjusted service certificates
due World War soldiers. The
matter of paying the certifi
cates in cash now will be
thoroughly explained and the
hopes of the success of the
plan outlined.
For that reason every man
in Cleveland county who was
In any branch of service dur
ing the war is urged to attend
since the meeting is for all
ex-service men and is not an
exclusive meeting of Legion
members.
Aviator Home.
Dick Dudley, who recently re
ceived his government license as an
airplane pilot at a Texas aviation
school, arrived in Shelby yesterdoy
for a visit to his mother, Mrs. J. O
i Dudley, sr. Sun-tanned and hard
ened by many hours In the air
above the Texas plains, young Dud
ley still has to make other hours in
a plane before securing a transport
license.
Shelby Man Led Battle To Give
Stat.s Joint Role In Enforcin g
Prohibition; Hoover Is Undecided
Judge E. Y. Webb Inserted Clause
Giving Concurrent Power To
, States.
(H. E. C. Bryant in News And
Observer.)
Washington, Jan. 25.—In connec
tion with the Wickersham report
and the reaction to it, public men
here are discussing the duty of the
states under the eighteenth amend
ment.
There is a disposition to blame
the ‘'dry states for inadequate en
forcement laws and appropriations.”
Early in the career of the presi
dent’s commission Mr. Wickersham
startled the country by asserting, in
effect, that the federal government
was carrying too much of the bur
den and states were lagging.
Much of this criticism has been
directed to dry states.
Congress intended to leave to the
states the right and power to en
force dry laws.
Judge Edwin Yates Webb, now
presiding over the federal courts of
the western district of North Caro
lina. led the fight to give the states
“concurrent” power with the Unit
ed States. He did not say that this
provision was requested so that the
Washington government could de
mand action from the states, but
that the states might help.
Webb’s Opinion.
“Nobody desires that the congress
take away the laws of the states,”
said Mr. Webb, when the question
of state's rights arose. "If we had
not. done this (given concurrent
jurisdiction) there would be a fight
every two years as to the power of
the states and the federal govern
ment.”
Mr. Webb was chairman of the
house committee on the judiciary.
I COSTWTTT) OK PAQF EIOHT.)
Funeral Held Tuesday. Coroner In
vestigates Fatal
Shooting.
Rutherfordton, Jan. 28.—The
coroner’s jury in the case of
John Lynch, well known farmer
who was shut at his home Sun
day night on the Chimney Rock
road, did not make a report yes
terday. It has been continued
for further Investigation and
will continue to make Inquiries
as to Just who killed Lynch. Of
ficers and County Conner W.
C. Hightower stated late Tues
day that the case had them
much puasled. Solicitor J. YV.
Pies*, of Marlon, was here Tues
day afternoon conferring with
officers and It Is expected that
an announcement or further ar
1 rests will likely be made soon.
Rutherfordton, Jan. 27—John
Madison Lynch, age 40, well known
farmer who lived nine miles west
of here, on the Chimney Rock road,
was called out at his home and- bed
Sunday night around 8 o'clock and
shot four times. He died en route to
the Rutherfordton hospital. Four
bullets were fired at Lynch, one
striking his left arm, one going in
his left side, one between his eyes
and the other striking his left hand.
Two of the bullets were taken from
his body here.
I County Coroner W. C. Hightower
held an Inquest here Monday morn
ing, and another Tuesday afternoon
at the Lynch home.
John Paul Searcy, age 19, son of
Zaack Searcy, of near Chimney
Rock, is being held here on suspic
ion. It is reported that Searcy had
threatened Lynch's life and that
Searcy worked for Lynch last sum
mer and Uiat he was discharged
when crops were laid by. It is re
ported that Searcy was recently
found after dark near Lynch’s home
with no lights on his car and a pis
tol on his person. Searcy denied
shooting Lynch. Mrs. Lynch stated
this morning to officers that her
husband came home Sunday around
dark under the Influence of whis
key and asked her to load his shot
gun, which she did, and he retired
with it. Soon after he retired she
and the children retired and later
someone knocked at the door and
stated, "John Lynch, if you don’t
treat your family better, I will kill
you.” Lynch came down, dressed
only in his underwear, and was
shot. Lynch had a 38-calibre pistol
and fired it three times. The bullets
were found In his home today by
officers. Two balls were also found
in his pistol.
