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SHELBY, N. C. WEDNESDAY. APR. 8, 1931 Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons.
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Cotton Seed, per bu __.... 37Vie
Fair And Warmer.
Today’s North Carolina Weather
Report: Fair and warmer tonight
and Thursday. Probably light frost
in extreme west and north central
portions tonight.
tongworth HI.
Aiken. S. C., April 8.—Nicholas;
l.ongworth, speaker of the United
States house of representatives, and
■■on-In-law of the -late President
Theodore Roosevelt, has developed
pneumonia and Is reported by at
tending physicians to be in a serious
condition. Mr. Longworth, who has
been the ~uest of Mr. and Mrs.
•lames P. Curtis, of Washington, at
their winter home here for the past
ten days, contracted a cold late last
week. Physicians called in late Mon
day ordered him to bed. Pneumonia
developed Monday night.
New Interest
In City Races
Some Talk of Other Candidates For
City Board Heard In
Coming Election.
With the <jity election less than
A month off new interest was evid
ent this week in the approaching
municipal ballot battle.
The revived Interest has not as
yet brought forth any new candi
dates, but several are being talked.
Reports early today had It that
Mr. Ogburn Lutz, well known mer
chant and business inan, was being
urged by friends to become a can
didate for ward four alderman.
Queried about it, Mr. Lutz said he
did not think he would be interest-'
■ d, but admitted that he had been
approached by friends and was ap
preciative of their kindness. Other
reports suggested that Mr. J, F. Led
ford, a former alderman, might'
become a candidate in ward one, but
no statement has been made by him.
One day it seems as if several
new candidates may enter the race
ior the board, then the next day the
situation seems to change overnight
with the appearance that the four
announced candidates will be uhop
posed.
Very little public talk is heard in
connection with the mayoralty race,
and very little active campaigning
is evident.
ToBuryJnoC. i
Dodd Thursday
—
Former Mill Mechanic Passes After
Serious Illness. To Bury
At Sharon.
Mr. John C. Dodd, 58 years of age,
died this morning at 9:45 o'clock at
his home just southeast of Shelby
and will be buried Thursday after
noon at 3 o’clock at Sharon Meth
odist church In the community
where he was born and reared
Mr. Dodd became sick with jaun
dice about four months ago and
complications arose which caused!
him untold suffering. Mr. Dodd was I
a mechanic by trade, holding his
Vast job as mechanic at the Eastside
mill here. He came to Shelby about
ten years ago where he had been
working as a mill mechanic. He was
a splendid workman, a fine Chris
ian gentleman and highly esteemed
by his friends. He was the son of
Mr, and Mrs. D. C. Dodd both of
whom have preceded him to the
grave.
Mr. Dodd was a member of the
Baptist church but will be buried at
Sharon Methodist in the commun
ity where he was born, the funeral
services to be conducted by Revs. R.
L. Forbis and L. L. Jessup. He was
married to Miss Rhader Hyder, of
Gaffney,f S. C., who survives to
gether with the following brothers
and sisters: Capt. Will Dodd, of
Columbia, Dave Dodd, of Sharon,
Fred Dodd, of Union, S. C., Claude
Dodd, of Greenville, S. C., Mrs. Lissie
Blanton, of Greenville, S. C., Mrs.
Pink McMurry, of Shelby, and Mrs.
Robt. L. Ramseur, of Winston
Salem.
Dr. Frazier Here
At Presbyterian
Meeting Tonight
The men of the Shelby Presby
terian church will hold their fust
meeting of the new' church year in
the dining room of the Sunday
school building tonight at 7 o’clock
Boys of the congregation, of nine
years and older are to be the guests
of the men. Those men who may not
have boys of their own are asked
to bring some other boy who would
not otherwise be able to come. Sup
per will be served to all who come.
An attractive program lias been
arranged with Dr. W. H. Frazier,
president of Queens-Chicora col
lege as the special speaker of the
evening. His presence should guar
antee a full attendance at this meet
'rg.
Rate King To
Be Moved Soon
To Lancaster
Now Prepare For
Second Trial
Has Been Confined In Slate Prison
22 Months. Nearer Lawyers
This Week.
York. S. C„ April 8.—The last ol
this week, Rate King will be remov
ed from the penitentiary to the
Lancaster bounty jail. He lias been
anxious to get there, and Solicitor
Finley agreed that three weeks be
fore his trial was about the right
time for him to be more accessible
to his counsel and family. No court
order will be necessary for his re
moval. as the governor may order
it by consent of the solicitor at the
request of King’s lawyers.
King has had 22 months of close
confinement in the part of the pen
itentiary reserved for convicts un
der sentence of death. His surround
ings have been much less agreeable
than if he had been sentenced for
a term of years, or for life, Instead
of being held for a new' trial after
once being convicted of murder with
a death sentence impending. His
prison mates have been a he If doz
en negroes at once, for awhile, un
til they were executed and some
very dtsagreable cell mates at times.
It looks now like the second trial
Of King at Lancaster may start May
i. If it goes straight on, it probably
will last ten days, like the first
trial. The date the court term be
gins is four weeks -from yesterday.
Debate Called Off,
Girl Debater Sick
Shelby’s Triangular Debate on Here
Next Tuesday
Night.
The trianglar debate in which the
two Shelby High debating teams
were scheduled to perform last night
was called off and will be held nest
Tuesday night.
It became neces.yiry to postpone
the delate because Miss Kara
Thompson, one of the Shelby debate
ers became sick with roseola. Offi
cials of the Llncolnton and Gastonia
schools, both in the triangle with
Shelby kindly consented to postpone
all the debates in the triangle until
next .week.
Groundhog Held On
Too Long And Dies
Even a weather propliet. venerat
ed as the groundhog is in certain
sections, can overdo a thing.
A groundhog on the A. M. Ham*
rick farm where Charlie Williams
lives wasn't satisfied with remain
ing in his hole for 40 days after
February 2. He stayed in until
Sunday. April 5. came out—and
died.
Goes To Meeting.
Mr. Harvey S. White, of Shelby,
will attend the regular annual meet
ing of representatives of the Equit
able Life Assurance Society of North
and South Carolina. The meeting
will be held at Rock Hill Friday and
Saturday of this week.
This Man Licked “Big Bill”
Chicago, April'8.—Anton J. Cermak, democrat, was
elected mayor of Chicago yesterday, ending the reign of*
Mayor William Hale Thompson. The stocky, Bohemian-born
ruler of Cook county democracy swept into office by the larg
est majority ever given a candidate for mayor of America's
second city, a majority that promised to exceed 200,000.
Bestowing the mayoralty upon Cermak, the voters drew the
curtain at last upon the colorful political career of "Big Bill,”
republican, thrice chief executive of their city.
Sales Tax Defeated By Senate;
Take Luxury Tax Method Now\
McSwain Thinks
Other Tax Stopped
(SEE EDITORIAL "UNFAIRNESS
OF IT” PAGE 4)
l4 view of the fact that the
sales tax plan of supporting
schools under the MacLean bill
was defeated yesterday in the
State senate., it is recalled th it
Senator Peyton McSwain. of
Cleveland, predicted that the
senate would also kill the luxury
tax measure.
At home here over the week
end he expressed the belief
that the luxury tax would tie
defeated by a vote of approxi
mately 28 to 22. The sales tax
was defeated 36 to 8.
Board Is Cheaper
Now—In Hoosegow
Living costs took another flop
in Shelby this week. That is to
say that boarding rates are
cheaper—at some places.
At the meeting of the county
! commissioners they decreed- that
hereafter 60 cents per day would be
[allowed for the board or prisoners
in the county jail. Heretofore the
price of board for guests at the
Allen hostelry was charged at 70
cents per diem.
Judge Webb Defends Agents Who
Buy Booze And Then Nab Seller
Declares Undercover Methods Nec
essary To Get Violators
Dry Law.
Undercover agents, “snoopers" as
they are some times called, are nec
essary on the federal prohibition
force, says Federal Judge E. Yates
Webb, of Shelby.
People throughout this section
who have attended federal court in
Shelby are familiar with the work
of undercover agents as a majority
of the cases tried here result from
arrests made by undercover man.
As a general rule the agent goes to
the home of some man who does
not know the agent is an officer,
buys liquor, and the man who sell it
likely does not hear about it until
he is later arrested on a federal
warrant. There is usually little value
in fighting the evidence as the
agent, when court comes, takes the
stand, tells of the purchase, the
price paid, etc.
The method has been both criti
cised apd defended for several years
hereabouts.