Lynch was shot with a 32-calibre
pistol. Dewey Price and Frank
Whitesides rushed him to the hos
pital. He never regained conscious
ness..
Funeral services were held at the
home Tuesday morning at 1! o’clock
and interment followed in the
Rutherford cemetery. Lynch is the
eldest son of Tom M. Lynch, of
Asheville, and leaves a widow and
three children, several brothers and
sisters. He was 40 years old the day
he was killed.
Cleveland Tops
Cotton Counties
By 10,149 Bales
Robeson Hold# To
Second Place
Johnston Hanking Third Is 32.000
Biin Bihind County Cotton
Crop.
Cp to January 16 Cleveland j
county still held to the cotton
producing lead in North Caro- j
llna by a margin of 10,149 bales
over Robeson In the 1936 crop.
Robeson to that date had ginned
51,502 bales as compared with 61,631
for Cleveland.
Johnston county remained in third
place with 38,935 bales, which Is
22,716 less than the Cleveland crop
to the same date.
Oddly enough, Harnett and Hali
fax were in a tie for fourth place
with 31.023 bales each.
Nearby Counties.
Rutherford Is the largest, cotton
county adjoining Cleveland, having
ginned 20,746 bales to January 16. i
Lincoln came next with 19,027 bales
Catawba had ginned 16,117, and
Gaston 13,595,
School Bill Goes
By In House; Sa ys
East Will Benefit
State Supported Six-Months Schools I
Measure Passes House. Ed
wards Against It.
Raleigh, Jan. 28.—The house
yesterday pledged Itself to the
principle of a state supported
six months public school, term
for revenues other than ad va- j
lorem taxes, thus passing the
Mac Lean substitute for the
Lindsey-Young bills. The vote
was 86 to 32 on the second read
ing.
Representative Edwards, of Cleve
land, voted against the bill.
Burden On Pifdmoat.
,M. R. DCNNAOAN. Star Barcas.)
Raleigh. Jan. 38.—“We of the
Piedmont sympathise with the
plight of eastern farmers and
want to continue to help them, but
we do not want them to shoulder
their burdens of taxes. largely from
Indiscretions, upon us and tax us
out of existence, leaving the labor
ers In our mills and their families
without the necessities that any
farmer should have,” said E, C.
Brooks. Jr„ Durham representative,
while discussing the bill for state
support for schools in the house of
representatives yesterday.
Mentioning eastern counties from
which representatives had spoken
In favor of state school operation,
Mr. Brooks said:
“We want to continue to help
Camden county, even though that
county paid into the state treasury
last year only $1,062 in taxes on in
come of Individuals and domestic
corporations, inheritance and li
cense taxes and received back $30,
753 in school and road funds from
the state.
“We want to continue to help
Craven county, but we do not wan t j
to have to pay the two million dol -1
lars of county funds deposited to
bolster up a falling bank which
closed and tied up such funds.
“We want to continue to help;
Carteret county, but we should nol i
be asked to pay the million dollars;
in bonds Issued for roads, half of j
which httve never been built, al
though paid for,
“We want to help Buncombe and
sympathize with her in her trou
bles, but we are against repaying
some two and a half million dollars
in public funds placed in s bank .to
bolster It up, unprotected because
that county was exempted from the
county finance act, and lost be
cause there was no security when
the bank failed.” said Mr. Brooks.
Figures compiled from state rec
(CONTtNUED ON PAD* BIOHT.I
Episcopal Church Service
On Sunday, Feb. 1st, there will
be morning prayer said at the
church of The Redeemer on S. La
Fayette St. at 11:00, followed by
the Holy Communion. Rev. James
B. Sill is in charge. He Is to be in
Shelby Saturday and Sunday and
can be reached at Hotel Charles.
Moves Law Office.
Attorney Bynum E. Weathers is
today moving his office from No. 4
Royster building, adjoining the Con
servative Life Insurance company
quarters, to No. 9 Royster building,
occupying the law office of Post
master J. H Quinn,
Small Grass Fire.
One of the city fire trucks was
called out yesterday to extinguish a
grass fire near the Graham street
school. No damage resulted from
the fire.