Holding court in Charlotte this
week Judge Webb defended the
undercover policy. The Charlotte
Observer tells of it as follows:
Need For Evidence.
“Federal prohibition agents are
forced to employ undercover agent?
because persons who buy liquor will
nol report persons who sell it, Judge
Webb said from the bench yester
day morning.
•‘Speaking in defense of prohibi
tion methods of obtaining evidence,
the jurist declared it would be Im
possible to convict many persons of
violating prohibition laws unless
federal agents had purchased whis
key from them.
“The judge's defense is generally
regarded as having direct connec
tion with two general prohibition
raids in Charlotte in the last six
weeks that resulted in more than
two score alleged prohibition law
violators being arrested. There were
rumors to the effect that Dry Agent
Gillis of the local office, opened and
operated for a short time a College
street “speakeasy” in order to obtain
information as to large-scale liquor
dealers in the area.
Liquor Sources.
“Turning to local conditions,
Judge Webb said the majority of the
booze sold in Charlotte is not even
made in Mecklenburg county. ‘It is
hauled in here from counties to the
north and west. Columbia, South
Carolina, is another prominent
source, particularly of the bottled
in-bond variety. It sa hauled here
from agencies there and sold in
wholesale quanties,’ the judge de
clared ”
Slielbv Senator Votes With 35 Oth
ers 'Against Tax On AH
Sales.
Raleigh, April 8.—The senate yes
terday afternoon struck the Day
general sales tax from the proposed
biennial revenue bill and began con
sideration of the Hinsdale selected
commodities proposal as a substi
tute.
Unexpectedly: Senator Hinsdale of.
Wake moved to eliminate the. Day
plan, which would have levied a
one per cent tax on gross sales of
retail merchants, and the ruction
was adopted, 36 to 8, with five sen
ators voting present.
Senator Harmon of Avery was the
lone senator not recorded on the
roll call.
The roll call follow- :
For striking out the general sales
tax:
Baggett, Bennett. Bernard, B'ociht
Burrus. Burt. Campbell, Clark,
Clarkson. Clement, Dunlap. FBger,
Gravely. Grier, Gywn. Hardy,
Hartchett, Haywood. Hinsdale, Hor
ton, Johnson of Moore, Jones, Law
rence, Lindsey, lovill. McSwain,
Nixon. Powell, Price, Rankin, RoU
well. Umstead, Ward of Beaufort,
Whedbee, Williams, Zollicoffer.
Against striking out the Day tax:
Dortch, Hendren. Hicks, Lynch,
Pell, Pritchett, Ward of Craven
Voting present:
Grower, Grant, Johnson of Dun
lin, McKee, Uzzell. .
Take Up Luxury Tax.
Immediately after the artlcie*,>as
removed. Senator Hinsdale offered
his "luxury” tax measure as a sub
stitute, and the senate agreed for
Hinsdale and Senator Grier of Be
dell to “steer” the amendment.
It was agreed that a vote would
be taken after five hours of debate.
Senator Hinsdale using one hour
before the committee of the whole
adjourned until 10 o'clock today.
Speculation was rife as to what
success the Hinsdale plan will meet,
it being conceded some similar
measure to produce about 39.,'Ou.
000, must be adopted if the Mac
Lean school law is to be carried out.
Opponents of the tax claim,a
margin of from one to three votes
to defeat it. Proponents cautiously
expressed that “some votes well
change,” the most optimistic claim
ing half the senate membership f ;r
the plan with others only figuring
22 to 24 on their side.
Margin Is Narrow.
All concede that the switch of one
or two votes over night can change
the result when the vote is reached,
probably between 2:30 and 3:30 to
day.
A movement was under way ats
last night to have the Day plan it
considered if the Hinsdale measure
shoulc also lose.
Senator Hinsdale explained the
provisions of the proposed “lux'iry”
tax amendment, citing figures to
show that it would raise approxi
mately $9,000,000 a year If adopted
a' written.
$41 Profit Per
Acre In County
Corn Contests
Results Are Late
Coming In
H. Lee Beam Makes Most Corn To
Acre. Charles Ilrani Tops Profit
In Contest.
H Lee Beam. Cleveland county
farmer of Cherryvillc route 2 mail:
79 bushels of corn on one arte last
year to win first prize in the coun
ty-wide corn contest. On a threc
,u-re plot Charles Beam, Lawnilalt*
route T, made a profit of *41 50 per
acre to win honors for producing
corn at the least cost and making
the mast profit per acre.
Announcement of the winners in
the contest was delayed due to the
absence from his office because of
sickness of County Agent R. W.
Shoffner.
Drought Hurt.
The winners In the contest would
have shown a better production gen
erally, says County Agent Shotfner.
had it not been for the drought and
hail of the summer. As tt was 39
Farmers entered. but some were
forced out. Despite the drought the
19„0 general yield In the contest was
Jpuble the yield of the previous year.
Average Yield.
The average yield per acre for all
contestants was 43 bushels with a
net average profit per acre of $17 09.
The Winners.
The first contest was on a one-!
acre plot to show the most yield to
the acre regardless of production
cost. The winners were: H. Lee
Beam, Cherryvijle, route 2. making
79 bushels on one acre. E. F. White,
Kings Mountain, route 2, making 68
bushels on one acre, Holland Dixon,
route 2, Kings Mountain, making 41
bushels on one acre. Holland is also
a 4-H club member, Itelonging to
the Bethlehem club. S. Lester Rob
erts, Shelby route 7, making 35
bushels on one acre. T. F. Sellers,
Kings Mountain, route 1, making 24
bushels on one acre.
Two-Acre Contest.
In this contest the man producing
corn the cheapest and making the
most profit? per acre. The winners
were: E. L. McDaniels, Kings Moun
tain. route 2. making a yield of 98
bushels on two acres, and n profit of
$38.00 pet acre. Aston Adams, Shel
by route 4, making 112 bushels on
two acres, and a profit of $27.87 per
acre. Francis A. Boyles, Lawndale
route 4 making a yield of 102 bush
els on two acres, and a profit of
*26 65 per acre, R. G. Adams, Shel
by route 4, made a yield of 75 bush
els on the two acres, and a profit of
$22.90 per acre. J. P, McDaniel
Kings Mountain route 2, making a
yield of 64 bushels, and a profit of
$17.78 per aerp,
Three-Acre Contest.
In thos contest the winner was
the man making the most profit per
acre on the three acres. The win
ners are as follows: Charles Beam,
route 1, Lawndale, making 158
bushels on his three acres, and a
profit of $41.50 per acre. Charles
also is a member of the 4-H club at
Polkville. Gaylen Covington, Lawn
dale route 1. making i03 bushels on
the thre acres, and a profit of *14 43
per acre. Gaylen is also a 4-H club
member at Polkville. S. J. Cabaniss,
Shelby route 4, made a yield of 97
bushels on his three acres, and a
profit of $12.85 per acre. W. J.
Wright. Shelby, route 1, made a
yield of 95 bushels on three acre,
made a profit of $9.95 per acre. C,
O. Lee, Shelby route 4, made a yield
of 66 bushels from three acres, and
a profit of *7.70 per acre.
Five-Acre Contest.
The wiiuier of this contest was the
man making the most profit per
acre.
J. F. Logan, Casar, R-l made a
yield of "224 bushels on live
acres and a prolit of *29.25 pe teere
five acres and a prolit of $15.05 per
Shelby Men Act As
Chorus Girls Here
In Lions Club Play
Over 150 Shelby,, People Appear Ir
"College Flapper,” Friday And
Saturday.
On next Friday and Saturday
nights, April 10 and 11th, the mod
ern comedy, "The College Flapper’
will be staged at the high schoo
auditorium under the auspices oi
the Lions club. It promises to be on<
of the biggest event ever staged
this community, and includes a casi
of over 150 local people. It is a mod
ern, up-to-date college comedy with
a thrilling football story. Everyone
who has seen the show claims uc
one can afford to miss it.
The star football player of Eula
Bula college is supposed to be at a
special football practice, but ir
stead is in the sorority house ma{c
(COUTtNt’ED OS PAGE rEN j
Birth Rate High, Death Rate Low
In This County; Few Infants Die
Good-Will Trinkets
Mr*. Herbert S. Dickey (above)
pictured in her cabin just before
sailing with her husband at the
head of their expedition into the
! interior of Voniiueta. She is
Showing some of her trinkets which
site will take to the natives.
Co!. Leroy Springs
Dies In Charlotte
Wealthy Textile Manufacturer Sur
cumbs Following Throat
Infection.