Cops Don’t Worry Them Much
These two girl#, Lorraine Mur
phy end Catherine Sullivan, were
enjoying a hectic party with six
boy friends in New York City,
when detectives walked in and
invited them to the police sta
■ tion. They went Then the cops I
took the boy friends into another j
room and made them confess j
several burglaries. That didn't
worry the girls. They danced
and rang lustily.
Gardner Says His Road Plan
Will Cat County Taxes 19JA
Cents; Answers His Critics
Sunday School Meet
At Ross Grove Feb. I
"Enlargement” Will Be the Theme
For Discussion. CabanlM, Put
nam, and Fninm to Speak.
Oil February l the Kings Moun
tain Baptist Sunday school associa
tion will hold It monthly meeting
with the Ross Grove church just
north of Shelby. The program be
gins at 2:30 o’clock In the after
noon when the theme of ‘‘Enlarge
ment” will be under discussion
J. W. Costner is superintendent
and L. H. Ledford Is associate sup
erintendent. Mr. Costner asks all
superintendents to send in their
monthly reports. The program is as
follows:
2:30—Devotional, by A. P. Spake.
2:45—Reports.
3:05—Why and How Take a Re
ligious Census by G. T. Cabanlss.
3:15—Why and How to Enlarge
the Organization, by Horace Easorn.
Special mu^c by Easorn and Free
man.
3:25—Adjusting the Building and
Securing the Necessary Equipment,
Rev, D. F. Putnam.
3:35—Visitation, by Joe E Blan
ton.
3:45—Conference.
4:00—Adjourn.
Cold Wave Coming
The balmy spring-like weath
er which has prevailed in this
section for five days will not
last much longer, and then look
out. That's what local weather
prophets are predicting.
"We are going to pay for this
misplaced touch of Spring,” they
predict, “and pay by goin;
through a bitter cold snap
which will Increase pneumonia
danger.”
Declares Highway Experts Will
Agree With Proposed Highway
Change.
Raleigh Jan. 28.—Replying to i
critics of his highway program,!
Governor O, Max Gardner in a
statement published yesterday said
county taxes would be slashed on
an average of nineteen and one- i
half cents a $100 by the state's tak-l
ing over all county roads,
Governor Gardner issued a leng
thy statement in answer to Colonel
TV L. Kirkpatrick, of Charlotte, and
John Sprunt Hill, of Durham, a
member of the state highway com
mission, who have sharply assailed
his proposal for complete re-organ
ization of state highway adminis
tration.
He said he welcomed their criti
cism and thanked them for "their
freedom of expression" but would
give "weightier consideration' to
their views when other road ex
perts. whom he named, condemned
his recommendations.
The road men he mentioned in
this connection were Prank Pago,
former chairman of the highway
commission, and Leslie Ames, for
mer chief engineer of the state
highway department
"And." he continued, "when the
department of roads in Washington
tell me that I am about to wreck
our system and imperil our chances
of securing federal eld—when I ere*
this information telling me that T
am wrong, the public may rest as
sured that I will not hesitate to re
verse tny position."
The statement made by the gov
ernor concerning those who opposr
his recommendations follows:
"As X understand them, they both
assign to me patriotic but misguid
ed purposes and then proceed to'
give expressions to their own per- j
Continued On Page Eight
Jury For Rutherford Bank Cases i
May Not Come From This County;
Up At Term Opening Monday
The jury which will hear the cases in Superior court in
Rutherford county next week against several prominent
Rutherford citizens on charges connected with several bank
failures there last year will not likely come from Cleveland
county.
urainarny wnen an outside jury
is selected it is taken from a coun
ty in the same district. Cleveland Is
now in the Judicial district with
Rutherford. It is legal, however, to
take a jury from this county, pro
vided the Judge grants the move for
an outside jury and considers this
county the best in which to secure
Jurors.
Tlte Shelby attorneys will appear
in the cases, which are expected to
attract more attention than any
court affair in years. They are B
Z. Newton, who will aid In the
prosecution, and Clyde R. Hoey, who
is one of the defense attorneys. The
entire prosecution will be represent -1
ed by Mr. Newton, Attorney W. C
McRorie, of Rutherfordton, and .So
licitor Will Pless, of Marion. C, W
|Tiliett, jr., of Charlotte, Is* one of j
the outside attorney* who will >p
pear with Mr. Hoey lor the defense
Court opens Monday at Ruther
fordton and notice has already bent
filed that .the defense counsel wfp
ask for a jury, from another county.