ChaHotte, April 8—Col Leroy
Springs, who started his business
career as a wholesale grocery sales
man and became one of the wealth
iest textile magnates In the Caro
lines died yesterday at his home
here.
Tire 69-year-old manufacturer and
banker succumbed to complication.'
growing out of a three days' illnest
of septic sore throat,
fits son. Captain Elliott Whitt
Springs, World war ace and novel
ist, and his wife were at his bedside
when lie died.
Colonel Springs was bom in Fori
Mill, York county,, South Carolina
November 12, 1861. and practically
all of his business interests were
centered in his native state,
After studying at the University
of North Carolina from 1818 to 1880,
I he came to Charlotte and worked as
! a salesman for the Springs and Bur
well wholesale grocery.
: Later he moved to Lancaster, S.
C. which until a few years ago he
made his home. At Lancaster in
1895 he built his first cotton mill
with a capital of $150,000.
His Investment In mills In Lan
caster, Fort Mill, Chester and Ker
shaw is estimated at $5,000,000. In
addition to his textile holdings he
was president of several small banks
a power company, short line rail
road and a cotton oil company.
Private funeral services were held
at the Springs residence here to
day at 3 p. m. Burial will be ir
Weststde cemetery at Lancaster al
5 p. m.
Only 42 Babies Of Every Thousand Born In
County Die In Infancy. Just 5 Counties
Have Lower Infant Death Rate. Only 15
Counties Have Higher Birth Rate And 15
Have Lower Death Rate.
It is considerably healthier to be born and to live in
Cleveland county than in the average North Carolina county.
! The actual statistics, for the year 1929, assembled by the
State Board of Health show that.
No Change Made
In Sentence Of
Patterson Here
Sis Month* Sentence Hr mat ns On
Court Boohs To l(f Carried
Out.
Contrary to reports heard
about Shrlby In went daya, no
( hauRt was made by Judge Wil
son Warllck of the sentenre Im
posed on M. hem Patterson In
superior court here ast week.
Patterson was sentenced six
months to be worked at some coun
ty institution as the commission
board sees fit and was also given ft
suspended sentence of rax months.
Tlie sentences were imposed after a
jury returned a verdict Of guilty of
charges preferred In connection
with the sale of some cotton at the
Elia mill where he was employed.
■Report Out.
Information has it that reports
have been heard about Shelby that
before court adjourned the sentence
was changed. Such wfns not done. It
was stated today by Clerk of Court
A M. Hamrick "The minute, book
of the court,'' he said, "does not
show any change.”
Much Rainfall
rr t 1 * •]
Over Two Inches In Six Days.
March Wettest Month Since
Last December.
It rained more in Shelby and
Cleveland county in the first six
days of April than it rained alto
gether in either January or Febru
ary, and two days it didn’t rain at
all.
From the first day of April
through the sixth 2.18 inches of rain
fell In Shelby, according to the rain
fall record kept at the Shelby post
office. In January the total rainfall
was 1.98 inches and in February it
was 1.96.
March was also a wet month. The
rainfall for March here was 3.84
inches, more than any month since
last December.
In the sixth montlis period up to
April the total rainfall here was
19.88 inches with November leading
with 7,28 Inches.
Ordinarily the heavy rain season
in this section comes during the
winter, but this year the spring
rains seem sure to make up for the
winter deficiency. If the rain for
the remainder of this month is hi
proportion to the first week the
April rainfall will total more than
10 inches.
Here In
No Opposition To Hoover Among
Republicans Of South, He Finds
■
Krnonmialiun Of President By Ac
clamation is Prediction
Made.
Washington, April 8—Renomma
tion of President Hoover by accla
mation in 1932 was predicted by
Postmaster General Brown on his
return from a trip through the
south where there have been re
cent reports of an anti-Hoover re
volt.
The postmaster general, one ot
the president s closest political ad
visors, said he had conferred with
republican leaders in a number of
southern states and had found no
evidence of substantial opposition
to renomination of Mr. Hoover.
Colonel Horace Mann, of the sou
thern leaders of the republican
campaign in 1928, recently claimed
-the south would send a-solid dei§*
gat ion ot 232 votes to the republi
can convention demanding a new
order in politics. His claim was in
terpreted as an anti-Hoover move
ment.
No G. O. P. Opposition.
Prewlent Hoover will !*• rpnoin
inated by acclamation,” Brown said.
“There will be no opposition to his
renomination in the republican par
ty.”
"I talked with republican leaders
in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina,
North Carolina and Virginia and
received some information of politi-1
cal conditions in Alabama and
Louisiana.
“Southern republicans will en
thusiastically support Mr. Hoover'
renomination. I found no evidence
of the movement Colonel Mann is
said to be fostering ’’
Parly Active In South.
The postmaster general said the
’.'egular republican southern organi
zations were "'vigorous and well
able to take care of themselves"
against any opposition movement.
"1 don’t know where there is any
! considerable insurgent sentiment.
Whatever Insurgency flier" is in the
south is merely a question of rival
leadership, with no hostility to Mr.
Hoover.”
Brown added he wr “very much
pleased" with political conditions in
the south.
Here, in brier, are some or tne
reasons why;
The birth rate per 1,000 white In
habitants in Cleveland county is
29.7, or 4.5 larger than the average
for the entire state. Only 15 coun
ties of the 100 in the state have •
higher birth rate
Among Colored.
Among the colored people of
Cleveland county the birth rate peg
l.ooo is 35, eight higher than thg
state average, and only seven coun
ties have a higher birth rate.
Death Rate Here.
In 1929 there were only 8.2 death*
per 1,000 white Inhabitants ol
Cleveland county. The state aver
age was 106, and Just 15 counties of
the 100 had a lower death rate.
The death rate, in 1929, per 1,000
colored Inhabitants was 10.4, or six
leas deaths per 1,000 than the state
average. Only 17 counties had m
lower death rate among the colored
people.
Infant Deaths.
The low death rate among infants
In Cleveland county Is particularly
outstanding.
Only five of the 100 counties In
the state have a lower death rate
per 1,000 babies than Cleveland
county.
In Cleveland county the death
rate among infants Is 42.7 per 1,
000. The average number of deaths
each year per 1,000 babies for the
entire state is 79.2. In other words,
out of every 1,000 babies 36.5 more
die In the average section of North
Carolina per year than in this coun
-ty.
In one county the Infant death
rate per 1.000 babies Is 115 per year.
Over The State.
In the state as a whole, Scotland
has the highest white birth rate,
Hoke the lowest. Tyrrell has the
highest negro birth rate, Yancey the
lowest. Swain has the lowest white
death rate, Burke the highest. Yan
cey has the lowest negro death rate,
Clay the highest. Dare has the low
est infant death rate, Pasquotank
the highest.
Campaign Adds
More To Junior
College Funds
Other Donation* Are Acknowledged.
Fond Now Totals $8,616
To Date. ;
Donations to the Boiling Springs
junior college continue to come in as
a result of the drive conducted by
Rev. R. L. Bolton throughout tbe
Kings Mountain association. The
donations now total $8,616.76 with a,
number of substantial contributions
since last week.
Previously reported_$8,099.74
Grover Baptist church_60.00
Rev. W. A. Elam _____ 25.00
J. F. Lutz .______1 25.00
W. L. Q^een_.__5 00
J. LaWrenoe Lackey, Shelby __ 25.00
j A. E. Philbeck, Mooresboro_5.00
Mount Pleasant church 12.00
Race Path church_._R._ 18.00
Dr. A. Pitt Beam, Shelby ... .. 1000
Grady Wilson ____... 10.00
W. W. Jones _..._15.00
J. N. Rollins. Mooresboro .... 25.00
Second Baptist, Shelby_... 11.30
Sandy Run association ...... 161.36
Mrs. John Wacaster ...__ 25 00
Through B. T. Falls, chairman'
Centennial fund __..._94.30
Total to date ...$8,616.70
Three Couples Get
Marriage License
Three couples, two of them white,
have secured marriage license here
in April. The white couples are R.
E. Hall and Bertie May Workman,
of Gaston county; Evans Grigg and
Margaret Ruth Gold, of Cleveland
county.
Another Big Egg.
Mr. T. H. Brannon, 203 Sumter
street, was exhibiting today anotner
tig egg laid by a Rhode Island nen
Tbe hen lays extra large eggs near
ly every Monday. The egg weighed
four ounces, measured six and a
half inches around one way and
eight and a half inches around long
". ays,