McDowell county, 3ome contend, is
the logical county to furnish the
Jury. Prosecution attorneys, how
ever, are of the opinior that Judge
Hoyle Sink, who will preside at tin
term may ref use to call a jury from
Knottier countj.
D.A. Whisonant
Dies In Sharon
Of Poison Dose
Funeral Service*
There Today
Well Known Business Man Aud
Fanner Who Lived In Shelby
Takes Carbolic Acid.
Dennis A. Whisonant, GO-year
old business man and farmer,
a native of South ('arollna. who
has made his home In Shelby
for several years, died early
Tuesday morning at the home
of n relative at Sharon, S, C..
death resultIng from a dose of •
poison.
Funeral semce* were held at th
Wood lawn Presbyterian church aV
Sharon this afternoon at 3 o'clock
and Interment was at Hickor'
Orovt\
Left Herr Sumtay.
Mr. Whisonant. who aided Ills wii
In the operation of a millinery shop
here, was well kilown nnd highly re
spected in the city us well as in his
native .state and section. For some
Mine. It Is said, he had been wor
ried and depressed beeau.se of his
health and the business depression.
Sunday he accompanied relatives tn
their home at Sharon with the in
tention of attending to some busi
ness in connection with Ills farm
lands there. Monday he was in York
for the purpose of paying his taxes.
Tuesday morning he informed the
relatives whom he was visiting that
he was not feeling well and did not
care for any breakfast. Soon aftei
lie breakfast hour lie stepped Into
another room. The others shortly
• hereafter heard something fall anil
entered the room to find that he
was suffering from the effect* of
carbolic acid which he had taken.
The' home at which he was visiting
was some distance from town and
he was ruihed in town to. a physi
cian but the dose of poison had been
too strong and it was iinjxis.slble to
save him. He died between 3 and
10 o'clock.
Relatives Here wore informed of
hUs condition and reached Sharon
near the time of his death.
The family is popular in Shelby,
being regular attendants of the
Presbyterian church here and ac
tive in other community interests,
and the sympathy of their many
friends in extended to the bereaved
relatives.
Surviving are the widow and
three children: Paul WhLsonant, an
employe of the First National bank;
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J. Cliff Gibson
Dies In Hospital
So noi' Mr. J. Polk Gibson Died In
Hospital. Leaves Wife and
Four Children.
At noon Tuesday, J. Cliff Gibson
died at the Shelby hospital which
he had entered the day before for
treatment for pneumonia and plue
rtsy from which he had been suffer
ing for three weeks.
Mr. Gibson had a severe cold sev
eral weeks ago which developed Into
pneumonia and later pleurisy. He
was found to be in a serious condi
tion and brought to tire hospital oh
Monday afternoon for a drainage,
but expired on the operating room
(able.
Mr. Gibson was the son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. Polk Gibson and lived
In the Bticcs Shoal coinmvmitv
where he farmed. He was a very
popular and highly esteemed your.?
man whose death Is a great shock
to his host of friends. Mr. Gtbser.
was 31 years of age. He was twice
married, the first time to Lois Bor
ders who died during the influens?
epidemic ten years ago. One chl’ l
Annie Lee Gtbjon survives by this
marriage. He was later married to
Maude Hoppes who survives with
three children: James RoncLaU,
Bernice and Meldona. together writ:
tils parents, two brothers O. D. and
Hartness Gibson and four sister -:
Lizzie and Novella Gibson, Mrs, Will
Patterson and Mrs Clarence Put*
uam.
Funeral was held this afternoon
lit 2:30 o’clock at New Hope Bap
tist church where he held his mem
bership. Services were conducted b'
Rev. j. L, Jenkins.
■ J *; ■ -a__
H. A. Ramsey Buried
At Mount Pleasant
H. A. Ramsey, prominent famv
of No. 2 township, died at his home
on Moores boro Route ’ on Monday
of this week and Is being buried
this afternoon at Mount Pleaaan.
Baptist church. The fliner»1 took
place at 2 o’clock today, services
'’einy in charge of Rev Mr White,
pastor assistod by Rev. I 1> Harr 111
*nd Rev. T C. Holland.